Simon Burke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 8, 1961 (age 65)
- Credits
- 32
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
Filmography
Crazy Fun Park
2023TV
Mark
Nature's Great Divide
2021TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Deep Water
2016TV
Simon Mawbrey
Devil's Playground
2014TV
Tom Allen
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012TV
Nicholas Mortimer
Rescue: Special Ops
2009TV
Warren Thompson
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009TV
Self - Contestant
Small Claims: The Reunion
2006Movie
Jon
Thank God You're Here
2006TV
The Alice
2005TV
Patrick
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Hustle
2004TV
Nick
The Alice
2004Movie
Patrick
After the Deluge
2003TV
Michael
Preservation
2003Movie
Mr. Crewe
The Postcard Bandit
2003Movie
Thomas
Young Lions
2002TV
Rob Watson
Heroes' Mountain
2002Movie
Euan Diver
South Pacific
2001Movie
Harbison
Pitch Black
2000Movie
Greg Owens
Passion
1999Movie
Herman Sandby
The One That Got Away
1996Movie
Stan
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994TV
Self - Co-Host
Heroes II: The Return
1991TV
Capt. Ellis
Brides of Christ
1991TV
Jack Delahunty
Always Afternoon
1988TV
Tom
Slate, Wyn & Me
1987Movie
Wyn Jackson
The Flying Doctors
1986TV
Daryl Stokes
Scales of Justice
1983TV
Constable Webber
The Clinic
1983Movie
Paul
The Irishman
1978Movie
Michael Doolan
The Devil's Playground
1977Movie
Tom Allen