Simon Callow

Simon Callow is the English actor most people place instantly from Four Weddings and a Funeral, and that warm, expansive presence is exactly his gift. He's a character actor's character actor, also a director, and on top of that a writer whose Orson Welles biography is genuinely respected, a real triple threat. The Olivier Award, the Screen Actors Guild win, and the CBE granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999 mark him as a true heavyweight. To me, one performer this versatile in a supporting slot lifts a whole production. On stage, on screen, on the page, he's reliably excellent.

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Name (English)

Simon Callow

Name (Japanese)

サイモン・キャロウ

Reading

さいもん・きゃろう

Born

June 15, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

Streatham, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / character actor / stage actor / film actor / director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

University

Queen's University Belfast

Awards & achievements

• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2002 Theatre World Award
• 2010 honorary doctorate

• Official sitehttps://www.simoncallow.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Callow
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731187

Tags

• actor
• character actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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