Simon Callow, geboren am 13. Juni 1949 in Streatham, London, ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Regisseur und Autor. Er besuchte die The London Oratory School und die Queen’s University Belfast. Bekannt wurde er mit Rollen in „Inspector Barnaby“, „Outlander“ und „Doctor Who“. Für seine Arbeit erhielt er unter anderem einen Screen Actors Guild Award für das beste Schauspielerensemble in einem Spielfilm, den Theatre World Award und einen Ehrendoktor. Außerdem wurde er zum Commander of the Order of the British Empire ernannt.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – Eternal Return
2026 – The Man with the Plan
2025 – Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
2024 – Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 – Aguska
2024 – Die Weihnachtsliste
2024 – Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 – Merchant Ivory
2024 – Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
2023 – Dodger Special: Coronation
2023 – Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
2023 – Doctor Jekyll
2023 – Surprised by Oxford
2022 – The Pay Day
2022 – American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022 – The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022 – The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 – Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 – GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Das Making of Hawkeye
2021 – Der fabelhafte Mr. Blunden
2021 – Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
2020 – Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
2018 – The Dead Room
2018 – A Christmas Carol
2018 – They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 – The Diamond Job - Gauner, Bomben und Juwelen
2017 – Born Silly
2017 – Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017 – Charles Dickens - Der Mann der Weihnachten erfand
2017 – Victoria & Abdul
2017 – 50 Years Legal
2017 – Hampstead Park - Aussicht auf Liebe
2017 – Der Stern von Indien
2016 – Mindhorn
2016 – There's Something About Romcoms
2016 – Golden Years
2015 – Creditors
2014 – Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 – The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
2014 – Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 – Miss in Her Teens
2013 – The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2012 – Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 – Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012 – Being Shakespeare
2012 – Acts of Godfrey
2011 – The British Guide to Showing Off
2011 – Late Bloomers
2011 – Love's Kitchen - Ein Dessert Zum Verlieben
2011 – Art of Freedom
2011 – Ice - Wenn die Welt erfriert
2010 – The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010 – Save Our Bacon
2009 – Orson Welles Over Europe
2009 – Theatreland
2008 – Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008 – Crowley - Back from Hell
2007 – Arn - Der Kreuzritter
2007 – Ripley Under Ground
2007 – Surveillance 24/7
2007 – How Gay Sex Changed the World
2006 – Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006 – The Madness of Boy George
2006 – Reviving Harry Lime
2006 – Tutanchamun - Der Fluch des Pharao
2006 – Men of Mystery
2005 – A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005 – Revisiting Brideshead
2005 – Rag Tale
2005 – Ein Trauzeuge zum Verlieben
2005 – The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005 – Bob der Butler
2004 – Das Phantom der Oper
2004 – George und das Ei des Drachen
2003 – Merci Docteur Rey
2003 – Bright Young Things
2002 – Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
2002 – The Mystery of Charles Dickens
2002 – Thunderpants
2001 – Ein Weihnachtsmärchen
2001 – No Man's Land
2000 – Deadly Appearances
2000 – Animated Epics: Don Quixote
2000 – Around The World In 80 Days
1999 – Notting Hill
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1998 – Kreuz und Queer
1998 – The Scarlet Tunic
1997 – The Woman In White
1996 – Victory
1996 – Moses
1996 – James und der Riesenpfirsich
1996 – An Audience with Charles Dickens
1995 – Ace Ventura – Jetzt wird’s wild
1995 – Jefferson in Paris
1995 – El pasajero clandestino
1995 – England, My England
1994 – Street Fighter - Die entscheidende Schlacht
1994 – Vier Hochzeiten und ein Todesfall
1993 – Camp Christmas
1993 – Femme Fatale
1993 – Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1992 – Wiedersehen in Howards End
1991 – The Trials of Oz
