Simon Callow
Acting
Born: June 13, 1949 (age 77) · Streatham, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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+.
Known for
The Witcher
2019
Notting Hill
1999
Amadeus
1984
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
Hawkeye
2021
Doctor Who
2005
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
Outlander
2014
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
Street Fighter
1994
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Photos (2)
Movies (91)
Notting Hill
Simon Callow (uncredited)
Amadeus
Emanuel Schikaneder
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gareth
The Phantom of the Opera
Andre
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Vincent Cadby
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Cavendish
James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper (voice)
Street Fighter
A. N. Official
Shakespeare in Love
Tilney
A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
Howards End
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
Postcards from the Edge
Simon Asquith
Maurice
Mr. Ducie
Ripley Under Ground
Dean Bentliffe
Victoria & Abdul
Mr. Puccini
George and the Dragon
King Edgar
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Leech
Arn: The Knight Templar
Father Henry
The Best Man
Big-Time Publisher
Blue Iguana
Uncle Martin
Thunderpants
Sir John Osgood
No Man's Land
Colonel Soft
Hampstead
Judge
Love's Kitchen
Guy Witherspoon
Viceroy's House
Cyril Radcliffe
The Man with the Plan
William Beveridge
Bright Young Things
King of Anatolia
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Dr. Alex Sauer
Ice
Prime Minister
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
Bedrooms and Hallways
Keith
Femme Fatale
Vicar Ronnie
Manifesto
Police Chief Hunt
Jefferson in Paris
Richard Cosway
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Blunden
Bob the Butler
Mr. Butler
Late Bloomers
Richard
The Woman In White
Count Fosco
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Bob
Surprised by Oxford
Dr. Sterling
Golden Years
Royston
It's Christmas!
Samuel
Camp Christmas
1993
Victory
Zangiacomo
Moses
Meneptah II (voice)
Acts of Godfrey
Godfrey
Aguska
Patrick Carter
The Crucifer of Blood
Inspector Lestrade
The Dead Room
Aubrey Judd
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
The Good Father
Mark Varda
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017
El pasajero clandestino
Major Owens
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Narrator
Dodger Special: Coronation
Archbishop of Canterbury
Doctor Jekyll
Journalist
The Trials of Oz
John Mortimer
Rag Tale
Cormac Rourke
The Pay Day
Gates
Miss in Her Teens
The Author
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Mr. Wroth
Cariani and the Courtesans
Raimondi
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Alexander Pope
Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Don Quixote
The Madness of Boy George
Narrator (voice)
Revisiting Brideshead
Narrator
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Dickie Attenborough
Deadly Appearances
Rick Spencer
Chemical Wedding
Haddo
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Maximillian
The Man of Destiny
Napoleon
Around The World In 80 Days
Phileas Fogg (voice)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Old Flames
Nathanial Quass
Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Richard O'Keefe
A Christmas Carol
2018
Surveillance 24/7
St John
The Scarlet Tunic
Captain Fairfax
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Eddie Cherdowski
An Audience with Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
George Frideric Handel
Creditors
2015
Revolutionary Witness
Franciscus Palloy
The Reluctant Dragon
Dragon (voice)
England, My England
Charles II
Being Shakespeare
2012
Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Narrator
Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Galileo
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
TV Shows (48)
Midsomer Murders
Dr. Wellow · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Charles Dickens · 2 eps
Death in Paradise
Larry South · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Lutz · 1 eps
Outlander
Duke of Sandringham · 5 eps
NOVA
Galileo · 1 eps
The Witcher
Codringher · 2 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Melchett · 1 eps
Lewis
Vernon Oxe · 1 eps
Screen Two
Nathanial Quass · 1 eps
Hawkeye
Armand Duquesne III · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Theodore Kemp · 1 eps
Inside No. 9
Dick · 1 eps
Performance
John Mortimer · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Dudley · 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Tree Blathereen (voice) · 2 eps
The Sweeney
Detective Sergeant · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Raimondi · 1 eps
Trial & Retribution
Rupert Halliday · 2 eps
Galavant
Edwin the Magnificent · 1 eps
Plebs
1 eps
The Cleaner
Mr. Abahassine · 1 eps
Don't Eat the Neighbours
26 eps
British Film Forever
1 eps
Angels in America
Prior 2
Angels in America
Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited) · 2 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Aubrey Judd · 1 eps
Shoebox Zoo
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice) · 26 eps
Étoile
Crispin Shamblee · 8 eps
The Company
MI6 liaison officer Elihu · 3 eps
Arn: The Knight Templar
Fader Henry · 2 eps
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Hugo Trenchfoot (voice) · 1 eps
Roman Mysteries
Pliny · 2 eps
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Meneptah (voice) · 1 eps
Carry On Laughing
Crew Member · 1 eps
The Boy That Never Was
Cozimo · 4 eps
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber · 7 eps
Chance in a Million
Tom Chance · 18 eps
Victorian Scandals
Duval · 1 eps
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell · 2 eps
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Charles Dickens · 2 eps
Them From That Thing
Various · 2 eps
The Woman In White
Count Fosco · 2 eps
Ice
Prime Minister · 2 eps
Dead Head
Hugo Silver · 4 eps
Little Napoleons
Edward Feathers · 4 eps
Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Narrator · 3 eps
The Rebel
Henry Palmer · 9 eps
Self / Appearances (34)
Loose Women
Self · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
Question Time
Himself - Panellist · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Q&A
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self · 1 eps
Merchant Ivory
Self
Mindhorn
Himself
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself · 1 eps
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Self · 3 eps
Theatreland
Self
Orson Welles Over Europe
Self - Presenter
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
Jamie's Dream School
Himself · 1 eps
Art of Freedom
Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
How Gay Sex Changed the World
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
50 Years Legal
Self
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
Self - Host - Narrator
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self
The British Guide to Showing Off
Self
