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Simon Phillip Hugh Callow
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2013 Miss in Her Teens
The Author
 
2012 Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (TV movie)
Dickie Attenborough
 
2012 Them from That Thing (TV mini-series)
Various
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Various
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Various
 
2012 Acts of Godfrey
Godfrey
 
2011 This Is Jinsy (TV series)
Threcker
– Nameworm (2011) … Threcker
 
2005-2011 Doctor Who (TV series)
Charles Dickens
– The Wedding of River Song (2011) … Charles Dickens
– The Unquiet Dead (2005) … Charles Dickens
 
2011 Love's Kitchen
Guy Witherspoon
 
2011 Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey (TV movie)
Julian Fellowes
 
2011 Late Bloomers
Richard
 
2011 Ice (TV mini-series)
Prime Minister
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Prime Minister
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Prime Minister
 
2011 Being Shakespeare
 
2010 Save Our Bacon (short)
The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
 
2010 Arn (TV mini-series)
Fader Henry
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Fader Henry
– Episode #1.1 (2010) … Fader Henry
 
2010 Natural Selection (short)
Professor Gwyndon
 
2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV series)
Tree Blathereen
– The Gift: Part 2 (2009) … Tree Blathereen (voice)
– The Gift: Part 1 (2009) … Tree Blathereen (voice)
 
2009 Inspector Lewis (TV series)
Vernon Oxe
– Counter Culture Blues (2009) … Vernon Oxe
 
2009 Anatomy of Hope (TV movie)
Dr. George Griffen
 
2008 What's on Theatre (TV series)
Actor
 
2008 Chemical Wedding
Professor Haddo / Aleister Crowley
 
2008 The Mr. Men Show (TV series)
Narrator (UK)
– Dance/Inventions (2008) … Narrator (UK) (voice)
 
2007 Arn: The Knight Templar
Fader Henry
 
2007 The Company (TV mini-series)
Elihu
 
2007 Roman Mysteries (TV series)
Pliny
– The Secrets of Vesuvius (2007) … Pliny
 
2007 Surveillance 24/7
St John
 
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (TV movie)
George Russell
 
2006 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Dr. Wellow
– Dead Letters (2006) … Dr. Wellow
 
2006 Some Break (short)
 
2005 The Best Man
Big-Time Publisher
 
2005 Ripley Under Ground
Dean Bentliffe
 
2005 Rome (TV series)
Publius Servilius
– Egeria (2005) … Publius Servilius
 
2005 Rag Tale
Fat Boy
 
2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Mr. Wroth
 
2005 Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (TV movie)
Admiral
 
2005 Bob the Butler
Mr. Butler
 
2004 Agatha Christie Marple: The Body in the Library (TV movie)
Colonel Melchett
 
2004 The Phantom of the Opera
Andre
 
2004 Shoebox Zoo (TV series)
Wolfgang the Wolf
– Los Contrarios (2004) … Wolfgang the Wolf (voice)
– Where Four Elevens Meet (2004) … Wolfgang the Wolf (voice)
– Sign of the Unicorn (2004) … Wolfgang the Wolf (voice)
– Where the River Flows (2004) … Wolfgang the Wolf (voice)
– Mother's Footsteps (2004) … Wolfgang the Wolf (voice)
See all 12 episodes »
 
2004 George and the Dragon
King Edgar
 
2003 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
2003 Angels in America (TV mini-series)
Prior Walter Ancestor #2
– Part 1 Millennium Approaches (2003) … Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited)
 
2003 Bright Young Things
King of Anatolia
 
2002 Merci Docteur Rey
Bob
 
1998-2002 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
Rupert Halliday
– Episode #5.2 (2002) … Rupert Halliday
– Episode #3.2 (1999) … Rupert Halliday
– Episode #2.2 (1998) … Rupert Halliday
 
2002 Thunderpants
Sir John Osgood
 
2001 Don't Eat the Neighbours (TV series)
Fox & Bear
 
2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie
Scrooge (voice) / Charles Dickens (voice)
 
2001 No Man's Land
Soft
 
2000 Deadly Appearances (TV movie)
Rick Spencer
 
2000 Animated Epics: Don Quixote (TV movie)
Don Quixote de la Mancha (voice)
 
2000 The Mystery of Charles Dickens (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
2000 Robert's Rescue (TV movie)
Florestan/Eusebius
 
1999 Around the World in 80 Days (video)
Phileas Fogg
 
1999/I Junk
 
1998 Shakespeare in Love
Tilney - Master of the Revels
 
1998 Bedrooms and Hallways
Keith
 
1998 The Scarlet Tunic
Captain Fairfax
 
1998 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Hugo Trenchfoot
– The Trial (1998) … Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
 
1997 The Woman in White (TV movie)
Count Fosco
 
1996 Victory
Zangiacomo
 
1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV series)
Meneptah II
– Moses (1996) … Meneptah II (voice)
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper (voice)
 
