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Personal Info

Birth date

1961-10-08 (63 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

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Also known as

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Simon Burke

Biography

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.​

Filmography

Acting

2023Crazy Fun Park (2 Episodes) as Mark

2016Deep Water (4 Episodes) as Simon Mawbrey

2014Devil's Playground (6 Episodes) as Tom Allen

2012Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (1 Episode) as Nicholas Mortimer

2009Rescue: Special Ops (1 Episode) as Warren Thompson

2006Small Claims: The Reunion as Jon

2006Thank God You're Here as Unknown

2005The Alice (22 Episodes) as Patrick

2005The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia as Narrator (voice)

2004Hustle (1 Episode) as Nick

2004The Alice as Patrick

2003After the Deluge (2 Episodes) as Michael

2003Preservation as Mr. Crewe

2003The Postcard Bandit as Thomas

2002Young Lions (3 Episodes) as Rob Watson

2002Heroes' Mountain as Euan Diver

2001South Pacific as Harbison

2000Pitch Black as Greg Owens

1999Passion as Herman Sandby

1996The One That Got Away as Stan

1991Heroes II: The Return (2 Episodes) as Capt. Ellis

1991Brides of Christ (1 Episode) as Jack Delahunty

1988Always Afternoon (2 Episodes) as Tom

1987Slate, Wyn & Me as Wyn Jackson

1986The Flying Doctors (1 Episode) as Daryl Stokes

1983Scales of Justice (3 Episodes) as Constable Webber

1983The Clinic as Paul

1978The Irishman as Michael Doolan

1977The Devil's Playground as Tom Allen

Production

2014Devil's Playground (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer