Simon Lockwood
- Actor
Simon was born in Mirfield West Yorkshire (hence the accent) emigrating
to Perth WA at the age of thirteen.He began acting in amateur at the
age of twenty before return to the UK to study Performing Arts at The
University of East Anglia.After graduating (1996) he moved to London
and spent the next two years touring the UK and Europe performing
Shakespeare (MacBeth and The Tempest) with the Jactito Theatre company.
Various roles followed in film, television and theatre, working with
the BBC and the Discovery channel and several fringe theatre's (Two Way
Mirror/ Black Dog)plus the Da Vinci Code(directed by Ron Howard and
starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou). Simon returned to Perth in 2006
to study a Masters In Film and Television at Curtin University,
graduating with distinction in 2009. Since being back in Perth he has
acted in several film productions including the DigiSPAA awarding
winning film "Little Sparrows" directed by Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen and
more recently "Son of a Gun" starring Ewan McGregor and the mini drama
"The War That Changed Us".