Simon Paisley Day (born 13 April 1967), also credited as Simon Day, is an English stage and screen actor. His most recent work includes Timon of Athens (2008), Entertaining Mr Sloane (2009), Private Lives (2010), Twelfth Night (National Theatre, 2011), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare's Globe, 2012) and portraying Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon in the 2012 ITV mini-series Titanic.
Simon Paisley Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1967 Gillingham, Kent, England |
| Other names | Simon Who |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Children | 2 |
Early life edit
Paisley Day was born in Gillingham, Kent. He read Drama and American Literature at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. Afterwards, Paisley Day undertook training at Bristol Old Vic for two years before embarking on a career as an actor.[1]
Career edit
Paisley is a well-established theatre actor and has performed in plays such as The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, The Crucible and Troilus and Cressida. His television credits include Sherlock, Being Human, Midsomer Murders Doctor Who and Spartacus. His big-screen credits include The Eagle of the Ninth, The Queen of Sheba's Pearls and Churchill: The Hollywood Years.[2]
Simon also was the leading and only character to appear in the very successful adverts for Honda, featuring Honda vehicles from different eras, with the Rhydian version of the song Rhydian.
Personal life edit
Paisley Day lives in Whitstable, with his wife and two children.[3]
Film edit
| Year | Title | Character | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Larry | Little Bird |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Headmaster Evans | AB Svensk Filmindustri |
| 2007 | Flawless | Boland | Future Films |
| 2011 | The Eagle | Surgeon | Focus Features |
| 2011 | The Painting | Man | Inclusive Media |
| 2014 | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie | Reverend Treeboys | Vertigo Films |
| 2014 | The Falling | Psychiatrist | Cannon and Morley Productions |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Mr. Tyler[4] | BBC Films |
| 2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Douglas Carswell | Channel 4 / HBO |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | General Quinn | Lucasfilm Ltd. and Bad Robot |
| 2023 | Shé (Snake) | Mr. Grimsby | A Minor, National Film and Television School |
Theatre edit
TV edit
| Year | Title | Character | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | This England | Dominic Cummings | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2017 | The Crown | Meryn Lewis | Netflix | |
| 2015 | Doctor Who | Rump | BBC | Episode: "Face the Raven" |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Cluzet | Episode: "The Good Soldier" | |
| 2012 | Titanic | Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon | ITV | Episode Two and Four |
| 2012 | Sherlock | Major Barrymore | BBC | Series 2, "The Hounds of Baskerville" |
| 2011 | Hustle | Consultant | BBC | Series 7, "The Fall of Railton FC" |
| 2010 | Being Human | Alan Cortez | BBC | Season 2, episode 6 |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders | Randall Colquhoun | ITV | Blood Wedding |
| 2007 | The Relief of Belsen | Major Stadler | Channel 4 | TV movie |
| 2006 | The Catherine Tate Show | Mr Aga Saga | BBC | Season 3, episode 6 |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | Mr Austin | BBC | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 2005 | Space Race | Kammler | BBC | TV series documentary, Race to the Moon |
| 2005 | The Last Detective | Bald Man | ITV | Towpaths of Glory |
| 2005 | The Bill | Martin Glass | ITV | Season 21, episode 31 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Steward | BBC | Episode: "The End of the World" |
| 2004 | Shane | Suicide Steve | ITV | Season 1, episode 6 |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Sir Henry Woddis | BBC | |
| 2004 | Spartacus | Orsino | USA Network | TV movie |
| 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth | Arthur Wood | ITV | TV movie |
| 1995 | Wycliffe | SOCCO | ITV | Lost Contact |
| 1995 | Pie in the Sky | Roger | BBC | Lemon Twist |
| 1994 | The Knock | Jeremy Pointon | ITV | Season 1, episode 6 |
| 1994 | Peak Practice | ITV | Long Weekend | |
| 1994 | The House of Eliott | Harry | BBC | Season 3, episode 2 |
| 1993 | London's Burning | ITV | Season 6, episode 8 | |
| 1992 | Casualty | Heart surgeon | BBC | Body and Soul |
| 1992 | Red Dwarf | Cdr. Randy Navarro | BBC | Series 5, "Holoship" |
References edit
- ^ "Simon Paisley Day – Author Bio". Oberon Books. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SIMON PAISLEY DAY". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Montgomery, Hugh (19 December 2010). "How We Met: Simon Paisley Day & Jenna Russell". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Victoria & Abdul - BFI Filmography". filmography.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
External links edit
- Simon Paisley Day at IMDb
- Simon Paisley Day – National Theatre biography
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