Simon Burke
Actor
- Born
- October 8, 1961 (age 65)
Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards.
He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher.
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Burke was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia (2004–2014) and currently a Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA).
Simon Burke is also well remembered for his long term stint as a presenter on the childrens television series Play School from 1988-2007 then 2013 and again in 2020.
Known for
Pitch Black
February 18, 2000
The Devil's Playground
December 23, 1977
South Pacific
March 26, 2001
The One That Got Away
February 18, 1996
The Clinic
April 21, 1983
The Postcard Bandit
June 1, 2003
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
February 27, 2005
Passion
July 1, 1999
Heroes' Mountain
March 10, 2002
Slate, Wyn & Me
August 13, 1987
The Alice
January 8, 2004
The Irishman
February 28, 1978
Acting14
- 2006Small Claims: The Reunion as Jon
- 2005The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia as Narrator (voice)
- 2004The Alice as Patrick
- 2003Preservation as Mr. Crewe
- 2003The Postcard Bandit as Thomas
- 2002Heroes' Mountain as Euan Diver
- 2001South Pacific as Harbison
- 2000Pitch Black as Greg Owens
- 1999Passion as Herman Sandby
- 1996The One That Got Away