Simon Chandler
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-06-04
- Place of birth:
- Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Falling
The Diplomat
The Gold
The Peripheral
House of the Dragon
Rogue Agent
Slow Horses
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Old Guard
The Mercy
Letters from Baghdad
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
The Crown
The Theory of Everything
Mr. Turner
The Politician's Husband
The Bletchley Circle
Call the Midwife
The Iron Lady
Vera
Silk
The King's Speech
Identity
Critical Eye
Land Girls
Penelope
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Taming of the Shrew
Stoned
ShakespeaRe-Told
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
The Thick of It
Vera Drake
Foyle's War
The Stone Raft
Judge John Deed
Teachers
Sword of Honour
Gentlemen's Relish
The Sleeper
Urban Gothic
Life Force
Milk
The Commissioner
Spice World
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Incognito
The Vanishing Man
Midsomer Murders
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Middlemarch
Unnatural Causes
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
The Bounty
Lace
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Breadwinner
Victor/Victoria
Shine on Harvey Moon
Brideshead Revisited
Friends and Other Lovers
Antony & Cleopatra
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
The Taming of the Shrew
The Imitation Game
"If Only..."
Who's Who
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
The Lord of the Rings
1990
A Bridge Too Far
The Sunday Drama
The Winslow Boy
Brensham People
The Duchess of Duke Street
Play for Today
ITV Playhouse
BBC Play of the Month