1996 An Audience with Charles Dickens (TV movie)
Charles Dickens
 
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Vincent Cadby
 
1995 Le passager clandestin (TV movie)
Major Owens
 
1995 Jefferson in Paris
Richard Cosway
 
1995 England, My England
Charles II
 
1994 Street Fighter
A.N. Official
 
1994 Little Napoleons (TV mini-series)
Edward Feathers
– Sleeping with the Enemy (1994) … Edward Feathers
– The Godfathers of Education (1994) … Edward Feathers
– The Big Interview (1994) … Edward Feathers
– Path to Power (1994) … Edward Feathers
 
1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gareth - Wedding One
 
1990-1993 Screen Two (TV series)
Nathanial Quass / Vicar Ronnie
– Femme Fatale (1993) … Vicar Ronnie
– Old Flames (1990) … Nathanial Quass
 
1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Eddie Cherdowski
 
1992 Howards End
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
 
1991 Performance (TV series)
John Mortimer
– The Trials of Oz (1991) … John Mortimer
 
1991 The Crucifer of Blood (TV movie)
Inspector Lestrade
 
1991 Bye Bye Columbus (TV movie)
Friar Morcheno
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Dr. Alex Sauer
 
1990 Postcards from the Edge
Simon Asquith
 
1989 Revolutionary Witness (TV short)
Franciscus Palloy (segment "Patriot, The")
 
1988 Manifesto
Police Chief Hunt
 
1987 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Theodore Kemp
– The Wolvercote Tongue (1987) … Theodore Kemp
 
1987 Maurice
Mr. Ducie
 
1987 Screenplay (TV series)
Raimondi
– Cariani and the Courtesans (1987) … Raimondi
 
1987 The Reluctant Dragon (TV movie)
Dragon (voice)
 
1986 David Copperfield (TV mini-series)
Wilkins Micawber
– Episode #1.10 (1986) … Wilkins Micawber
– Episode #1.9 (1986) … Wilkins Micawber
– Episode #1.8 (1986) … Wilkins Micawber
– Episode #1.7 (1986) … Wilkins Micawber
– Episode #1.5 (1986) … Wilkins Micawber
See all 7 episodes »
 
1984-1986 Chance in a Million (TV series)
Tom Chance
– The Wedding (1986) … Tom Chance
– Pre-Matrimonial Tension (1986) … Tom Chance
– The Once and Future Chance (1986) … Tom Chance
– The Blessing (1986) … Tom Chance
– Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner (1986) … Tom Chance
See all 18 episodes »
 
1986 Dead Head (TV series)
Hugo Silver
– Anything for England (1986) … Hugo Silver
– Why Me? (1986) … Hugo Silver
 
1986 The Madness Museum (TV movie)
Arthur Labbis (as Owen Windhoek)
 
1986 The Christmas Tree (TV movie)
Jacob
 
1985 Behind Enemy Lines (TV movie)
Sgt. Rudolf Rau (as Owen Windhoek)
 
1985 A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr Beebe
 
1985 The Good Father
Mark Varda
 
1985 Honour, Profit & Pleasure (TV movie)
George Frideric Handel
 
1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
Haddy Kemp
– The Times They Are a Changin' (1984) … Haddy Kemp
 
1984 Amadeus
Emanuel Schikaneder / Papageno in 'The Magic Flute'
 
1982 La ronde (TV movie)
 
1981 The Man of Destiny (TV movie)
Napoleon
 
1981 W.H. Auden Monologue (TV movie)
W,H,Auden
 
1980 Play for Today (TV series)
Max
– Instant Enlightenment Including V.A.T. (1980) … Max
 
1978 Wings of Song (TV movie)
Prince
 
1978 Crown Court (TV series)
Raymond Craft
– Association: Part 1 (1978) … Raymond Craft
 
1976 The Sweeney (TV series)
Detective Sergeant
– Down to You, Brother (1976) … Detective Sergeant
 
1976 Victorian Scandals (TV series)
Duval
– Skittles (1976) … Duval
 
1975 Get Some In! (TV series)
Wally
– 36-Hour Pass (1975) … Wally
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2011 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV series)
– Superman: Distant Fires (2011) (performer: "Family")
 
2004 The Phantom of the Opera (performer: "Notes", "Prima Donna", "We Have All Been Blind")
 
1996 James and the Giant Peach (performer: "That's The Life", "Family", "Eating The Peach")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2009 Orson Welles Over Europe (TV documentary) (written by)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2002 Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (TV special documentary) (stage director)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010 Small-Time Revolutionary (short) (special thanks)
 
2006 Flushed Away (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (70 titles)
2012 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Piers Morgan's Life Stories (TV series)
Himself
– Felicity Kendal (2012) … Himself
 
