Simon Chandler
- Schauspiel
- 4. Juni 1953 · Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biografie
Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
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Filmografie
- Falling · Chris
- Diplomatische Beziehungen · Sir Merritt Grove
- Das Gold · Judge Instrell
- Peripherie · Nikolai
- House of the Dragon · Septon Eustace, High Septon
- Rogue Agent · Paul Jones
- Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb · Doctor
- RFDS · Registrar Blake
- The Old Guard · Father Sykes
- C...... · Kamera
- Vor uns das Meer · Sidney Rawle
- Letters from Baghdad · David Hogarth
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past · Barnaby Jones
- The Crown · Clement Attlee
- Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit · John Taylor
- Mr. Turner - Meister des Lichts · Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
- Der Mann an ihrer Seite · Cliff Lyman
- The Bletchley Circle · Solicitor
- Call the Midwife · Canon Gilbert
- Die Eiserne Lady · Cabinet Minister
- Vera - Ein ganz spezieller Fall · Keith Barton
- Silk · HHJ Sadler
- The King’s Speech - Die Rede des Königs · Lord Dawson
- Identity
- Critical Eye · Surgeon
- Land Girls · Inspector West
- Penelope · Doctor
- Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders · Mayor of Grasse
- The Taming of the Shrew · John Naps
- Stoned · Mary's Father
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- The Rising - Aufstand der Helden · Officer Lockwood
- The Thick of It · Permanent Secretary
- Vera Drake · Mr. Wells
- Inspector Foyle · Leonard Evans
- The Stone Raft · British Prime Minister
- Judge John Deed · Sir Ian Rochester
- Teachers · Geoff
- Sword of Honour · Maj. Irvine
- Gentlemen's Relish · Prestwick
- The Sleeper · Jonna
- Urban Gothic · Dr Miles
- Life Force · Professor Petersen
- Milk · Doctor
- Der Commissioner · Peter Simpson
- Spice World - Der Film · Hospital Parent
- Agent Null Null Nix · Hawkins
- Incognito · Iain Ill
- The Vanishing Man · Simon Middington
- Inspector Barnaby · Jonathan Canning, Richard Deverell
- The Wimbledon Poisoner · No. 47
- Middlemarch · Rev. Farebrother
- Unnatural Causes · Digby Seton
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes · John Middleton
- Heartbeat · Eric Potter
- So You Think You've Got Troubles · De La Rue
- Aimée · Paul
- Dear Sarah · Alastair Logan
- Confessional · Fox
- Sitting Targets · Paul
- Here Is the News · Presenter
- Pulaski · Lord Epton
- Inspektor Wexford ermittelt · Reese
- The Singing Detective · Dr Finlay
- Casualty · Richard Penfold
- Jonny Briggs · Mr. Hobbs
- Screen Two · Paul
- Dr. Fischer aus Genf · Doctor
- Sharing Time · Barry
- Die Bounty · David Nelson
- Blutsbande · Nick Cliffe
- The Merry Wives of Windsor · Fenton
- The Breadwinner · Patrick Battle
- Victor/Victoria · Chorus Boy
- Shine on Harvey Moon · Mr. Cude
- Wiedersehen mit Brideshead · Lieutenant James
- Friends and Other Lovers · Jonathan
- Antony & Cleopatra · Eros
- Im Wald, da sind… · Lieutenant
- The Taming of the Shrew · Lucentio