Simon Coury

Biography

Simon taught English in Kent and China before training as an actor. He has been living and working in Ireland for the last thirteen years. Theatre work includes: Pride and Prejudice, An Ideal Husband, The Vortex (Gate Theatre); A Doll’s House, Hamlet, (Second Age); The Picture of Dorian Grey (Winterland); King Lear (C Company); Peter Pan (Pavillion Theatre); Macbeth, Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, A Doll’s House, The Cherry Orchard (Salisbury Playhouse); Outward Bound, Kind Hearts and Coronets (Watford Palace); Wild Honey, Betrayal (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Murder in the Cathedral, Moby Dick, The Tempest (RSC). Film and Television work includes: The Professor and the Madman (Christchurch Prods); The Witness (WFM Film and TV); 37 Days, Line of Duty II, Wodehouse in Exile, Murphy’s Law, Inspector George Gently, Eastenders, Our Friends in the North (BBC); Foyles War VIII (ITV); Vikings (VK Prods); The Tudors III (HS Prods); The Clinic (RTE); Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Heartbeat (YTV).

Known For

Vikings

as Saxon Priest

Ripper Street

as Prison Chaplain

My Boy Jack

as Naval Doctor

Heartbeat

as Prosecution Barrister

Baltimore

as Rose's Father

Intruder

as Inspector Lilley

The Reluctant Royal

as William, Duke of Glasswick

Days That Shook the World

as Jean-François Champollion

Maxine

as Stephen Coward QC

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama

as Hugh Tomlinson