Simon McBurney: movies and TV shows
Simon McBurney has 67 credits in the archive: 56 films and 11 TV series, from 1979 to 2025. Highest rated: Wolfwalkers (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1979 – 2025 · busiest year: 2010 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Actor | Doctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2024 | Nosferatu | Herr Knock | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 2024 | Gardening | Detective Danforth | Film | — | 66 |
| 2023 | Hijack | Edgar Janssen | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2023 | A Mistake | Andrew McGrath | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2023 | The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2023 | Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Captain Hitchcock | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2021 | Can I Live? | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2020 | Wolfwalkers | Lord Protector (voice) | Film | 8.2 | 62 |
| 2020 | Siberia | Magician | Film | 4.9 | 62 |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | Runyan Millworthy | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | The Loudest Voice | Rupert Murdoch | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Sir Francis Chichester | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2017 | The Encounter | Himself | Film | — | 59 |
| 2017 | The Encounter | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | Maurice Grosse | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2016 | Allied | S.O.E. Official | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2016 | John Berger or The Art of Looking | Self | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 2016 | The New Man | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | Atlee | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Colin Wall | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Frank Hawking | Film | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2014 | Magic in the Moonlight | Howard Burkan | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2013 | Utopia | Professor Donaldson | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2013 | For Those Who Can Tell No Tales | Tim Clancy | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 2011 | The Borgias | Johannes Burchart | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Oliver Lacon | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Brocklehurst | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Kreacher (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Father Tancred | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2010 | Rev. | Robert | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2010 | Boogie Woogie | Robert Freign | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Garland | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2008 | The Duchess | Charles Fox | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Fra Pavel | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | British Diplomat | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2006 | Friends with Money | Aaron | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2005 | Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Dr. Atticus Noyle | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 2004 | The Reckoning | Stephen | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Sneath | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2003 | Sweet Dreams | Thomas | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2003 | The Elephant Vanishes | Film | — | 45 | |
| 2000 | Eisenstein | Sergei Eisenstein | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1999 | Onegin | Triquet | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1999 | Inside-Out | Market researcher | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Vauvinet | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Henry Carstairs | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1996 | The Ogre | Brigadier | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1994 | Being Human | Hermas | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Salesman | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1994 | Mesmer | Franz Mesmer junior | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv | Dr. Reginald Miller | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1993 | Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase | Madman | Film | — | 35 |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Mick | Film | — | 34 |
| 1991 | Performance | Pistol | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | Kafka | Assistant Oscar | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1988 | Burning Ambition | Martin | Film | — | 30 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Martin | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1979 | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | TV | 7.5 | 21 | |
| The Betrayers | Film | — | — | ||
| Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Link | Film | — | — |