Simon's first job was as a journalist on the 'Bridgwater Mercury'. He left the newspaper to go to drama school.
He began his acting career at Derby Playhouse in 1972 and it has included hundreds of roles in theatre, film, TV and radio.
His TV debut was as a conman, Jim Potts, in 'Coronation Street', trying to sell a dodgy shower to Ena Sharples. (She wasn't fooled.)
But much of his TV career has been spent on the other side of the law as policemen - including Sir Robert Peel (in a drama documentary) and D.I. Shiner in 'Heartbeat' from 1997-2005.
He's older now, playing judges. 'The Innocent', 'Heart', 'Emmerdale', 'Wire in the Blood', 'Poirot', 'Eastenders'...

Heart
1999 · as Judge

Hillsborough
1996 · as Additional Cast

The Danedyke Mystery
1979 · as Detective Sergeant Trasker

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 · as Piotr Maliszewski

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008 · as Male Panellist

The Nature of the Beast
1988 · as Mr. Arkwright

In Denial of Murder
2004 · as Julian Bevan

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998 · as Hospital Consultant

From the Roots Came the Rapper
1978 · as Eddie