Acting · London, England, UK · Born February 13, 1945
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).
MovieSimon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
2025
as Self - Presenter
TVSimon Schama's Story of Us
2025
as Self - Presenter
Simon Schama Meets
2022
as Presenter
TVSimon Schama's History of Now
2022
as Self - Presenter
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self - Historian
TVRemembers…
2022
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
as Self - Presenter
TVCivilisations
2018
as Presenter
TVThe Face of Britain by Simon Schama
2015
as Self - Presenter
MovieSchama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
2014
TVThe Story of the Jews
2013
as Self - Presenter
MovieThe Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution
2013
as Self
TVSimon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
as Self - Presenter
Faulks on Fiction
2011
MovieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009
as Self - Author - 'Citizens'
TVSimon Schama's John Donne
2009
TVThe American Future: A History
2008
MovieRough Crossings
2007
as Host
MovieMarie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
2006
as Self
TVSimon Schama's Power of Art
2006
Murder at Harvard
2003
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVA History of Britain
2000
as Self — Presenter
TVVan de Schoonheid en de Troost
2000
as himself
Landscape and Memory
1995
as Self - Presenter
TVQuestion Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
