Simon Callow
Actor
Born June 13, 1949 in Streatham, London, England, UK
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, he won acclaim for his comedic roles in A Room with a View (1985) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) earning a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination for each. Other notable roles include in Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
Filmography
The Man with the Plan
William Beveridge
Eternal Return
Malcolm
Étoile
Crispin Shamblee
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
Aguska
Patrick Carter
It's Christmas!
Samuel
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Boy That Never Was
Cozimo
Merchant Ivory
Self
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Cavendish
Dodger Special: Coronation
Archbishop of Canterbury
Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Richard O'Keefe
Doctor Jekyll
Journalist
Surprised by Oxford
Dr. Sterling
The Pay Day
Gates
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Narrator
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Blunden
Hawkeye
Armand Duquesne III
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Alexander Pope
The Cleaner
Mr. Abahassine
Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Narrator
The Witcher
Codringher
The Dead Room
Aubrey Judd
Secrets of Britain's Great Cathedrals
A Christmas Carol
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
Blue Iguana
Uncle Martin
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Leech
Victoria & Abdul
Mr. Puccini
50 Years Legal
Self
Hampstead
Judge
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
Viceroy's House
Cyril Radcliffe
Mindhorn
Himself
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
The Rebel
Henry Palmer
Golden Years
Royston
Galavant
Edwin the Magnificent
Creditors
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Narrator (voice)
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
Self - Host - Narrator
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Outlander
Duke of Sandringham
Miss in Her Teens
The Author
Inside No. 9
Dick
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Self
Plebs
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Dickie Attenborough
Them From That Thing
Various
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Playhouse Presents
Dudley
Being Shakespeare
Acts of Godfrey
Godfrey
The British Guide to Showing Off
Self
Death in Paradise
Larry South
Late Bloomers
Richard
Love's Kitchen
Guy Witherspoon
Art of Freedom
Self
Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Narrator
Jamie's Dream School
Himself
Ice
Prime Minister
Ice
Prime Minister
Arn: The Knight Templar
Fader Henry
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself - Presenter
Theatreland
Self
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self
Q&A
Self - Panellist
Chemical Wedding
Haddo
Arn: The Knight Templar
Father Henry
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Tree Blathereen (voice)
The Company
MI6 liaison officer Elihu
British Film Forever
Surveillance 24/7
St John
Roman Mysteries
Pliny
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Lewis
Vernon Oxe
How Gay Sex Changed the World
Self
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self
The Madness of Boy George
Narrator (voice)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Ripley Under Ground
Dean Bentliffe
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
Narrator
Rag Tale
Cormac Rourke
The Best Man
Big-Time Publisher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Mr. Wroth
Doctor Who
Charles Dickens
Bob the Butler
Mr. Butler
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Melchett
The Phantom of the Opera
Andre
Shoebox Zoo
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
George and the Dragon
King Edgar
Angels in America
Prior 2
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Bob
Bright Young Things
King of Anatolia
Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Galileo
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Charles Dickens
Thunderpants
Sir John Osgood
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
No Man's Land
Colonel Soft
Deadly Appearances
Rick Spencer
Around The World In 80 Days
Phileas Fogg (voice)
Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Loose Women
Self
Notting Hill
Simon Callow (uncredited)
Shakespeare in Love
Tilney
Bedrooms and Hallways
Keith
The Scarlet Tunic
Captain Fairfax
Parkinson
Self
The Woman In White
Count Fosco
The Woman In White
Count Fosco
Trial & Retribution
Rupert Halliday
Midsomer Murders
Dr. Wellow
Victory
Zangiacomo
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Meneptah (voice)
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper (voice)
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
An Audience with Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Vincent Cadby
Jefferson in Paris
Richard Cosway
England, My England
Charles II
El pasajero clandestino
Major Owens
Street Fighter
A. N. Official
Little Napoleons
Edward Feathers
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gareth
Camp Christmas
Femme Fatale
Vicar Ronnie
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Eddie Cherdowski
Howards End
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
The Trials of Oz
John Mortimer
The Crucifer of Blood
Inspector Lestrade
Performance
John Mortimer
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Dr. Alex Sauer
Postcards from the Edge
Simon Asquith
Old Flames
Nathanial Quass
Revolutionary Witness
Franciscus Palloy
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Lutz
Manifesto
Police Chief Hunt
The Reluctant Dragon
Dragon (voice)
Maurice
Mr. Ducie
Cariani and the Courtesans
Raimondi
Inspector Morse
Theodore Kemp
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
ScreenPlay
Raimondi
A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
Dead Head
Hugo Silver
The Good Father
Mark Varda
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
George Frideric Handel
Screen Two
Nathanial Quass
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Amadeus
Emanuel Schikaneder
Chance in a Million
Tom Chance
The Man of Destiny
Napoleon
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Maximillian
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
Victorian Scandals
Duval
Carry On Laughing
Crew Member
The Sweeney
Detective Sergeant
NOVA
Galileo
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Aubrey Judd
Omnibus
Self