Acting
Simon Burke
EN cinema · 14 credits
Born
8 October 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. 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
Filmography
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice)
The Alice
as Patrick
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas
Preservation
2003
Preservation
as Mr. Crewe
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver
South Pacific
as Harbison
Pitch Black
as Greg Owens
Passion
as Herman Sandby
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson
The Clinic
as Paul
The Irishman
as Michael Doolan
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen