Simon Russell Beale

Sir Simon Russell Beale,  (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor, author and music historian. He was born in Penang, Malaya (present-day Malaysia). 

He appeared in Persuasion (1995), The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television movies Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). 

He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful. He also appeared in Into the Woods (2014) and The Death of Stalin (2017).

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