Simon Callow

Career timeline

1. 1949 · Born

   Born in Streatham, London, England, UK

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   A Ghost Story for Christmas (TV)

3. 1999 · Breakthrough

   Notting Hill (Movie)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   Eternal Return (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1970s

10 1980s

14 1990s

22 2000s

17 2010s

10 2020s

• Drama46
• Comedy26
• Crime13
• Romance13
• Action & Adventure10
• Mystery9

Highest-rated title Outlander 2014 8.2 Most popular title Doctor Who 2005 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Simon Callow in our catalogue.

Mark Gatiss

4 titles together

1. 2026 Eternal Return as Malcolm Movie
2. 2026 The Northumbria Mysteries as Father David Rutherford TV
3. 2025 Bookish as E 6.2 TV
4. 2025 Étoile as Crispin Shamblee 7.3 TV
5. 2024 The Boy That Never Was as Cozimo TV
6. 2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 as Cavendish 5.8 Movie
7. 2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye 7.2 Movie
8. 2021 The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mr. Blunden 6.3 Movie
9. 2021 Hawkeye as Armand Duquesne III 7.8 TV
10. 2021 The Cleaner as Mr. Abahassine 6.9 TV
11. 2019 The Witcher as Codringher 7.9 TV
12. 2018 Blue Iguana as Uncle Martin 5.7 Movie
13. 2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas as Leech 6.9 Movie
14. 2017 Victoria & Abdul as Mr. Puccini 6.9 Movie
15. 2017 Hampstead as Judge 6.1 Movie
16. 2017 Viceroy's House as Cyril Radcliffe 6.7 Movie
17. 2016 The Rebel as Henry Palmer TV
18. 2015 Galavant as Edwin the Magnificent 7.3 TV
19. 2014 Outlander as Duke of Sandringham 8.2 TV
20. 2014 Inside No. 9 as Dick 8.1 TV
21. 2013 Plebs 7.3 TV
22. 2012 Them From That Thing as Various TV
23. 2012 Playhouse Presents as Dudley TV
24. 2011 Death in Paradise as Larry South 7.4 TV
25. 2011 Love's Kitchen as Guy Witherspoon 5.4 Movie
26. 2011 Ice as Prime Minister 5.4 Movie
27. 2010 Arn: The Knight Templar as Fader Henry 7.6 TV
28. 2007 Arn: The Knight Templar as Father Henry 6.3 Movie
29. 2007 Ripley Under Ground as Dean Bentliffe 5.6 Movie
30. 2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures as Tree Blathereen (voice) 7.1 TV
31. 2007 The Company as MI6 liaison officer Elihu 7.3 TV
32. 2007 British Film Forever TV
33. 2007 Roman Mysteries as Pliny TV
34. 2007 Lewis as Vernon Oxe 7.6 TV
35. 2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as George Russell TV
36. 2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as George Russell 5.1 Movie
37. 2005 The Best Man as Big-Time Publisher 5.4 Movie
38. 2005 Doctor Who as Charles Dickens 7.6 TV
39. 2005 Bob the Butler as Mr. Butler 5.6 Movie
40. 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Colonel Melchett 7.9 TV
41. 2004 The Phantom of the Opera as Andre 7.3 Movie
42. 2004 Shoebox Zoo as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice) TV
43. 2004 George and the Dragon as King Edgar 5.5 Movie
44. 2003 Angels in America as Prior 2 7.6 TV
45. 2003 Bright Young Things as King of Anatolia 6.3 Movie
46. 2002 Thunderpants as Sir John Osgood 3.4 Movie
47. 2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie as Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) 5.2 Movie
48. 2001 Don't Eat the Neighbours TV
49. 2001 No Man's Land as Colonel Soft 7.5 Movie
50. 1999 Notting Hill as Simon Callow (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
51. 1998 Shakespeare in Love as Tilney 6.8 Movie
52. 1997 Trial & Retribution as Rupert Halliday TV
53. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Dr. Wellow 7.5 TV
54. 1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation as Meneptah (voice) TV
55. 1996 James and the Giant Peach as Grasshopper (voice) 6.6 Movie
56. 1996 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Hugo Trenchfoot (voice) 6.3 TV
57. 1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as Vincent Cadby 6.3 Movie
58. 1994 Street Fighter as A. N. Official 4.7 Movie
59. 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral as Gareth 6.8 Movie
60. 1992 Howards End as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
61. 1991 Performance as John Mortimer TV
62. 1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Dr. Alex Sauer 6.1 Movie
63. 1990 Postcards from the Edge as Simon Asquith 6.6 Movie
64. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Lutz 8.2 TV
65. 1988 Comic Relief TV
66. 1987 Maurice as Mr. Ducie 7.6 Movie
67. 1987 Inspector Morse as Theodore Kemp 7.9 TV
68. 1986 David Copperfield as Wilkins Micawber TV
69. 1986 ScreenPlay as Raimondi TV
70. 1986 A Room with a View as The Reverend Mr. Beebe 6.9 Movie
71. 1985 Screen Two as Nathanial Quass TV
72. 1984 Amadeus as Emanuel Schikaneder 8.0 Movie
73. 1984 Chance in a Million as Tom Chance TV
74. 1977 The Sunday Drama as The Prince TV
75. 1976 Victorian Scandals as Duval TV
76. 1975 Carry On Laughing as Crew Member TV
77. 1975 The Sweeney as Detective Sergeant 8.1 TV
78. 1974 NOVA as Galileo 7.1 TV
79. 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas as Aubrey Judd TV

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