# Eugene Simon

Eugene Michael Simon (born 11 June 1992) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Jerome Clarke in the Nickelodeon mystery series House of Anubis (2011–2013) and Lancel Lannister in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2012; 2015–2016).

## Early life and education

Simon was born in London to Anton (died 2017) and Teresa (née Stopford) Simon. He has two older brothers, Charles (born 1987) and Harry, and a younger sister, Fleur. Simon attended Downside School in Somerset and Bryanston School in Dorset. He trained at Joseph Pearlman's acting academy in Los Angeles.

## Career

Around eight years old, Simon's mother signed him up for an acting agency. He began appearing in commercials before appearing in film roles as a young Gerald Durrell in My Family and Other Animals and then as a young Giacomo Casanova in Casanova in 2005.
On his eighteenth birthday, Simon received the news that he had been cast as Lancel Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones and as Jerome Clarke in the Nickelodeon series House of Anubis.
Simon played young Eugene Devlin in 2013 film Before I Sleep and Kennefick in the 2015 film Eden. He went on to star as Sean Nally in the 2017 Irish film The Lodgers and as the titular role in the 2018 film Kill Ben Lyk. He appeared in the 2018 production of For King and Country at Southwark Playhouse and the 2019 stage adaptation of A Room with a View at L.A. Theatre Works.

## Personal life

Simon is based between London and Los Angeles. In 2019, he led acting workshops in Valletta. He has been vocal about men's mental health and suicide prevention on social media, appearing on the 2020 Well Beings Virtual National Town Hall & Panel Discussion.

## Filmography
### Film roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova (11 Years Old) | |
| 2006 | Alpha Male | Young Felix Methuselah | |
| 2013 | Before I Sleep | Young Eugene Devlin | |
| 2015 | Eden | Kennefick | |
| 2017 | The Lodgers | Sean Nally | |
| 2017 | Resonance | Toby | Short film |
| 2018 | Kill Ben Lyk | Ben Lyk | |
| 2018 | Mens Sana | Mark | Short film |
| 2018 | Love Have I Known | Young Captain James Piney | Short film |
| 2021 | Sensation | Andrew Cooper | |
| 2022 | The Fence | Andrew Knight | |

### Television roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | My Dad's the Prime Minister | Harry | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Josh Taylor | Episode: " A Good Deal of Attention" |
| 2004 | Noah and Saskia | Eddie | 7 episodes |
| 2005 | My Family and Other Animals | Gerald Durrell | |
| 2010 | Ben Hur | Young Judah Ben Hur | |
| 2011–2013 | House of Anubis | Jerome Clarke | Main Character; 191 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | Anubis Unlocked | Himself | 19 episodes |
| 2011–2016 | Game of Thrones | Lancel Lannister | 16 episodes |
| 2012 | Summer in Transylvania | Max | Episode: "I Dated a Teenage Vampire" |
| 2013 | House of Anubis: Touchstone of Ra | Jerome Clarke | TV special |
| 2015 | Vidfest Diaries | Himself | Episode: 2.9 |
| 2016 | Last Week | Himself | Episode: "Last Week I Made Evan Cry" |
| 2017 | Genius | Eduard Einstein | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Thronecast | Himself | 2 episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | For King and Country | Padre | From John Wilson's play Hamp, adapted by Paul Tomlinson, Southwark Playhouse |
| 2019 | A Room with a View | George Emerson | Adaptated from E.M. Forster's novel A Room with a View, by Kate McAll, L.A. Theatre Works |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
| 2018 | Nightmare Film Festival | Best Actor | Kill Ben Lyk | Won | |
| 2020 | Love Story Film Festival | Best Actor | Love Have I Known | Won | |