Simon Burke
ActingBiography
Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards. He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher. Burke was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia (2004–2014) and currently a Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA). Simon Burke is also well remembered for his long term stint as a presenter on the childrens television series Play School from 1988-2007 then 2013 and again in 2020.
Movies
(14 total)
Pitch Black
as Greg Owens
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
South Pacific
as Harbison
The Clinic
as Paul
The One That Got Away
as Stan
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice)
Passion
as Herman Sandby
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson
The Alice
as Patrick
The Irishman
as Michael Doolan
TV Shows
(17 total)
Hustle
as Nick
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Nicholas Mortimer
Deep Water
as Simon Mawbrey
The Flying Doctors
as Daryl Stokes
Rescue: Special Ops
as Warren Thompson
Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
Brides of Christ
as Jack Delahunty
Crazy Fun Park
as Mark
After the Deluge
as Michael
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
as Self - Contestant
The Alice
as Patrick
Always Afternoon
as Tom
Heroes II: The Return
as Capt. Ellis
Scales of Justice
as Constable Webber
Young Lions
as Rob Watson
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self - Co-Host