Simon McBurney
☼ Born on 25 December 1957, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
BiographySimon McBurney was born on August 25, 1957 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Jane Eyre (2011). He is married to Cassie Yukawa. They have three children.
In the role of actor
Nosferatu (2024) (14/12/2024)
Robert Eggers reimagines F.W. Murnau’s German Expressionist adaptation of Dracula with Nosferatu. In 1838 in the German city of Wisborg, real estate agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) is assigned by his employer Herr Knock (Simon McBurney) to visit the castle of Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård), who plans to retire to a mansion in the city. […]
The Pale Blue Eye (07/01/2023)
A detective enlists the help of a young Edgar Allen Poe to investigate a series of murders in The Pale Blue Eye. In 1830 West Point, New York, retired veteran detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) is called to the United States Military Academy, where he is tasked by the superiors Captain Hitchcock (Simon McBurney) and […]
Mr. Kneff (30th Anniversary Kafka Re-edit) (18/09/2021)
One of the special events of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival was a screening of a “Surprise New Film” by director Steven Soderbergh. As many predicted beforehand, this “new” film ended up being a re-edited version of Soderbergh’s 1991 sophomore film Kafka, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and is a film […]
The Conjuring 2 (11/06/2016)
Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate a haunting in north London in The Conjuring 2. After assisting the Perron family, Ed and Lorraine (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) go on to investigate a haunting in Amityville, Long Island, which gives them both public fame and increased criticism by skeptics. Meanwhile in Enfield, North London, Peggy Hodgson (Frances O’Connor) begins […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (02/08/2015)
Tom Cruise and team return for a fifth mission, this time against a rogue “anti-IMF” agency. Ethan Hunt (Cruise) discovers proof of the existence of a criminal organization known as The Syndicate, lead by Solomon Lane (Sean Harris). However, since CIA director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) successfully campaigned for the IMF to be disbanded, Hunt is left […]
Magic in the Moonlight (14/08/2014)
In the latest film by Woody Allen, an illusionist sets off to the French Riviera to debunk a pretty young psychic medium. Set in the 1920s, Stanley (Colin Firth) is a British man who performs on stage as the world famous Oriental illusionist Wei Ling Soo. After a show, Stanley is greeted by fellow illusionist […]