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

Acting

2000

Pitch Black

as

Greg Owens

1996

The One That Got Away

as

Stan

1977

The Devil's Playground

as

Tom Allen

2003

The Postcard Bandit

as

Thomas

2001

South Pacific

as

Harbison

2002

Heroes' Mountain

as

Euan Diver

1983

The Clinic

as

Paul

1978

The Irishman

as

Michael Doolan

2005

The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia

as

Narrator (voice)

1987

Slate, Wyn & Me

as

Wyn Jackson

1999

Passion

as

Herman Sandby

2003

Preservation

as

Mr. Crewe

2006

Small Claims: The Reunion

as

Jon

2004

The Alice

as

Patrick

The Alice

as

Patrick

After the Deluge

as

Michael

Always Afternoon

as

Tom

Brides of Christ

as

Jack Delahunty

Scales of Justice

as

Constable Webber

Hustle

as

Nick

Rescue: Special Ops

as

Warren Thompson

The Flying Doctors

as

Daryl Stokes

Thank God You're Here

as

Devil's Playground

as

Tom Allen

Deep Water

as

Simon Mawbrey

Heroes II: The Return

as

Capt. Ellis

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

as

Nicholas Mortimer

Young Lions

as

Rob Watson

Crazy Fun Park

as

Mark

Production

Devil's Playground

as

Crew

Directing