Simon Burke
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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.
Known for
Credits
Pitch Black (2000)
as Greg Owens
South Pacific (2001)
as Harbison
The Alice (2004)
as Patrick
The Devil's Playground (1977)
as Tom Allen
The Irishman (1978)
as Michael Doolan
The One That Got Away (1996)
as Stan
The Postcard Bandit (2003)
as Thomas
Passion (1999)
as Herman Sandby
Slate, Wyn & Me (1987)
as Wyn Jackson
The Clinic (1983)
as Paul
Small Claims: The Reunion (2006)
as Jon
Heroes' Mountain (2002)
as Euan Diver
Preservation (2003)
as Mr. Crewe
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia (2005)
as Narrator (voice)