Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney

  • Born: 1957-8-25
  • Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
  • Profession: Actor, producer, screenwriter
  • Nationality: U.K
  • Representative Works: Kafka, Tom and Viv, "Onegin"
  • Simon Montagu Mcburney (Simon McBurney), born on August 25, 1957 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, is a British film and television actor, screenwriter, and producer [1]  .
    In 1991, starred in the personal screen debut " Kafka " and entered the show business; in 1994, starred in the biopic " Tom and Viv "; in 1999, starred in the romantic drama " Onegin "; in 2007, starred in the fantasy action film " The Golden Compass" " [2]  ; In 2010, starred in the action drama " Robin Hood " [3]  ; In 2015, starred in the action thriller " Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation " [4]  ; In 2016, starred in the action drama " Allied " [ 5]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1991, he starred in his first movie " Kafka " and played a small role as assistant to Oscar in the film   .
    In 1994, he played the supporting role of Doctor Reginald Miller in the drama " Tom and Viv " starring William James Dafoe and Miranda Jane Richardson . 
    In 1999, in the drama " Onegin " starring Ralph Fiennes and others, played the supporting role of Triquet . 
    In 2006, he played the small role of John·Richard·Nicolas·Stone in the historical drama film " The Last King Of Scotland " starring Forest Whitaker . 
    In 2007, he played supporting role Fra Pavel in the fantasy adventure film " The Golden Compass " starring Nicole Mary Kidman and Daniel Wroughton Craig . 
    In 2008, by Keira Christina Knightley biopic, Ralph Fiennes starred in " at The Duchess " supporting actor Charles Fox   ; the same year, by Ridley Scott self-guided self, Leo , who starred in the action drama " Body of Lies " played small The role Garland   .
    In 2010, he played the supporting role of Father Tancred in the action drama " Robin Hood " starring Russell Crowe and Catherine Elise Blanchett, directed by Ridley Scott . 
    In 2011, he played the supporting role of Oliver Lyken in the suspense film " Tinker " starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth . 
    In 2014, he played the supporting role of Howard Buchan in the comedy " Magic in the Moonlight " directed by Woody Allen ; in the same year, he played the father of actor Stephen Hawking in the biopic " Theory of Everything " starring Eddie Redmayne . .  
    In 2015, he played the small role Atley in the action thriller " Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation " directed and edited by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV . 
    In 2016, he played the supporting role of Maurice Gross in the mystery film " The Conjuring 2: Enfield Haunts " starring Vera Farmiga ; in the same year, in the action drama film " The Conjuring 2: Enfield Raiders " starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard , directed and produced  by Robert Zemeckis . " Allied " plays a small role as an official of the Special Operations Executive . 

    Personal Life

    Simon Montagu Mcburney's family situation

    His father Charles is an American archaeologist and an Albanian scholar; his grandfather has the same name as his father and is a famous American surgeon; his mother Anne Francis is a secretary and has British, Alba and Irish descent   .

    Simon Montagu Mcburney marital status

    He has been married with concert pianist Cathy Yukawa and raised three children   .
    Extended Reading

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    Kafka quotes

    • Oscar: It's not too bad working here, though.

      Franz Kafka: You've never felt it was a horrible double life, from which there was probably no escape but insanity?

      Ludwig: Yes!

      Oscar: No.

      Ludwig: No.

    • Franz Kafka: So, that's who the enemy is. Policemen and file clerks. Law and order, you might say.

      Gabriela: You think what we're doing is wrong? What would you suggest, then?

      Franz Kafka: Did any of you actually go up to the castle with Edward? You sit around twisting the facts to suit your inbred theories. In my experience the truth is not... that convenient.