Simon Burke

Known for ActingBorn 1961-10-08 (age 64)

Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards. He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher. Burke was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia (2004–2014) and currently a Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA). Simon Burke is also well remembered for his long term stint as a presenter on the childrens television series Play School from 1988-2007 then 2013 and again in 2020.Read more

Movies & web series

Young Lions

Rescue: Special Ops

Small Claims: The Reunion

The Irishman

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Hustle

Devil's Playground

Heroes II: The Return

Always Afternoon

Brides of Christ

The Alice

Preservation

Pitch Black

Scales of Justice

Deep Water

The Alice

The Flying Doctors

The One That Got Away

The Devil's Playground

Thank God You're Here

The Postcard Bandit

Crazy Fun Park

South Pacific

Heroes' Mountain

The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia

Slate, Wyn & Me

The Clinic

After the Deluge

Passion

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

Nature's Great Divide

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras