Simon Burke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1961
- Movies
- 14
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | Small Claims: The Reunion | Jon |
| 2005 | The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia | Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | The Alice | Patrick |
| 2003 | Preservation | Mr. Crewe |
| 2003 | The Postcard Bandit | Thomas |
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Euan Diver |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Harbison |
| 2000 | Pitch Black | Greg Owens |
| 1999 | Passion | Herman Sandby |
| 1996 | The One That Got Away | Stan |
| 1987 | Slate, Wyn & Me | Wyn Jackson |
| 1983 | The Clinic | Paul |
| 1978 | The Irishman | Michael Doolan |
| 1977 | The Devil's Playground | Tom Allen |
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