1991 – The Crucifer of Blood
1990 – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 – Grüße aus Hollywood
1990 – Old Flames
1989 – Revolutionary Witness
1988 – Manifesto
1987 – The Reluctant Dragon
1987 – Maurice
1987 – Cariani and the Courtesans
1986 – The Christmas Tree
1986 – Zimmer mit Aussicht
1985 – Die Liebe eines Vaters
1985 – Honour, Profit & Pleasure
1984 – Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984 – Amadeus
1981 – The Man of Destiny
1979 – Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
The Reformation of Sister Edith Serien
2026 – The Northumbria Mysteries
2025 – Bookish
2025 – Étoile
2024 – The Boy That Never Was
2022 – Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
2021 – Hawkeye
2021 – Der Tatortreiniger… aus England
2021 – Classical Destinations: The Great Composers
2019 – The Witcher
2017 – Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2016 – The Rebel
2015 – Galavant
2014 – Outlander
2014 – Inside No. 9
2013 – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
2013 – Plebs
2012 – Them From That Thing
2012 – Playhouse Presents
2011 – Death in Paradise
2011 – Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
2011 – Jamie's Dream School
2011 – Ice
2010 – Arn - Der Kreuzritter
2009 – The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2008 – Q&A
2007 – The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 – The Company – Im Auftrag der CIA
2007 – British Film Forever
2007 – Geheimnis um Rom
2007 – Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007 – Lewis – Der Oxford Krimi
2006 – King Tut - Der Fluch des Pharao
2006 – Great British Menu
2005 – Doctor Who
2004 – Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 – Shoebox Zoo
2003 – Engel in Amerika
2002 – Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2001 – Don't Eat the Neighbours
1999 – Loose Women
1998 – Parkinson
1997 – The Woman In White
1997 – Der Preis des Verbrechens
1997 – Inspector Barnaby
1996 – Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 – Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1994 – Little Napoleons
1991 – Performance
1989 – Agatha Christie's Poirot
1988 – Comic Relief
1987 – Acting
1987 – Inspector Morse
1986 – David Copperfield
1986 – ScreenPlay
1986 – Split Screen
1986 – Dead Head
1985 – Screen Two
1984 – Chance in a Million
1984 – Saturday Review
1979 – Question Time
1977 – The Sunday Drama
1976 – Victorian Scandals
1975 – Carry On Laughing
1975 – Die Füchse
1974 – NOVA
1971 – A Ghost Story for Christmas
1967 – Omnibus
Filme
2026 – Eternal Return
2026 – The Man with the Plan
2025 – Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
2024 – Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 – Aguska
2024 – Die Weihnachtsliste
2024 – Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 – Merchant Ivory
2024 – Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
2023 – Dodger Special: Coronation
2023 – Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
2023 – Doctor Jekyll
2023 – Surprised by Oxford
2022 – The Pay Day
2022 – American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022 – The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022 – The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 – Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 – GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Das Making of Hawkeye
2021 – Der fabelhafte Mr. Blunden
2021 – Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
2020 – Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
2018 – The Dead Room
2018 – A Christmas Carol
2018 – They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 – The Diamond Job - Gauner, Bomben und Juwelen
2017 – Born Silly
2017 – Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017 – Charles Dickens - Der Mann der Weihnachten erfand
2017 – Victoria & Abdul
2017 – 50 Years Legal
2017 – Hampstead Park - Aussicht auf Liebe
2017 – Der Stern von Indien
2016 – Mindhorn
2016 – There's Something About Romcoms
2016 – Golden Years
2015 – Creditors
2014 – Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 – The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
2014 – Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 – Miss in Her Teens
2013 – The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2012 – Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 – Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012 – Being Shakespeare
2012 – Acts of Godfrey
