Simon Burke
Known for ActingBorn 1961-10-08
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.
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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
Pitch Black
2000 · as Greg Owens
South Pacific
2001 · as Harbison
The Irishman
1978 · as Michael Doolan
The Devil's Playground
1977 · as Tom Allen
The One That Got Away
1996 · as Stan
Passion
1999 · as Herman Sandby
Slate, Wyn & Me
1987 · as Wyn Jackson
The Alice
2004 · as Patrick
The Postcard Bandit
2003 · as Thomas
The Clinic
1983 · as Paul
Preservation
2003 · as Mr. Crewe
Small Claims: The Reunion
2006 · as Jon
Heroes' Mountain
2002 · as Euan Diver
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005 · as Narrator (voice)