2006-2012 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 September 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 March 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005-2012 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Guest Panelist
– Episode #17.180 (2012) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode #16.87 (2011) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode #9.1 (2008) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 27 September 2005 (2005) … Guest Panelist
 
2012 Q&A (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
– Mutilation and the Media Generation (2012) … Himself - Panelist
 
2012 BBC Proms (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Prom 36: An Evening with Ivor Novello (2012) … Himself - Narrator
 
1996-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 April 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 March 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 6 February 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 The Sarah Millican Television Programme (TV series)
Himself
– Simon Callow/John Kettley/Phyllis Logan (2012) … Himself
 
2012 In Love with Dickens (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Great West End Theatres (documentary)
Himself
 
2011-2012 Late Review (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
– Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Special (2012) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 19 August 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2012 BBC News 24 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 February 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Meeting Shakespeare (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Many Faces of... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dame Judi Dench (2011) … Himself
 
2004-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself
– Episode dated 5 August 2011 (2011) … Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 8 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 22 December 2009 (2009) … Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 8 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2011 Popstar to Operastar (TV series)
Himself - Critic / Himself - Mentor
– The Final (2011) … Himself - Critic
– The Final: The Result (2011) … Himself - Critic
– The Semi-Final (2011) … Himself - Critic
– The Semi-Final: The Results (2011) … Himself - Critic
– Week Four (2011) … Himself - Critic
See all 13 episodes »
 
2009-2011 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2011 In Love with Shakespeare (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 This Green and Pleasant Land: The Story of British Landscape Painting (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2011 Jamie's Dream School (TV series)
Himself
– What's Dream School Been All About? (2011) … Himself
– What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? (2011) … Himself
– Meet Me Halfway (2011) … Himself
– The Battle Lines Are Drawn (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Narrator (voice)
 
2010 The Unforgettable Harry Secombe (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Ego: The Strange and Wonderful World of Self-Portraits (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Michael Ball Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Rude Britannia (TV series documentary)
Himself
– You've Never Had It So Rude!! (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Orson Welles Over Europe (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2003-2008 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Paul Scofield (2008) … Himself
– Alec Guinness: A Secret Man (2003) … Himself
 
2008 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.17 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Pantomime (documentary short)
Narrator
 
2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Movie Connections (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Shakespeare in Love (2007) … Himself
– Four Weddings and a Funeral (2007) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Himself (as Simon Callow CBE)
 
2007 How Gay Sex Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Simon Callow (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Derren Brown: Trick or Treat (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (video documentary short)
Himself - Author, 'Orson Welles: Hello Americans'
 
2006-2007 Classical Destinations (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Budapest: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartók and Zoltan Kodaly (2007) … Himself - Host
– London and Dublin: George Fredric Handel (2007) … Himself - Host
– London and Halle: George Fredric Handel (2007) … Himself - Host
– London, Thaxted and Cheltenham: Gustav Holst & Vaughan Williams (2007) … Himself - Host
– Madrid: Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz & Stevan Mokranjac (2007) … Himself - Host
See all 24 episodes »
 
2006 The Madness of Boy George (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2006 Shooting 'Egypt' in India (video short)
Himself
 
2006 The Dark Secrets of the Hellfire Council (video short)
Himself
 
2006 The Play's the Thing (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2006) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Reviving Harry Lime (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Men of Mystery (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV series)
Himself
– Ant & Dec's Christmas Takeaway (2005) … Himself
 
2005 It's Christmas with Jonathan Ross (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Foley & McColl: This Way Up (TV short)
Himself
 
2005 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 News 24 Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Britain's Finest (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Actresses (2005) … Himself - Presenter
 
2005 The Making of 'The Phantom of the Opera' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.8 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Making 'Christmas Carol: The Movie' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Max Wall (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Nova (TV series documentary)
Galileo
– Galileo's Battle for the Heavens (2002) … Galileo
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Sunday Programme (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 BBC Music Live 2000 (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Roald Dahl's Revolting Concert (2000) … Himself - Presenter
 
1999 Dear Boy: The Story of Michael Mac Liammoir (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Notting Hill
Himself in Film within Film (uncredited)
 
1998 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1998 (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1997 Brunch (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 April 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 (1997) … Himself
 
1994 In Ismail's Custody (video documentary)
Actor and Director
 
1993 Camp Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Acting (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Simon Callow: On Acting in Restoration Comedy (1987) … Himself
 
1985 Breakfast Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 July 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1981 The Theatre Quiz (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.5 (1981) … Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.2 (1981) … Himself - Panellist
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2010 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2004 Retrosexual: The 80's
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1984) Book: "Being An Actor" See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Simon Callow CBE | Owen Windhoek

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

On his C.B.E., "Being honored by one's country is even better than winning a Tony Award. But since it comes from Downing Street, I suppose in a sense it is a Tony." See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded the Patricia Rothermel Award at the 1999 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his outstanding services to theatre. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays Charles Dickens or Dickensian characters See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini