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Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustu…
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Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
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Simon Chandler's Filmography
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Rogue Agent
as Paul Jones
The Old Guard
as Father Sykes
The Mercy
as Sidney Rawle
Letters from Baghdad
as David Hogarth
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Barnaby Jones
The Theory of Everything
as John Taylor
Mr. Turner
as Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
The Iron Lady
as Cabinet Minister
The King's Speech
as Lord Dawson
Critical Eye
as Surgeon
Penelope
as Doctor
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Mayor of Grasse
The Taming of the Shrew
as John Naps
Stoned
as Mary's Father
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
as Officer Lockwood
Vera Drake
as Mr. Wells
The Stone Raft
as British Prime Minister
Sword of Honour
as Maj. Irvine
Gentlemen's Relish
as Prestwick
The Sleeper
as Jonna
Milk
as Doctor
The Commissioner
as Peter Simpson
Spice World
as Hospital Parent
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Hawkins
Incognito
as Iain Ill
Unnatural Causes
as Digby Seton
Aimée
as Paul
Dear Sarah
as Alastair Logan
Sitting Targets
as Paul
Here Is the News
as Presenter
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Doctor
The Bounty
as David Nelson
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Fenton
No Poster
The Breadwinner
as Patrick Battle
Victor/Victoria
as Chorus Boy
No Poster
Friends and Other Lovers
as Jonathan
Antony & Cleopatra
as Eros
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Lieutenant
The Taming of the Shrew
as Lucentio
The Imitation Game
"If Only..."
as Micky
Who's Who
as Nigel
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Nicky
The Lord of the Rings
as Merry (voice)
A Bridge Too Far
as Pvt. Simmonds
