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 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.
Acting
Movie
Pitch Black
as Greg Owens
2000
TV
Hustle
as Nick
2004
TV
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
as Nicholas Mortimer
2012
TV
Deep Water
as Simon Mawbrey
2016
Movie
The Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
1977
TV
The Flying Doctors
as Daryl Stokes
1986
TV
Rescue: Special Ops
as Warren Thompson
2009
Movie
South Pacific
as Harbison
2001
TV
Devil's Playground
as Tom Allen
2014
Movie
The Clinic
as Paul
1983
TV
Brides of Christ
as Jack Delahunty
1991
Movie
The One That Got Away
as Stan
1996
Movie
The Postcard Bandit
as Thomas
2003
Movie
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
as Narrator (voice)
2005
TV
After the Deluge
as Michael
2003
TV
Thank God You're Here
2006
TV
Crazy Fun Park
as Mark
2023
Movie
Passion
as Herman Sandby
1999
Movie
Heroes' Mountain
as Euan Diver
2002
Movie
Slate, Wyn & Me
as Wyn Jackson
1987
Movie
The Alice
as Patrick
2004
Movie
Preservation
as Mr. Crewe
2003
TV
The Alice
as Patrick
2005
TV
Always Afternoon
as Tom
1988