Acting • AGE 77
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors G...


The Man with the Plan
William Beveridge
2026

Eternal Return
Malcolm
2026

Étoile
Crispin Shamblee
2025

Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
2025

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
2024

Aguska
Patrick Carter
2024

It's Christmas!
Samuel
2024

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024

The Boy That Never Was
Cozimo
2024

Merchant Ivory
Self
2024

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Cavendish
2024

Dodger Special: Coronation
Archbishop of Canterbury
2023

Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Richard O'Keefe
2023

Doctor Jekyll
Journalist
2023

Surprised by Oxford
Dr. Sterling
2023

The Pay Day
Gates
2022

American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self
2022

Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022

The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
2022

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Narrator
2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Blunden
2021

Hawkeye
Armand Duquesne III
2021

Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Alexander Pope
2021

The Cleaner
Mr. Abahassine
2021

Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Narrator
2020

The Witcher
Codringher
2019

The Dead Room
Aubrey Judd
2018

Secrets of Britain's Great Cathedrals
Creator
2018

A Christmas Carol
2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
2018

Blue Iguana
Uncle Martin
2018

Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas
Leech
2017

Victoria & Abdul
Mr. Puccini
2017

50 Years Legal
Self
2017

Hampstead
Judge
2017

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
2017

Viceroy's House
Cyril Radcliffe
2017

Mindhorn
Himself
2016

There's Something About Romcoms
Self
2016

The Rebel
Henry Palmer
2016

Golden Years
Royston
2016

Galavant
Edwin the Magnificent
2015

Creditors
2015

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Narrator (voice)
2014

The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
Self - Host - Narrator
2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
2014

Outlander
Duke of Sandringham
2014

Miss in Her Teens
The Author
2014

Inside No. 9
Dick
2014

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
2013

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Self
2013

Plebs
2013

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Dickie Attenborough
2012

Them From That Thing
Various
2012

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012

Playhouse Presents
Dudley
2012

Being Shakespeare
2012

Acts of Godfrey
Godfrey
2012

The British Guide to Showing Off
Self
2011

Death in Paradise
Larry South
2011

Late Bloomers
Richard
2011

Love's Kitchen
Guy Witherspoon
2011

Art of Freedom
Self
2011

Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Narrator
2011

Jamie's Dream School
Himself
2011

Ice
Prime Minister
2011

Ice
Prime Minister
2011

Arn: The Knight Templar
Fader Henry
2010

Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself - Presenter
2009

Theatreland
Self
2009

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self
2008

Q&A
Self - Panellist
2008

Chemical Wedding
Haddo
2008

Arn: The Knight Templar
Father Henry
2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures
Tree Blathereen (voice)
2007

The Company
MI6 liaison officer Elihu
2007

British Film Forever
2007

Surveillance 24/7
St John
2007

Roman Mysteries
Pliny
2007

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
2007

Lewis
Vernon Oxe
2007

How Gay Sex Changed the World
Self
2007

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self
2006

The Madness of Boy George
Narrator (voice)
2006

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
2006

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
George Russell
2006

Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
2006

Ripley Under Ground
Dean Bentliffe
2005

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
2005

Revisiting Brideshead
Narrator
2005

Rag Tale
Cormac Rourke
2005

The Best Man
Big-Time Publisher
2005

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Mr. Wroth
2005

Doctor Who
Charles Dickens
2005

Bob the Butler
Mr. Butler
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Melchett
2004

The Phantom of the Opera
Andre
2004

Shoebox Zoo
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
2004

George and the Dragon
King Edgar
2004

Angels in America
Prior 2
2003

Thank You, Doctor Rey
Bob
2003

Bright Young Things
King of Anatolia
2003

Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Galileo
2002

The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
2002

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Charles Dickens
2002

Thunderpants
Sir John Osgood
2002

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Director
2002

Christmas Carol: The Movie
Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
2001

No Man's Land
Colonel Soft
2001

Deadly Appearances
Rick Spencer
2000

Around The World In 80 Days
Phileas Fogg (voice)
2000

Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Don Quixote
2000

Loose Women
Self
1999

Notting Hill
Simon Callow (uncredited)
1999

Shakespeare in Love
Tilney
1998

Bedrooms and Hallways
Keith
1998

The Scarlet Tunic
Captain Fairfax
1998

Parkinson
Self
1998

The Woman In White
Count Fosco
1997

The Woman In White
Count Fosco
1997

Trial & Retribution
Rupert Halliday
1997

Midsomer Murders
Dr. Wellow
1997

Victory
Zangiacomo
1996

Testament: The Bible in Animation
Meneptah (voice)
1996

James and the Giant Peach
Grasshopper (voice)
1996

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
1996

An Audience with Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
1996

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Vincent Cadby
1995

Jefferson in Paris
Richard Cosway
1995

England, My England
Charles II
1995

El pasajero clandestino
Major Owens
1995

Street Fighter
A. N. Official
1994

Little Napoleons
Edward Feathers
1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gareth
1994

Camp Christmas
1993

Femme Fatale
Vicar Ronnie
1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Eddie Cherdowski
1993

Howards End
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
1992

The Trials of Oz
John Mortimer
1991

The Crucifer of Blood
Inspector Lestrade
1991

Performance
John Mortimer
1991

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Director
1991

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Dr. Alex Sauer
1990

Postcards from the Edge
Simon Asquith
1990

Old Flames
Nathanial Quass
1990

Revolutionary Witness
Franciscus Palloy
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Lutz
1989

Manifesto
Police Chief Hunt
1988

The Reluctant Dragon
Dragon (voice)
1987

Maurice
Mr. Ducie
1987

Cariani and the Courtesans
Raimondi
1987

Inspector Morse
Theodore Kemp
1987

David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
1986

ScreenPlay
Raimondi
1986

A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
1986

Dead Head
Hugo Silver
1986

The Good Father
Mark Varda
1985

Honour, Profit & Pleasure
George Frideric Handel
1985

Screen Two
Nathanial Quass
1985

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

Amadeus
Emanuel Schikaneder
1984

Chance in a Million
Tom Chance
1984

The Man of Destiny
Napoleon
1981

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Maximillian
1979

Question Time
Himself - Panellist
1979

Victorian Scandals
Duval
1976

Carry On Laughing
Crew Member
1975

The Sweeney
Detective Sergeant
1975

NOVA
Galileo
1974

A Ghost Story for Christmas
Aubrey Judd
1971

Omnibus
Self
1967