Simon Chandler
- Recitazione
- 4 giugno 1953 · Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Falling · Chris
- The Diplomat · Sir Merritt Grove
- The Gold · Judge Instrell
- Inverso - The Peripheral · Nikolai
- House of the Dragon · Septon Eustace, High Septon
- Caccia all'agente Freegard · Paul Jones
- Slow Horses · Doctor
- RFDS: Medici dal cielo · Registrar Blake
- The Old Guard · Father Sykes
- C...... · Fotografia
- Il mistero di Donald C. · Sidney Rawle
- Letters from Baghdad · David Hogarth
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past · Barnaby Jones
- The Crown · Clement Attlee
- La teoria del tutto · John Taylor
- Turner · Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
- The Politician's Husband · Cliff Lyman
- The Bletchley Circle · Solicitor
- L'amore e la vita - Call the Midwife · Canon Gilbert
- The Iron Lady · Cabinet Minister
- Vera · Keith Barton
- Silk · HHJ Sadler
- Il discorso del re · Lord Dawson
- Identity
- Critical Eye · Surgeon
- Land Girls · Inspector West
- Penelope · Doctor
- Profumo - Storia di un assassino · Mayor of Grasse
- The Taming of the Shrew · John Naps
- Stoned · Mary's Father
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey · Officer Lockwood
- The Thick of It · Permanent Secretary
- Il segreto di Vera Drake · Mr. Wells
- Foyle's War · Leonard Evans
- La balsa de piedra · 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
- The Commissioner · Peter Simpson
- Spice Girls - Il film · Hospital Parent
- L'uomo che sapeva troppo poco · Hawkins
- Incognito · Iain Ill
- The Vanishing Man · Simon Middington
- L'ispettore 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
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · Reese
- The Singing Detective · Dr Finlay
- Casualty · Richard Penfold
- Jonny Briggs · Mr. Hobbs
- Screen Two · Paul
- Dr. Fischer of Geneva · Doctor
- Sharing Time · Barry
- Il Bounty · David Nelson
- Segreti · Nick Cliffe
- Le Allegre Comari di Windsor · Fenton
- The Breadwinner · Patrick Battle
- Victor Victoria · Chorus Boy
- Shine on Harvey Moon · Mr. Cude
- Ritorno a Brideshead · Lieutenant James
- Friends and Other Lovers · Jonathan
- Antony & Cleopatra · Eros
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today · Lieutenant
- The Taming of the Shrew · Lucentio