Simon Burke
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1961-10-08 (63 years old)
Simon Burke
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.
Known For
Actor
as Mark
as Simon Mawbrey
as Tom Allen
as Himself - Host
as Nicholas Mortimer
as Warren Thompson
as Jon
as Narrator (voice)
as Patrick
as Patrick
as Nick
as Mr. Crewe
as Thomas
as Michael
as Euan Diver
as Rob Watson
as Harbison
as Greg Owens
as Herman Sandby
as Stan
as Capt. Ellis
as Jack Delahunty
as Tom
as Wyn Jackson
as Daryl Stokes
as Paul
as Constable Webber
as Michael Doolan
as Tom Allen
Producer
as Executive Producer