Simon Burke

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: Acting

Born: null, 1961-10-08

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Devil's Playground	Tom Allen	67
2	1978	The Irishman	Michael Doolan	0
3	1983	The Clinic	Paul	45
4	1987	Slate, Wyn & Me	Wyn Jackson	40
5	1996	The One That Got Away	Stan	55
6	1999	Passion	Herman Sandby	33
7	2000	Pitch Black	Greg Owens	68
8	2001	South Pacific	Harbison	49
9	2002	Heroes' Mountain	Euan Diver	28
10	2003	The Postcard Bandit	Thomas	53
11	2003	Preservation	Mr. Crewe	60
12	2004	The Alice	Patrick	50
13	2005	The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia	Narrator (voice)	50
14	2006	Small Claims: The Reunion	Jon	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Scales of Justice	Constable Webber	0
2	1986	The Flying Doctors	Daryl Stokes	61
3	1988	Always Afternoon	Tom	50
4	1991	Brides of Christ	Jack Delahunty	70
5	1991	Heroes II: The Return	Capt. Ellis	80
6	2002	Young Lions	Rob Watson	0
7	2003	After the Deluge	Michael	47
8	2004	Hustle	Nick	76
9	2005	The Alice	Patrick	60
10	2006	Thank God You're Here		60
11	2009	Rescue: Special Ops	Warren Thompson	92
12	2012	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Nicholas Mortimer	77
13	2013	Wentworth	Himself - Host	81
14	2014	Devil's Playground	Tom Allen	74
15	2016	Deep Water	Simon Mawbrey	64
16	2023	Crazy Fun Park	Mark	60