Simon Burke
Acting
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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
Crazy Fun Park
2023
Nature's Great Divide
2021
Deep Water
2016
Devil's Playground
2014
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
Rescue: Special Ops
2009
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009
Small Claims: The Reunion
2006
Thank God You're Here
2006
The Alice
2005
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005
Hustle
2004
The Alice
2004
After the Deluge
2003
Preservation
2003
The Postcard Bandit
2003
Young Lions
2002
Heroes' Mountain
2002
South Pacific
2001
Pitch Black
2000
Passion
1999
The One That Got Away
1996
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
Heroes II: The Return
1991
Brides of Christ
1991
Always Afternoon
1988
Slate, Wyn & Me
1987
The Flying Doctors
1986
Scales of Justice
1983
The Clinic
1983
The Irishman
1978
The Devil's Playground
1977