- Has been a best friend of Emma Thompson since they were teenagers.
- Took over the role as the voice of Kreacher the house elf in harry potter after the death of Timothy Bateson.
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.
- His play, "Mnemonic", performed at the London's Riverside Studios was awarded the 1999 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best New Play.
- Ranked #31 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
- His portrait was taken by Richard Avedon for inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's special exhibition, "Richard Avedon: Portraits", and appears in the book of the same name.
- He was nominated for the Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director at the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for "The Elephant Vanishes" performed at the Barbican Theatre.
- He was awarded a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Theatre Choreographer of the 1997 season for "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", performed at the Royal National Theatre: Olivier Stage.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for a revival of Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs".
- Artistic director of the theatre company Complicite (formerly "Theatre de Complicite").
- McBurney's father, Charles, was an American archaeologist and academic of Scottish descent, and his grandfather, also Charles McBurney, was a renowned American surgeon. Simon's mother, Anne Francis was a secretary, of British, Scottish and Irish ancestry. His parents are distant cousins who met during World War II.
- Former partner of actress Jacqueline McKenzie.
- His wife, Cassie Yukawa, is a concert pianist.
- He is based in London, England. (January 2007)
- London, England (July 2008)
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