Simon Callow

Acting · Born 1949-06-13 in Streatham, London, England, UK

Biography

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999. Callow rose to prominence originating the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. Callow joined the Miloš Forman 1984 film adaptation, this time portraying Emanuel Schikaneder. In 1992, Callow won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical for Carmen Jones. As an actor,…

Filmography

• Amadeus as Emanuel Schikaneder
• A Room with a View as The Reverend Mr. Beebe
• Maurice as Mr. Ducie
• The Phantom of the Opera as Andre
• Notting Hill as Simon Callow (uncredited)
• Howards End as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
• No Man's Land as Colonel Soft
• Four Weddings and a Funeral as Gareth
• James and the Giant Peach as Grasshopper (voice)
• Shakespeare in Love as Tilney

TV

• Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Lutz
• Doctor Who as Charles Dickens
• Inspector Morse as Theodore Kemp
• Outlander as Duke of Sandringham
• Hawkeye as Armand Duquesne III
• The Witcher as Codringher
• Agatha Christie's Marple as Colonel Melchett
• Inside No. 9 as Dick
• Shoebox Zoo as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
• The Sweeney as Detective Sergeant