Simon, Hugh

PERSONAL

Education: Studied law at Nottingham University; also attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Addresses:

Agent—Ken McReddie Associates, Ltd., 36-40 Glasshouse St., London W1B 5DL, England.

Career:

Actor.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Lord, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and Barbican Theatre, London, both 1985.

The Massacre at Paris, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1985.

Teddy boy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1985, and Barbican Theatre, 1986.

Various roles, including Myrmidon, an officer, and Paris's servant, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1985, and Barbican Theatre, 1986.

The Unseen Hand, Royal Shakespeare Company, Whitbread/Flowers Warehouse, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1985, and Almeida Theatre, London, 1986.

Azolan (Valmont's servant) and understudy for the role of Valmont, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1985, The Pit, 1986, Ambassadors Theatre, London, beginning 1986, and Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1987.

Mochione and Ottaviano, Il Candelaio, The Pit, London, 1986.

And Yet We Trust (solo show), Royal Shakespeare Company, Not the RSC Again! Summer Festival, Almeida Theatre, 1986, and The Pit, 1987.

Guardian of temple, The True Story of Ah Q, Soho Poly Theatre, London, 1990.

The Cenci, Lyric Studio, Hammersmith, London, 1993.

Frank Luby, All My Sons, Pitlochry Festival, Port-Na-Craig, Pitlochry, Scotland, 1994.

Lord Goring, An Ideal Husband, Pitlochry Festival, 1994.

Vicar, Murder at the Vicarage, Pitlochry Festival, 1994.

Raoul, The Tower, Almeida Opera, London, 1995.

Dr. Stahmer and Flaechsner, Nuremberg, part of the tribunal plays, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1996.

Judge Jorda, Srebrenica, part of the tribunal plays, Tricycle Theatre, London, c. 1996, National Theatre, c. 1997.

Ian MacDonald, QC, The Colour of Justice: The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (also known as The Colour of Justice), part of the tribunal plays, Tricycle Theatre, and Theatre Royal Stratford East, also Victoria Palace Theatre, and National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, all London, all 1999.

Curan and servant, King Lear, the Almeida Theatre at King's Cross, London, 2002.

Godric, King Cromwell, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, England, 2003.

Appeared as Sterling in The Ghost Train, and Captain Lancey in Translations, both Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, England; as Josef Deml, Games, The Gate; as Tessman, Hedda Gabler, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, England; as Jack, The Importance of Being Earnest, Perth Theatre; and as Graziano Sanudo, Shylock, Riverside Studios, London. Appeared in other productions, including other productions at the Pitlochry Festival.

Major Tours:

Ian MacDonald, QC, The Colour of Justice: The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (also known as The Colour of Justice), part of the tribunal plays, British cities, beginning 1999.

Stage Director:

And Yet We Trust (solo show), Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1987.

Television Appearances; Series:

Firebrace, Vanity Fair (also known as A feira das vaidades and Turhuuden turuilla), BBC, 1998, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Gussie Carstairs, Heat of the Sun, Carlton Television, 1998, broadcast on Mystery! (also known as Mystery!: Heat of the Sun), PBS, 1999.

Matthew, Cold Feet, Independent Television (England), c. 2000.

Malcolm Wynn-Jones, Spooks (also known as MI-5), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, beginning 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Botho, Christabel, BBC Two and PBS, 1988.

Peter Kuehsel, Selling Hitler, Euston Films, 1991.

Vernay, Red Fox, London Weekend Television, 1991.

Alan Barber, Downtown Lagos, BBC, 1992.

Harold Twist, In the Red, BBC, 1998.

(Uncredited) Doctor, Longitude (also known as Povesti paralele), Channel 4 (England) and Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Equerry, Shackleton, Channel 4 (England) and Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Craddock, Star Trap, Independent Television (England) and syndicated, 1988.

Quintin Hogg, A Vote for Hitler, Channel 4 (England), c. 1988.

Chief inspector Finlay, Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (also known as Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness), Granada Television, 1995, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, c. 1996.

Winston Churchill, Mosley, Channel 4 (England), 1998.

Geoff Keens, Trust, BBC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ian MacDonald, QC, The Colour of Justice, BBC Two, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Defense barrister, "The Great Detective," Between the Lines (also known as Inside the Line), BBC, 1993.

Howard Liddy, "Pig in a Poke," Lovejoy, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1993.

Viscount Dunbarton, "Episode Thirty-Two," The House of Eliott, BBC, 1993.

Solicitor, "The Cook's Tale," Anna Lee, Independent Television (England), 1994.

Hugh Wood, "The Norfolk Holiday: Parts 1 & 2," Dangerfield, BBC, 1995.

Hotel maitre d', "Bribery and Corruption," The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Independent Television (England), 1997.

Tynebridge, "Unusual Suspects," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1997.

Norman, "She's a Lovely Girl," Big Bad World, Independent Television (England), 1999.

Colin Wishart, "Search Me," The Bill, Independent Television (England), 2000.

Percy Banks-Smith, "The Best Years of Your Death," Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (also known as Randall & Hopkirk), BBC, 2000.

Phil Tatchell, "Plug & Play," Attachments, BBC Two, 2000.

Colin Bird, QC, North Square (also known as Lawyers), Channel 4 (England), 2000 (multiple episodes).

Appeared in other television programs, including appearances as Hainsforth-Smyth, Home James!, Thames Television; as Ross, No Bananas, BBC; and as a male examiner, The Peter Principle (also known as The Boss), BBC.

Film Appearances:

Travel agent, A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988.

Concierge, Tom & Viv, Miramax, 1994.

Ian Maxwell Scott, Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (also known as Lucan), Film Eireann/Screen Partners/Vine International Pictures, 1997.

Librarian, Possession, Warner Bros./Focus Features, 2002.

Man in raincoat, A Different Loyalty, Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Film Work:

Coproducer, The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, Mod Films/Paladin Films/Mediascope/Canal+, 1991.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

(Compiler) And Yet We Trust (solo show; compiled from the reminiscences of John Kendall, a secretary to Richard III), Royal Shakespeare Company, Not the RSC Again! Summer Festival, Almeida Theatre, 1986, and The Pit, London, 1987.