Acting
Simon McBurney
- Titles
- 51movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1992 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 9top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Wolfwalkers88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Historical4.7average 2.6
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Mystery4.9average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism4.0average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.6average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism4.0, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Character Study 3
- Psychological Intrigue 2
- Intense 2
- Atmospheric 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Medical Drama 2
- Political Thriller 2
- Social Commentary 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Willem DafoeActorMr. Bean's Holiday, The Reckoning, Siberia
Toby JonesActorThe Pale Blue Eye, The Actor
Nigel PlanerActorGregory: Diary of a Nutcase, The Crying Game
Sara StockbridgeActorGregory: Diary of a Nutcase, The Crying Game
Ellen ThomasActorRev., Gardening
Keith AllenActorGregory: Diary of a Nutcase, The Crying Game
Russell CroweActorThe Loudest Voice, Body of Lies
Gillian AndersonActorThe Pale Blue Eye, The Last King of Scotland
Ewen BremnerActorThe Reckoning, Sweet Dreams
Chetna PandyaActorGardening, National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
Peter RichardsonActorGregory: Diary of a Nutcase, The Crying Game
Tom HollanderActorMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Rev.
Movies and TV shows
62020s
3 titles
National Theatre Live: Mnemonic (2024)
Writer, Director
Can I Live? (2021)
Co-Director
2010s
2 titles
The Encounter (2017)
Director
National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number (2010)
Director, Writer
2000s
1 title
The Elephant Vanishes (2003)
Director