Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayAug 25, 1957
BiographySimon Montagu McBurney (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Friends with Money, The Last King of Scotland (both 2006), The Golden Compass (2007), The Duchess (2008), Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (both 2010), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Magic in the Moonlight, The Theory of Everything (both 2014), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and Nosferatu (2024). He played Cecil the choirmaster in BBC's The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2004).

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as Edgar Janssen
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as Runyon Millworthy
Rev.
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as Archdeacon Robert
The Borgias
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The Borgias

as Johannes Burchart
The Casual Vacancy
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The Casual Vacancy

as Colin Wall
The Loudest Voice
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The Loudest Voice

as Rupert Murdoch

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