Acting · Born October 8, 1961
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.
TVCrazy Fun Park
2023
as Mark
TVNature's Great Divide
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVDeep Water
2016
as Simon Mawbrey
TVDevil's Playground
2014
as Tom Allen
TVMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Nicholas Mortimer
TVRescue: Special Ops
2009
as Warren Thompson
TVTalkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009
as Self - Contestant
MovieSmall Claims: The Reunion
2006
as Jon
TVThank God You're Here
2006
TVThe Alice
2005
as Patrick
MovieThe Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TVHustle
2004
as Nick
MovieThe Alice
2004
as Patrick
TVAfter the Deluge
2003
as Michael
Preservation
2003
as Mr. Crewe
MovieThe Postcard Bandit
2003
as Thomas
TVYoung Lions
2002
as Rob Watson
MovieHeroes' Mountain
2002
as Euan Diver
MovieSouth Pacific
2001
as Harbison
MoviePitch Black
2000
as Greg Owens
MoviePassion
1999
as Herman Sandby
MovieThe One That Got Away
1996
as Stan
TVSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
as Self - Co-Host
TVHeroes II: The Return
1991
as Capt. Ellis
TVBrides of Christ
1991
as Jack Delahunty
TVAlways Afternoon
1988
as Tom
MovieSlate, Wyn & Me
1987
as Wyn Jackson
TVThe Flying Doctors
1986
as Daryl Stokes
TVScales of Justice
1983
as Constable Webber
MovieThe Clinic
1983
as Paul
MovieThe Irishman
1978
as Michael Doolan
MovieThe Devil's Playground
1977
as Tom Allen
