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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 Be…
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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
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2023
Crazy Fun Park
TV show Mark
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2021
Nature's Great Divide
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2016
Deep Water
TV show Simon Mawbrey
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2014
Devil's Playground
TV show Tom Allen
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2012
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
TV show Nicholas Mortimer
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2009
Rescue: Special Ops
TV show Warren Thompson
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2009
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
TV show Self - Contestant
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2006
Small Claims: The Reunion
Movie Jon
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2006
Thank God You're Here
TV show
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2005
The Alice
TV show Patrick
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2005
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2004
Hustle
TV show Nick
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2004
The Alice
Movie Patrick
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2003
After the Deluge
TV show Michael
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2003
Preservation
Movie Mr. Crewe
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2003
The Postcard Bandit
Movie Thomas
More credits
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2002
Young Lions
TV show Rob Watson
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2002
Heroes' Mountain
Movie Euan Diver
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2001
South Pacific
Movie Harbison
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2000
Pitch Black
Movie Greg Owens
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1999
Passion
Movie Herman Sandby
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1996
The One That Got Away
Movie Stan
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1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
TV show Self - Co-Host
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1991
Heroes II: The Return
TV show Capt. Ellis
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1991
Brides of Christ
TV show Jack Delahunty
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1988
Always Afternoon
TV show Tom
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1987
Slate, Wyn & Me
Movie Wyn Jackson
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1986
The Flying Doctors
TV show Daryl Stokes
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1983
Scales of Justice
TV show Constable Webber
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1983
The Clinic
Movie Paul
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1978
The Irishman
Movie Michael Doolan
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1977
The Devil's Playground
Movie Tom Allen
