Simon Burke Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2006, he was nominated for Best Actor at the Sydney Theatre Awards
• Won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his debut performance in "The Devil's Playground․"
• Started his career acting in the feature film "The Devil's Playground" when he was only 13
• Quote: "[on his first album] "I thought I'd better do lots of songs I knew--it's kind of like when you write a book, you need to write about what you know, and I needed to sing songs I knew!""
• His theater credits include playing Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" at the London Palladium and Joe in "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Almeida Theatre
• Has had a successful career in film, television, stage and cabaret productions in the United Kingdom and Australia
• Released his first solo album in 2009, calling it "Something About Always․"
• Served as Anthony Warlow's best man at his wedding
• Stated that the first time he saw "La Cage Aux Folles," a play he was cast in years later, he cried
• Was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia from 2004 to 2008