What is Simon Russell Beale?
[[File:Simon Russell Beale.jpg|right|thumb|Simon Russell Beale]] [[File:Simon Russell Beale BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 08 July 2007 b007rwff.flac|right|200px]] '''Sir Simon Russell Beale''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor, author and music historian. He was born in [[Penang]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] (present-day [[Malaysia]]).<ref>{{cite news | author=David Lister | title=Inside the World of Theatre's Most Reluctant Hero | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/inside-the-world-of-theatres-most-reluctant-hero-785209.html | work=The Independent | date=22 February 2008 | access-date=27 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref> He appeared in ''[[Persuasion (1995 movie)|Persuasion]]'' (1995), ''[[The Young Visiters#Adaptations|The Young Visiters]]'' (2003), ''[[Dunkirk (TV series)|Dunkirk]]'' (2004), ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (2011 movie)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (2011) and as [[Falstaff]] in the [[BBC]] made-for-television movies ''[[Henry IV, Part I and Part II (film series)|Henry IV, Part I and Part II]]'' (2012). He was part of the main cast of [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]''. He also appeared in [[Into the Woods (movie)|''Into the Woods'']] (2014) and ''[[The Death of Stalin]]'' (2017). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beale, Simon Russell}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English voice actors]] [[Category:Historians from London]] [[Category:Actors from London]] {{actor-stub}}