Simon Burke

Simon Burke

Birthday: 1961-10-08

Place of birth:

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0121865

Biography:

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.​

Played in movies:

Pitch Black

Score: 6.8

The Devil's Playground

Score: 6.6

Preservation

Score: 6.0

The One That Got Away

Score: 5.8

The Postcard Bandit

Score: 5.3

The Alice

Score: 5.0

The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia

Score: 5.0

South Pacific

Score: 4.9

The Clinic

Score: 4.5

Slate, Wyn & Me

Score: 4.0

Passion

Score: 3.3

Heroes' Mountain

Score: 2.8

Small Claims: The Reunion

Score: 0.0

The Irishman

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Rescue: Special Ops

Score: 9.0

Heroes II: The Return

Score: 8.0

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Score: 7.7

Hustle

Score: 7.7

Devil's Playground

Score: 7.4

Brides of Christ

Score: 7.0

Deep Water

Score: 6.5

The Flying Doctors

Score: 6.3

Thank God You're Here

Score: 6.0

The Alice

Score: 6.0

Crazy Fun Park

Score: 5.2

Always Afternoon

Score: 5.0

After the Deluge

Score: 3.8

Young Lions

Score: 0.0

Scales of Justice

Score: 0.0