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Simon McBurney

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Simon McBurney at an event for Friends with Money (2006)
A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.
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Simon McBurney was born on 25 August 1957 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and The Last King of Scotland (2006). He is married to Cassie Yukawa. They have three children.
BornAugust 25, 1957
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Simon McBurney and Jacqueline McKenzie in Eisenstein (2000)
Simon McBurney in Rev. (2010)
Simon McBurney in The Casual Vacancy (2015)
Simon McBurney in Allied (2016)
Brad Pitt, Jared Harris, and Simon McBurney in Allied (2016)
Abigail Cruttenden, Felicity Jones, Simon McBurney, Eddie Redmayne, and Raffiella Chapman in The Theory of Everything (2014)
Simon Delaney, Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Frances O'Connor, and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Franka Potente, Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Patrick Wilson, and Abhi Sinha in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Frances O'Connor, Patrick Wilson, and Abhi Sinha in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Franka Potente, Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Patrick Wilson, and Chris Royds in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, Frances O'Connor, and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Vera Farmiga, Simon McBurney, and Abhi Sinha in The Conjuring 2 (2016)

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Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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  • Oliver Lacon
  • 2011
Denzel Washington in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate
6.6
  • Atticus Noyle
  • 2004
Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The Last King of Scotland
7.6
  • Stone
  • 2006
Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2010)
Jane Eyre
7.3
  • Mr. Brocklehurst
  • 2010

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Actor

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  • Carnival Row (2019)
    Carnival Row
  • Christian Bale in The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
    The Pale Blue Eye
  • Eva Whittaker and Honor Kneafsey in Wolfwalkers (2020)
    Wolfwalkers
    • (voice)
  • Complicité: The Encounter (2020)
    Complicité: The Encounter
  • Willem Dafoe in Siberia (2019)
    Siberia
  • Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice (2019)
    The Loudest Voice
  • Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz in The Mercy (2018)
    The Mercy
  • Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in Allied (2016)
    Allied
  • Bonnie Aarons in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
    The Conjuring 2
  • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  • Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Simon McBurney, Julia McKenzie, Rory Kinnear, Rufus Jones, and Abigail Lawrie in The Casual Vacancy (2015)
    The Casual Vacancy
  • Knifeman
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    The Theory of Everything
  • Colin Firth and Emma Stone in Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
    Magic in the Moonlight
  • Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman in Rev. (2010)
    Rev.

Director

  • Fehinti Balogun in Can I Live? (2021)
    Can I Live?
  • Complicité: The Encounter (2020)
    Complicité: The Encounter
  • National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number (2010)
    National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
  • Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French & Saunders Live (2000)
    French & Saunders Live
    • (director of the live show)
  • Complicite: The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
    • (stage)

Writer

  • National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number (2010)
    National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
  • Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
    Mr. Bean's Holiday
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How "Carnival Row" Gets Lovecraft Right
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How "Carnival Row" Gets Lovecraft Right
"Drop Your Wands"
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"Drop Your Wands"
"Cafe Attack"
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"Cafe Attack"
The Conjuring 2
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The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2
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The Conjuring 2
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Season 2 Official Trailer
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Watch Now on Apple TV+
Watch Now on Apple TV+
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Watch Now on Apple TV+
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    • August 25, 1957
    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
    • ? - present (3 children)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Directed "The Chairs", a play by Eugène Ionesco - John Golden Theater, New York City, USA.
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    Has been a best friend of Emma Thompson since they were teenagers.

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