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Simon Burke
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.2
Mark
Crazy Fun Park
2023
6.4
Simon Mawbrey
Deep Water
2016
7.4
Tom Allen
Devil's Playground
2014
7.6
Nicholas Mortimer
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
9.0
Warren Thompson
Rescue: Special Ops
2009
2.0
Self - Contestant
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009
🎬
0.0
Jon
Small Claims: The Reunion
2006
6.0
Thank God You're Here
2006
6.0
Patrick
The Alice
2005
4.2
Narrator (voice)
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005
Credits
Crazy Fun Park
as Mark
2023
5.2
Deep Water
as Simon Mawbrey
2016
6.4
Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
2014
7.4
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Nicholas Mortimer
2012
7.6
Rescue: Special Ops
as Warren Thompson
2009
9.0
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
as Self - Contestant
2009
2.0
🎬
Small Claims: The Reunion
as Jon
2006
0.0
Thank God You're Here
2006
6.0
The Alice
as Patrick
2005
6.0
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice)
2005
4.2
Hustle
as Nick
2004
7.7
The Alice
as Patrick
2004
5.0
After the Deluge
as Michael
2003
3.4
🎬
Preservation
as Mr. Crewe
2003
6.0
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas
2003
4.5
Young Lions
as Rob Watson
2002
0.0
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver
2002
2.8
South Pacific
as Harbison
2001
4.9
Pitch Black
as Greg Owens
2000
6.9
Passion
as Herman Sandby
1999
2.8
The One That Got Away
as Stan
1996
5.8
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self - Co-Host
1994
0.0
Heroes II: The Return
as Capt. Ellis
1991
8.0
Brides of Christ
as Jack Delahunty
1991
7.0
Always Afternoon
as Tom
1988
5.0
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson
1987
4.0
The Flying Doctors
as Daryl Stokes
1986
6.3
Scales of Justice
as Constable Webber
1983
0.0
The Clinic
as Paul
1983
4.0
The Irishman
as Michael Doolan
1978
0.0
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
1977
6.5