Biography
Simon Montagu McBurney is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Friends with Money, The Last King of Scotland, The Golden Compass (2007), The Duchess (2008), Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Magic in the Moonlight, The Theory of Everything, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and Nosferatu (2024). He played Cecil the choirmaster in BBC's The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2004).
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Awards & recognition
- Konrad Wolf Prize · 2008
- Europe Theatre Prize · 1997
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 1998 · nominated
Filmography42 titles
Wolfwalkers
Utopia
The Theory of Everything
Carnival Row
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Borgias
Hijack
Rev.
Midsomer Murders
The Loudest Voice
The Last King of Scotland
The Conjuring 2
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Jane Eyre
The Duchess
The Pale Blue Eye
Allied
Nosferatu
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Body of Lies
Magic in the Moonlight
The Manchurian Candidate
Robin Hood
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Reckoning
Sweet Dreams
The Ogre
Kafka
The Actor
Bright Young Things
The Casual Vacancy
A Mistake
The Golden Compass
Onegin
Tom & Viv
The Mercy
Cousin Bette
Being Human
Boogie Woogie
Friends with Money
Siberia
The New Man