What is Simon Callow?
{{Infobox person | image = Simon_Callow.jpg | caption = Callow in 2009 | birth_name = Simon Phillip Hugh Callow | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|6|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Streatham]], [[London]], England | occupation = [[Actor]], [[author]] | nationality = [[British people|British]] | years_active = 1973–present | spouse = {{marriage |1=Sebastian Fox|2=2016}} }} '''Simon Phillip Hugh Callow''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]<ref name=Independent1999 >{{cite news |title=Queen's Birthday Honours: The Full List |date=12 June 1999 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/queens-birthday-honours-the-full-list-1099582.html}}</ref> (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor and author. Callow was born in [[Streatham]], [[London]], to Yvonne Mary Guise and Neil Francis Callow.<ref>{{cite web | title=Simon Callow Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Simon-Callow.html | work=filmreference | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> He attended the [[London Oratory School]]. Callow is one of the most prominent [[gay]] actors in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay Power: The pink list |date=2 July 2006 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/gay-power-the-pink-list-406297.html |access-date=31 August 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411065156/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/gay-power-the-pink-list-406297.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> For a while Callow lived with director Daniel Kramer. == References== {{Reflist|2}} ==Other websites== *{{IBDB name|14360}} *{{IMDB name|1003}} *[http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0116.html Simon Callow's] - ''MusicalTalk'' discussing his role as Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Richmond Theatre, Christmas 2008. *[http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/simon_callow Simon Callow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811172700/http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecen