Simon McBurney

Movie Actor

Birthday August 25, 1957

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Cambridge, England

Age 66 years old

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About

Founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité. He is better known for his performances in notable films such as The Manchurian Candidate, The Golden Compass, Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1The Theory of Everything, and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. In 2019, he'd be cast in the Amazon series Carnival Row.

Before Fame

He studied English literature at the University of Cambridge.

Trivia

He was featured in the BBC comedy series Rev. from 2010 to 2014. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his "services to Drama."

Family Life

His father Charles McBurney was an American archaeologist and academic. His mother Anne Francis Edmondstone was of British, Scottish, and Irish descent and worked as a secretary. He married concert pianist Cassie Yukawa, with whom he had 3 children.

Associated With

He starred alongside Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.