Simon Russell Beale's theatre career began with plays at the Traverse and Lyceum in Edinburgh. His first London appearance was in William Gaskill’s Royal Court production of Women Beware Women. For the National Theatre: The Lehman Trilogy (also Park Avenue Armory, New York and West End), King Lear, 50 Years on Stage, Timon of Athens, Collaborators, London Assurance, Major Barbara, Landscape and A Slight Ache, Much Ado About Nothing, The Alchemist, The Life of Galileo, Jumpers (also West End and New York), Humble Boy (also West End), the title role in Hamlet, Battle Royal, Candide, Summerfolk, Money, Othello, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Volpone. For the RSC: The Tempest, King Lear, Ghosts, the title roles in Richard III and Edward II, The Seagull, Troilus and Cressida, The Man of Mode and Restoration. Other theatre includes The Hothouse at Trafalgar Studios; Bluebird for Atlantic Theatre Company, New York; Privates on Parade and Death Trap at the Noël Coward; The Winter’s Tale and The Cherry Orchard at the Old Vic, in New York and on an international tour; Monty Python’s Spamalot on Broadway and in the West End; for the Donmar: The Philanthropist, Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night and Temple; Julius Caesar at the Barbican and on international tour; Richard II and Macbeth at the Almeida; and The Duchess of Mal at Greenwich and Wyndham’s. Dance includes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for the Royal Ballet. Television includes Vanity Fair, Legacy, Parkinson: Masterclass, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Spooks, John Adams, Dunkirk, The Young Visiters, Great Historians: Gibbon, A Dance to the Music of Time, Persuasion and The Mushroom Pickers. Film includes The Death of Stalin, My Week with Marilyn, The Deep Blue Sea, The Gathering, Alice in Wonderland, An Ideal Husband, The Temptation of Franz Schubert and Hamlet. He has narrated several books and voiced three roles for the Shakespeare CD Series. Narrations for television include presenting Sacred Victoria, Symphony and Sacred Music. Concerts include First Night of the Proms, Stravinsky Promenade and Sondheim Birthday Promenade. Simon Russell Beale is an associate artist of the RSC. In 2019 he was awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the Arts.
