Acting
Simon Russell Beale
- Titles
- 51movies16TV shows
- Career
Active from 1993 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 22top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Politics5.7average 2.6
- Biographical3.8average 0.9
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.4average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Sharp Dialogue 4
- Character-Driven 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Character Study 3
- Psychological Drama 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Social Satire 2
- Intellectual 2
- British Theatre 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Live Performance 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nicholas HytnerDirectorNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, National Theatre Live: London Assurance, National Theatre Live: Collaborators, National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
Terence DaviesDirectorBenediction, The Deep Blue Sea, Home! Home!
Mark AddyActorNational Theatre Live: London Assurance, National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Rachel WeiszActorThe Deep Blue Sea, My Cousin Rachel
Geraldine JamesActorBenediction, Legacy
Benedict CumberbatchActorDunkirk, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Sam RileyActorRadioactive, Firebrand
Andrew ScottActorSimon Schama's Shakespeare, Legacy
Adam GodleyActorThe Young Visiters, National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Ben MilesActorDouglas Is Cancelled, National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy- JJoe Hill-GibbinsActorNational Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, This Is Your Five Minute Call
Sam MendesDirectorNational Theatre Live: King Lear, National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Movies and TV shows
60Upcoming
4 titles
as Winston Churchill
as Winston Churchill
as Narrator
as Malcolm
2020s
10 titles · average score 68
63
as Stephen Gardiner
72
TV show · as Bently
70
TV show · as Sir George Villiers
71
as Roy Boyle
83
TV show · as Ser Simon Strong
62
as Dionysus
65
as Winston Churchill
63
as Robbie Ross
64
as Professor Lippmann
64
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
2010s
28 titles · average score 69
88
as Henry Lehman
71
as Lavrenti Beria
58
as Couch
74
as Lear, King of Britain
80
TV show · as Ferdinand Lyle
54
as Hookey
60
as Sir William Collyer
TV show
as Joseph Stalin
2000s
6 titles · average score 66
as presenter
75
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
68
TV show · as Winston Churchill
46
as Luke Fraser
60
as Prince of Wales
80
TV show · as Home Secretary / William Towers
1990s
9 titles · average score 69
62
as King Cedric of Hearts
66
as Sir Edward
73
as Wellington
64
TV show · as Widmerpool
75
as Second Gravedigger
73
as Charles Musgrove
TV show · as Anthony
69
as Earl of Moray
TV show · as Heron
1980s
3 titles · average score 80
78
TV show · as John Adams (voice)
82
TV show · as Mark Stibbs
as Party Guest