Simon McBurney's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Carnival Row Runyon Mill… The Vicar of Dibley (UK) Choirmaster Rev (UK) Archdeacon … The Loudest Voice Rupert Murd… The Casual Vacancy (UK) Colin Wall The Two Of Us (UK) The Man

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BIOGRAPHY:

Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE is an English actor, writer and director. He is the founder and artistic director of Theater de Complicite in England, now called Complicite.


TRIVIA:

• Has been a best friend of 'Emma Thompson (I)' (qv) since they were teenagers.
• Artistic director of the theatre company Complicite (formerly "Theatre de Complicite").
• He was nominated for the Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director at the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for "The Elephant Vanishes" performed at the Barbican Theatre.
• His play, "Mnemonic", performed at the London's Riverside Studios was awarded the 1999 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best New Play.
• His portrait was taken by Richard Avedon for inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's special exhibition "Richard Avedon: Portraits" and appears in the book of the same name.
• Former partner of actress 'Jacqueline McKenzie (I)' (qv).
• He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.
• Ranked #31 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".