Simon Callow
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999. Callow rose to prominence originating the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. Callow joined the Miloš Forman 1984 film adaptation, this time portraying Emanuel Schikaneder. In 1992, Callow won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical for Carmen Jones. As an actor, he won acclaim for his comedic roles in A Room with a View (1985) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) earning a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination for each. Other notable roles include in Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). His television roles include Tom Chance in the Channel 4 series Chance in a Million (1984) and The Duke of Sandringham in the series Outlander from 2014 to 2016. He portrayed Napoleon in The Man of Destiny (1981), and Charles Dickens in numerous television projects. He has also appeared on numerous shows such as Midsomer Murders, Rome, Angels in America, Doctor Who, Galavant, Hawkeye, and The Witcher. Callow was born on 15 June 1949 in Streatham, South London, the son of Yvonne Mary (née Guise), a secretary and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman. His father was of French descent and his mother was of Danish and German ancestry. His father left when Simon was 18 months old, and he was brought up by his mother and grandmothers. He and his mother travelled to Northern Rhodesia (now called Zambia) when he was nine to try and reconcile with his father. This did not happen and Callow was sent for three years to boarding school in South Africa. He and his mother returned to Britain when he was twelve. He was raised as a Catholic. Callow was a student at the London Oratory School in West Brompton, and then went on to study briefly at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland, where he was active in the gay liberation movement.[5] He gave up his degree course after a year to take a three-year acting course at the Drama Centre London. He made his first film appearance in 1984 as Schikaneder in Amadeus. The following year, he appeared as the Reverend Mr Beebe in A Room with a View. His first television role was in the Carry On Laughing episode "Orgy and Bess" in 1975, but it was cut from the final print. He starred in several series of the Channel 4 situation comedy Chance in a Million, as Tom Chance, an eccentric individual to whom coincidences happened regularly. Roles like this and his part in Four Weddings and a Funeral brought him to a wider audience. Callow portrayed Pliny the Elder in CBBC's 2007 children's drama series, Roman Mysteries in the episode "The Secrets of Vesuvius". He played Armand Duquesne in Marvel's Hawkeye on Disney+.
Born: 13 June 1949
Played In
The Man with the Plan
William Beveridge
Eternal Return
Malcolm
Étoile
Crispin Shamblee
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
Aguska
Patrick Carter
It's Christmas!
Samuel
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Boy That Never Was
Cozimo
Merchant Ivory
Self
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Cavendish
Dodger Special: Coronation
Archbishop of Canterbury
Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Richard O'Keefe
Doctor Jekyll
Journalist
Surprised by Oxford
Dr. Sterling
The Pay Day
Gates
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Narrator
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Blunden
Hawkeye
Armand Duquesne III
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Alexander Pope
The Cleaner
Mr. Abahassine
Classical Destinations: The Great Composers
narrator
Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Narrator
The Witcher
Codringher
The Dead Room
Aubrey Judd
A Christmas Carol
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
Blue Iguana
Uncle Martin
Born Silly
Narrator (voice)
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Leech
Victoria & Abdul
Mr. Puccini
50 Years Legal
Self
Hampstead
Judge
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
Viceroy's House
Cyril Radcliffe
Mindhorn
Himself
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
The Rebel
Henry Palmer
Golden Years
Royston
Galavant
Edwin the Magnificent
Creditors
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Narrator (voice)
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
Self - Host - Narrator
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Outlander
Duke of Sandringham
Miss in Her Teens
The Author
Inside No. 9
Dick
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Self
Plebs
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Dickie Attenborough
Them From That Thing
Various
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Playhouse Presents
Dudley
Being Shakespeare
Acts of Godfrey
Godfrey
The British Guide to Showing Off
Self
Death in Paradise
Larry South
Late Bloomers
Richard
Love's Kitchen
Guy Witherspoon
Art of Freedom
Self
Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Narrator
Jamie's Dream School
Himself
Ice
Prime Minister
Ice
Prime Minister
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Self
Save Our Bacon
The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
Arn: The Knight Templar
Fader Henry
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself - Presenter
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Readings (voice)
Theatreland
Self
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self
Q&A
Self - Panellist
Chemical Wedding
Haddo
Arn: The Knight Templar
Father Henry
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Tree Blathereen (voice)
The Company
MI6 liaison officer Elihu
British Film Forever
Surveillance 24/7
St John
Roman Mysteries
Pliny
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Lewis
Vernon Oxe
How Gay Sex Changed the World
Self
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self
The Madness of Boy George
Narrator (voice)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
Reviving Harry Lime
Himself
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Men of Mystery
Himself
Ripley Under Ground
Dean Bentliffe
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
Narrator
Rag Tale
Cormac Rourke
The Best Man
Big-Time Publisher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Mr. Wroth
Doctor Who
Charles Dickens
Bob the Butler
Mr. Butler
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Melchett
The Phantom of the Opera
Andre
Shoebox Zoo
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
George and the Dragon
King Edgar
Angels in America
Prior 2
Angels in America
Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited)
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Bob
Bright Young Things
King of Anatolia
Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Galileo
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Charles Dickens
Thunderpants
Sir John Osgood
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Don't Eat the Neighbours
No Man's Land
Colonel Soft
Deadly Appearances
Rick Spencer
Around The World In 80 Days
Phileas Fogg (voice)
Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Loose Women
Self
Notting Hill
Simon Callow (uncredited)
Shakespeare in Love
Tilney
Bedrooms and Hallways
Keith
The Scarlet Tunic
Captain Fairfax
Parkinson
Self
The Woman In White
Count Fosco
Trial & Retribution
Rupert Halliday
Midsomer Murders
Dr. Wellow
Victory
Zangiacomo
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Meneptah (voice)
Moses
Meneptah II (voice)
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper (voice)
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
An Audience with Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Vincent Cadby
Jefferson in Paris
Richard Cosway
England, My England
Charles II
El pasajero clandestino
Major Owens
Street Fighter
A. N. Official
Little Napoleons
Edward Feathers
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gareth
Camp Christmas
Femme Fatale
Vicar Ronnie
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Eddie Cherdowski
Howards End
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
The Trials of Oz
John Mortimer
The Crucifer of Blood
Inspector Lestrade
Performance
John Mortimer
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Dr. Alex Sauer
Postcards from the Edge
Simon Asquith
Old Flames
Nathanial Quass
Revolutionary Witness
Franciscus Palloy
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Lutz
Manifesto
Police Chief Hunt
The Reluctant Dragon
Dragon (voice)
Maurice
Mr. Ducie
Acting
Cariani and the Courtesans
Raimondi
Inspector Morse
Theodore Kemp
The Christmas Tree
Jacob Weinberg
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
ScreenPlay
Raimondi
Split Screen
A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
Dead Head
Hugo Silver
The Good Father
Mark Varda
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
George Frideric Handel
Screen Two
Nathanial Quass
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Amadeus
Emanuel Schikaneder
Chance in a Million
Tom Chance
Saturday Review
Self
The Man of Destiny
Napoleon
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Maximillian
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
The Sunday Drama
The Prince
Victorian Scandals
Duval
Carry On Laughing
Crew Member
The Sweeney
Detective Sergeant
NOVA
Galileo
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Aubrey Judd
Omnibus
Self
The Reformation of Sister Edith
Abbot Pentecost