Simon McBurney

Actor
Writer
Director

When New York actor Paul Cole is beaten and left for dead in 1950s Ohio, he loses his memory and finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town where he struggles to get back home and reclaim what he's lost.

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The Actor (2025)

Simon McBurney was born on 25 August 1957 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Jane Eyre (2011). He is married to Cassie Yukawa. They have three children.

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

7.0

Oliver Lacon

2011

The Last King of Scotland

7.6

Stone

2006

Jane Eyre

7.3

Mr. Brocklehurst

2011

The Duchess

6.9

Charles Fox

2008

Credits

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Actor

Gardening
7.2
Short
- Detective Danforth
- 2025
The Actor
5.4
- Dr. Kraft
- Serum doctor
- 2025
Breaking the Rules
Podcast Series
- Georgi Markov
- 2024
Nosferatu
7.1
- Knock
- 2024
A Mistake
5.8
- Andrew McGrath
- 2024
Hijack
7.3
TV Series
- Edgar Janssen
- 2023
Carnival Row
7.6
TV Series
- Runyan Millworthy
- 2019–2023
The Dark Is Rising
6.6
Podcast Series
- Narrator
- 2022
The Pale Blue Eye
6.6
- Captain Hitchcock
- 2022
Wolfwalkers
8.0
- Lord Protector (voice)
- 2020
Complicité: The Encounter
9.3
Video
- 2020
Siberia
4.8
- Magician
- 2020
The Loudest Voice
7.9
TV Mini Series
- Rupert Murdoch
- 2019
The Mercy
6.0
- Sir Francis Chichester
- 2018
Allied
7.1
- S.O.E. Official
- 2016

Writer

Director

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Personal details

Height
- 5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
Born
- August 25, 1957
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Cassie Yukawa? - present (3 children)
Parents
Relatives
- Gerard McBurney(Sibling)
Other works
Directed "The Chairs", a play by Eugène Ionesco - John Golden Theater, New York City, USA.
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