Simon Chandler
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1953-06-04
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biografía
Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
Conocido por
Filmografía
Falling
La diplomática
The Gold
The Peripheral
La casa del dragón
Agente oculto
Slow Horses
RFDS
La vieja guardia
Un océano entre nosotros
Cartas de Baghdad
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
The Crown
La teoría del todo
Mr. Turner
The Politician's Husband
Las mujeres de Bletchley
¡Llama a la comadrona!
La dama de hierro
Vera
Silk
El discurso del rey
Identity
Critical Eye
Land Girls
Penélope
El perfume: Historia de un asesino
The Taming of the Shrew
Stoned, el genuino Rolling Stone
ShakespeaRe-Told
Mangal Pandey. Un hombre contra un imperio
The Thick of It
El secreto de Vera Drake
Foyle's War
La balsa de piedra
Judge John Deed
Teachers
Soldado de honor
Gentlemen's Relish
The Sleeper
Urban Gothic
Life Force
Milk
El comisario europeo
Spice World: La película
El hombre que no sabía nada
Incognito
The Vanishing Man
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Middlemarch
Propósitos Perversos
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Heartbeat
So You Think You've Got Troubles
Aimée
Dear Sarah
Confessional
Sitting Targets
Here Is the News
Pulaski
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Singing Detective
Casualty
Jonny Briggs
Screen Two
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Sharing Time
Motín a bordo
Lazos secretos
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Breadwinner
¿Víctor o Victoria?
Shine on Harvey Moon
Retorno a Brideshead
Friends and Other Lovers
Antony & Cleopatra
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
The Taming of the Shrew
Descifrando el enigma
"If Only..."
Who's Who
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
El Señor de los Anillos
1990
Un puente lejano
The Sunday Drama
The Winslow Boy
Brensham People
The Duchess of Duke Street
Play for Today
ITV Playhouse
BBC Play of the Month