Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney
McBurney in The Encounter, August 2015
Born
Simon Montagu McBurney

(1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 (age 66)
Cambridge, England
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Lecoq International School of Theatre, Paris
Years active1988–present
SpouseCassie Yukawa
Children3
Parent
RelativesGerard McBurney (brother)
Charles McBurney (great-grandfather)

Simon Montagu McBurney OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Friends with Money, The Last King of Scotland (both 2006), The Golden Compass (2007), The Duchess (2008), Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (both 2010), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Magic in the Moonlight, The Theory of Everything (both 2014), and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). He played Cecil the choirmaster in BBC's The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2004).