2011 – The British Guide to Showing Off
2011 – Late Bloomers
2011 – Love's Kitchen - Ein Dessert Zum Verlieben
2011 – Art of Freedom
2011 – Ice - Wenn die Welt erfriert
2010 – The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010 – Save Our Bacon
2009 – Orson Welles Over Europe
2009 – Theatreland
2008 – Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008 – Crowley - Back from Hell
2007 – Arn - Der Kreuzritter
2007 – Ripley Under Ground
2007 – Surveillance 24/7
2007 – How Gay Sex Changed the World
2006 – Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006 – The Madness of Boy George
2006 – Reviving Harry Lime
2006 – Tutanchamun - Der Fluch des Pharao
2006 – Men of Mystery
2005 – A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005 – Revisiting Brideshead
2005 – Rag Tale
2005 – Ein Trauzeuge zum Verlieben
2005 – The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005 – Bob der Butler
2004 – Das Phantom der Oper
2004 – George und das Ei des Drachen
2003 – Merci Docteur Rey
2003 – Bright Young Things
2002 – Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
2002 – The Mystery of Charles Dickens
2002 – Thunderpants
2001 – Ein Weihnachtsmärchen
2001 – No Man's Land
2000 – Deadly Appearances
2000 – Animated Epics: Don Quixote
2000 – Around The World In 80 Days
1999 – Notting Hill
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1998 – Kreuz und Queer
1998 – The Scarlet Tunic
1997 – The Woman In White
1996 – Victory
1996 – Moses
1996 – James und der Riesenpfirsich
1996 – An Audience with Charles Dickens
1995 – Ace Ventura – Jetzt wird’s wild
1995 – Jefferson in Paris
1995 – El pasajero clandestino
1995 – England, My England
1994 – Street Fighter - Die entscheidende Schlacht
1994 – Vier Hochzeiten und ein Todesfall
1993 – Camp Christmas
1993 – Femme Fatale
1993 – Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1992 – Wiedersehen in Howards End
1991 – The Trials of Oz
1991 – The Crucifer of Blood
1990 – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 – Grüße aus Hollywood
1990 – Old Flames
1989 – Revolutionary Witness
1988 – Manifesto
1987 – The Reluctant Dragon
1987 – Maurice
1987 – Cariani and the Courtesans
1986 – The Christmas Tree
1986 – Zimmer mit Aussicht
1985 – Die Liebe eines Vaters
1985 – Honour, Profit & Pleasure
1984 – Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984 – Amadeus
1981 – The Man of Destiny
1979 – Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
The Reformation of Sister Edith Serien
2026 – The Northumbria Mysteries
2025 – Bookish
2025 – Étoile
2024 – The Boy That Never Was
2022 – Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
2021 – Hawkeye
2021 – Der Tatortreiniger… aus England
2021 – Classical Destinations: The Great Composers
2019 – The Witcher
2017 – Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2016 – The Rebel
2015 – Galavant
2014 – Outlander
2014 – Inside No. 9
2013 – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
2013 – Plebs
2012 – Them From That Thing
2012 – Playhouse Presents
2011 – Death in Paradise
2011 – Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
2011 – Jamie's Dream School
2011 – Ice
2010 – Arn - Der Kreuzritter
2009 – The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2008 – Q&A
2007 – The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 – The Company – Im Auftrag der CIA
2007 – British Film Forever
2007 – Geheimnis um Rom
2007 – Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007 – Lewis – Der Oxford Krimi
2006 – King Tut - Der Fluch des Pharao
2006 – Great British Menu
2005 – Doctor Who
2004 – Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 – Shoebox Zoo
2003 – Engel in Amerika
2002 – Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2001 – Don't Eat the Neighbours
1999 – Loose Women
1998 – Parkinson
1997 – The Woman In White
1997 – Der Preis des Verbrechens
1997 – Inspector Barnaby
1996 – Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 – Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1994 – Little Napoleons
1991 – Performance
1989 – Agatha Christie's Poirot
1988 – Comic Relief
1987 – Acting
1987 – Inspector Morse
1986 – David Copperfield
1986 – ScreenPlay
1986 – Split Screen
1986 – Dead Head
1985 – Screen Two
1984 – Chance in a Million
1984 – Saturday Review
1979 – Question Time
1977 – The Sunday Drama
1976 – Victorian Scandals
1975 – Carry On Laughing
1975 – Die Füchse
1974 – NOVA
1971 – A Ghost Story for Christmas
1967 – Omnibus