Simon Russell Beale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1961

Place of Birth: Penang, Malaysia

Profession: musician, television presenter, stage actor, television actor, film actor, music historian

Nationality: United Kingdom, Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sir Simon Russell Beale, (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor, author and music historian. Beale has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation." He has appeared in Persuasion (1995), The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012).
He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.
More recently, he has appeared in Into the Woods (2014) and The Death of Stalin (2017).