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
Select a genre to see those titles.
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
612020s
12 titles · average score 67
67
as Doctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton
as Detective Danforth
75
as Herr Knock
Writer, Director
60
as Andrew McGrath
67
TV show · as Edgar Janssen
Art Direction
62
as Captain Hitchcock
Co-Director
49
as Magician
88
as Lord Protector (voice)
2010s
20 titles · average score 69
64
TV show · as Runyan Millworthy
66
TV show · as Rupert Murdoch
63
as S.O.E. Official
74
as Maurice Grosse
77
as Frank Hawking
70
as Tim Clancy
76
as Mr. Brocklehurst
78
TV show · as Johannes Burchart
78
TV show · as Robert
74
as Kreacher (voice)
Director, Writer
2000s
12 titles · average score 62
61
as Garland
65
as Charles Fox
57
Story, Executive Producer
52
as Fra Pavel
79
as British Diplomat
61
as Aaron
71
as Dr. Atticus Noyle
51
as Stephen
62
as Thomas
64
as Sneath
Director
61
as Sergei Eisenstein
1990s
14 titles · average score 58
55
as Market researcher
58
as Triquet
47
as Vauvinet
80
TV show · as Henry Carstairs
78
as Brigadier
58
as Franz Mesmer junior
48
as Hermas
61
as Dr. Reginald Miller
as Madman
as Mick
TV show · as Pistol
56
as Assistant Oscar
1980s
2 titles
as Martin
TV show · as Martin
