Simon Burke

Biography

Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards. He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher. Burke was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia (2004–2014) and currently a Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA). Simon Burke is also well remembered for his long term stint as a presenter on the childrens television series Play School from 1988-2007 then 2013 and again in 2020.​

Known For

Pitch Black

as Greg Owens

Hustle

as Nick

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

as Nicholas Mortimer

Deep Water

as Simon Mawbrey

The Devil's Playground

as Tom Allen

The Flying Doctors

as Daryl Stokes

Rescue: Special Ops

as Warren Thompson

South Pacific

as Harbison

Devil's Playground

as Tom Allen

Brides of Christ

as Jack Delahunty