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Simon Burke

Simon Burke

Actor · Born 1961-10-08

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Biography

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 & TV Shows

  1. Pitch Black (2000) — Greg Owens
  2. Hustle (2004) — Nick
  3. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) — Nicholas Mortimer
  4. Deep Water (2016) — Simon Mawbrey
  5. The Devil's Playground (1977) — Tom Allen
  6. The Flying Doctors (1986) — Daryl Stokes
  7. Rescue: Special Ops (2009) — Warren Thompson
  8. South Pacific (2001) — Harbison
  9. Devil's Playground (2014) — Tom Allen
  10. The Clinic (1983) — Paul
  11. Brides of Christ (1991) — Jack Delahunty
  12. Thank God You're Here (2006)
  13. The One That Got Away (1996) — Stan
  14. The Postcard Bandit (2003) — Thomas
  15. The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia (2005) — Narrator (voice)
  16. After the Deluge (2003) — Michael
  17. Crazy Fun Park (2023) — Mark
  18. Passion (1999) — Herman Sandby
  19. Heroes' Mountain (2002) — Euan Diver
  20. Slate, Wyn & Me (1987) — Wyn Jackson
  21. The Alice (2004) — Patrick
  22. Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (2009) — Self - Contestant
  23. Preservation (2003) — Mr. Crewe
  24. The Alice (2005) — Patrick
  25. Always Afternoon (1988) — Tom
  26. Heroes II: The Return (1991) — Capt. Ellis
  27. The Irishman (1978) — Michael Doolan
  28. Small Claims: The Reunion (2006) — Jon
  29. Scales of Justice (1983) — Constable Webber
  30. Young Lions (2002) — Rob Watson
  31. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (1994) — Self - Co-Host
  32. Nature's Great Divide (2021) — Self - Narrator (voice)