Simon Burke
Acting
1961-10-08
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 · Series
Nature's Great Divide
2021 · Series
Deep Water
2016 · Series
Devil's Playground
2014 · Series
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012 · Series
Rescue: Special Ops
2009 · Series
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009 · Series
Small Claims: The Reunion
2006 · Movie
Thank God You're Here
2006 · Series
The Alice
2005 · Series
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
2005 · Movie
Hustle
2004 · Series
The Alice
2004 · Movie
After the Deluge
2003 · Series
Preservation
2003 · Movie
The Postcard Bandit
2003 · Movie
Young Lions
2002 · Series
Heroes' Mountain
2002 · Movie
South Pacific
2001 · Movie
Pitch Black
2000 · Movie
Passion
1999 · Movie
The One That Got Away
1996 · Movie
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Series
Heroes II: The Return
1991 · Series
Brides of Christ
1991 · Series
Always Afternoon
1988 · Series
Slate, Wyn & Me
1987 · Movie
The Flying Doctors
1986 · Series
Scales of Justice
1983 · Series
The Clinic
1983 · Movie
The Irishman
1978 · Movie
The Devil's Playground
1977 · Movie