Simon Burke
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.
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- 2023 · Crazy Fun Park as Mark
- 2016 · Deep Water as Simon Mawbrey
- 2014 · Devil's Playground as Tom Allen
- 2013 · Wentworth as Himself - Host
- 2012 · Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries as Nicholas Mortimer
- 2009 · Rescue: Special Ops as Warren Thompson
- 2006 · Small Claims: The Reunion as Jon
- 2006 · Thank God You're Here as
- 2005 · The Alice as Patrick
- 2005 · The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Hustle as Nick
- 2003 · After the Deluge as Michael
- 2003 · Preservation as Mr. Crewe
- 2003 · The Postcard Bandit as Thomas
- 2002 · Young Lions as Rob Watson
- 2002 · Heroes' Mountain as Euan Diver
- 2001 · South Pacific as Harbison
- 2000 · Pitch Black as Greg Owens
- 1999 · Passion as Herman Sandby
- 1996 · The One That Got Away as Stan
- 1991 · Heroes II: The Return as Capt. Ellis
- 1991 · Brides of Christ as Jack Delahunty
- 1988 · Always Afternoon as Tom
- 1987 · Slate, Wyn & Me as Wyn Jackson
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Daryl Stokes
- 1983 · Scales of Justice as Constable Webber
- 1983 · The Clinic as Paul
- 1978 · The Irishman as Michael Doolan
- 1976 · The Devil's Playground as Tom Allen