Simon Chandler
Acting
1953-06-04 · Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
Filmography
Falling
2026 · Series
The Diplomat
2023 · Series
The Gold
2023 · Series
The Peripheral
2022 · Series
House of the Dragon
2022 · Series
Rogue Agent
2022 · Movie
Slow Horses
2022 · Series
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
2021 · Series
The Old Guard
2020 · Movie
C......
2020 · Series
The Mercy
2018 · Movie
Letters from Baghdad
2017 · Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017 · Movie
The Crown
2016 · Series
The Theory of Everything
2014 · Movie
Mr. Turner
2014 · Movie
The Politician's Husband
2013 · Series
The Bletchley Circle
2012 · Series
Call the Midwife
2012 · Series
The Iron Lady
2011 · Movie
Vera
2011 · Series
Silk
2011 · Series
The King's Speech
2010 · Movie
Identity
2010 · Series
Critical Eye
2010 · Movie
Land Girls
2009 · Series
Penelope
2006 · Movie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
2005 · Movie
Stoned
2005 · Movie
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 · Series
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005 · Movie
The Thick of It
2005 · Series
Vera Drake
2004 · Movie
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
The Stone Raft
2002 · Movie
Judge John Deed
2001 · Series
Teachers
2001 · Series
Sword of Honour
2001 · Movie
Gentlemen's Relish
2001 · Movie
The Sleeper
2000 · Movie
Urban Gothic
2000 · Series
Life Force
2000 · Series
Milk
1999 · Movie
The Commissioner
1998 · Movie
Spice World
1997 · Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Movie
Incognito
1997 · Movie
The Vanishing Man
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994 · Series
Middlemarch
1994 · Series
Unnatural Causes
1993 · Movie
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
So You Think You've Got Troubles
1991 · Series
Aimée
1991 · Movie
Dear Sarah
1990 · Movie
Confessional
1989 · Series
Sitting Targets
1989 · Movie
Here Is the News
1989 · Movie
Pulaski
1987 · Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
The Singing Detective
1986 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
Jonny Briggs
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984 · Movie
Sharing Time
1984 · Series
The Bounty
1984 · Movie
Lace
1984 · Series
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · Movie
The Breadwinner
1982 · Movie
Victor/Victoria
1982 · Movie
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Series
Brideshead Revisited
1981 · Series
Friends and Other Lovers
1981 · Movie
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Movie
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
1980 · Movie
The Imitation Game
1980 · Movie
"If Only..."
1980 · Movie
Who's Who
1979 · Movie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Movie
1990
1977 · Series
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Series
The Winslow Boy
1977 · Movie
Brensham People
1976 · Series
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series