Simon Burke
Actor
Biography
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.​
Filmography
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen 1977
South Pacific
as Harbison 2001
The Clinic
as Paul 1983
The One That Got Away
as Stan 1996
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas 2003
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice) 2005
Passion
as Herman Sandby 1999
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver 2002
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson 1987
The Alice
as Patrick 2004
Preservation
as Mr. Crewe 2003
The Irishman
as Michael Doolan 1978