Acting credits
29
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Simon Burke
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 12Series: 17Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 28100
IMDb ID: nm0121865
Known for: Acting
Born: October 8, 1961
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2023
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 7.02
Wikidata: Q7518377
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Simon Burke.
4.2
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice)
2005 Movie
5.0
The Alice
as Patrick
2004 Movie
4.5
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas
2003 Movie
2.8
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver
2002 Movie
4.9
South Pacific
as Harbison
2001 Movie
6.9
Pitch Black
as Greg Owens
2000 Movie
2.8
Passion
as Herman Sandby
1999 Movie
5.8
The One That Got Away
as Stan
1996 Movie
4.0
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson
1987 Movie
4.0
The Clinic
as Paul
1983 Movie
The Irishman
as Michael Doolan
1978 Movie
6.5
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Simon Burke.
5.2
Crazy Fun Park
as Mark • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.4
Deep Water
as Simon Mawbrey • 4 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen • 6 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Nicholas Mortimer • 1 eps
2012 Series
9.1
Rescue: Special Ops
as Warren Thompson • 1 eps
2009 Series
2.0
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.0
Thank God You're Here
2006 Series
6.0
The Alice
as Patrick • 22 eps
2005 Series
7.7
Hustle
as Nick • 1 eps
2004 Series
3.4
After the Deluge
as Michael • 2 eps
2003 Series
Young Lions
as Rob Watson • 3 eps
2002 Series
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self - Co-Host • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
Heroes II: The Return
as Capt. Ellis • 2 eps
1991 Series
7.0
Brides of Christ
as Jack Delahunty • 1 eps
1991 Series
5.0
Always Afternoon
as Tom • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.6
The Flying Doctors
as Daryl Stokes • 1 eps
1986 Series
Scales of Justice
as Constable Webber • 3 eps
1983 Series