Simon Callow
Simon Callow
Four Weddings and a Funeral, Viceroy's House
Note: This doodle is drawn on an 8.2" x 5.7" VICEROY'S HOUSE call sheet, crinkled along edges.
Simon Callow, CBE, is one of Britain's most beloved stage and film actors. Notable film appearances include AMADEUS, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, as well as shows like POIROT, DOCTOR WHO and many more. Notable acting work has included his performance as Count Fosco, the villain of Wilkie Collins's THE WOMAN IN WHITE, both in film and on stage; as Pozzo in Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT opposite Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Ronald Pickup; and as the psychiatrist in Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's EQUUS. He later appeared in Matthew Hurt’s one-man play, THE MAN JESUS, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
Simon has written acclaimed biographies of Charles Laughton and Orson Welles (3 volumes). He followed up "Being an Actor" with "Shooting the Actor", which tackles the subject of acting for the screen. "My Life in Pieces", an alternative journalistic autobiography, incorporates some of his widely read journalism with memoir. He has also written several shorter books: "Shakespeare on Love", "Oscar Wilde and His Circle", "Dickens' Christmas", and "The Night of the Hunter". His 2012 biography of Dickens, "Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World" was highly acclaimed.
Simon's lifelong passion for classical music has seen him directing opera productions and appearing alongside various orchestras around the world as well as fronting documentaries and writing about composers and their work.
In 2016, he'll be seen in the role of Radcliffe in Gurinder Chadha's VICEROY'S HOUSE alongside Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson.
AWARDS: BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (2 Nominations); Golden Berlin Bear (Nominated); Screen Actors Guild Awards (Won); Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director (Won); UK Theatre Awards' Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award (Won)
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