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Simon Farnaby

Simon Farnaby, born in 1973 in Darlington, is an English actor, writer, and comedian known for Horrible Histories and Ghosts and for co-writing Paddington 2 and Wonka.

Simon Helberg

Simon Helberg (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actor, comedian, and pianist, known as Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory and as Golden Globe-nominated pianist Cosme McMoon in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Simon Jones (actor)

Simon Jones is an English actor born in 1950. He is best known for playing Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Lord Brideshead in Brideshead Revisited.

Simon Kinberg

Simon David Kinberg (born 1973, London) is a British-American screenwriter, producer, and director, architect of Fox's X-Men films, producer of The Martian, co-creator of Star Wars Rebels, and writer-producer of Lucasfilm's new Star Wars trilogy announced in 2024.

Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale (1952–2010), British actor also known as Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale; played Simon Doyle in Death on the Nile, Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest, and Dr Harry Harper in Casualty; died of bowel cancer in London.

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland (born Simon Weiss, 1915 or 1922–1983), American character actor and former concert violinist; played Dr. Richmond in Psycho, Lt. Schrank in West Side Story, and Tony Vincenzo in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham, 1970) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter, co-creator of Spaced and the Cornetto Trilogy, and star of Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Ice Age.

Simon Pryce

Simon Pryce (Simon James Pryce, born 1972) is an Australian singer, actor, and the Red Wiggle of The Wiggles since 2013, replacing Murray Cook after joining the group in 2002 as a voice artist.

Simon Reeve (British TV presenter)

Simon Reeve (born 1972) is a British adventurer, author and BBC travel presenter of Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Mediterranean and Wilderness, who went from Sunday Times post boy to al-Qaeda author and award-winning broadcaster.

Simon Rex

Simon Rex (Simon Rex Cutright, born 1974) is an American actor, rapper, and comedian: MTV VJ from 1995, Dirt Nasty rap persona, Scary Movie 3–5, and Independent Spirit Award-winning star of Red Rocket (2021).

Simon Russell Beale

Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 1961, Penang) is an English stage and screen actor, three-time Olivier winner, Tony winner for The Lehman Trilogy, knighted 2019, famed for Hamlet, Lear, and The Death of Stalin.

Simon Vance

Simon Vance (born 1955, Brighton) is a British audiobook narrator and actor, formerly a BBC Radio 4 newsreader, with over 1,000 recorded books, 17 Audie Awards, 77 Earphone Awards, and Audible and APA Hall of Fame membership.

Simon Ward

Simon Ward (1941–2012), British stage and screen actor; played young Winston Churchill in Attenborough's Young Winston (1972), the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers, and Bishop Gardiner in The Tudors; career interrupted by a 1987 assault.

Simon Williams (actor)

Simon Williams (born 1946, Windsor) is a British actor and writer, not the Marvel character, known for James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs, Justin Elliott in The Archers since 2014, and plays such as Nobody's Perfect.

Simon Yam (任达华)

Simon Yam Tat-wah (任達華), Hong Kong actor, model, and producer born 1955; TVB's CID (1976) start, breakthrough in Bullet in the Head (1990), Johnnie To collaborations PTU and Election, and 2010 Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor for Echoes of the Rainbow.

Simona Tabasco

Simona Tabasco, Italian actress born 1994 in Naples, is known as Lucia in The White Lotus season 2 (Emmy-nominated, 2023) and for Italian series Doc - Nelle tue mani and films Perez. and Immaculate.

Simone Ashley

Simone Ashley is a British actress and singer known as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton season two and Olivia Hanan in Sex Education; also The Devil Wears Prada 2 and the EP Songs I Wrote in New York.

Simone Joy Jones

Simone Joy Jones (born 1999), also S!MONE, is an American actress and R&B singer; Broadway debut in The Miracle Worker (2010), Lisa Wilkes on Bel-Air (2022–2025), debut album Magnet (2024).

Simone Missick

Simone Missick (born Simone Cook), American actress from Detroit; played Misty Knight in Marvel's Luke Cage, The Defenders, and Iron Fist, and Judge Lola Carmichael in All Rise on CBS and OWN.

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret (born Simone Kaminker, 1921–1985), French actress; Oscar winner for Room at the Top (1960), César winner for Madame Rosa (1977), star of Casque d'or and Les Diaboliques, wife of Yves Montand.

Simonetta Stefanelli

Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress born 1954 in Rome, played Apollonia in The Godfather (1972) at 16, worked in 1970s Italian cinema, married Michele Placido, retired in 1992, and runs a Rome fashion business.

Simple Kapadia

Simple Kapadia (1958–2009) was a Hindi film actress and costume designer, younger sister of Dimple Kapadia, who won the National Film Award for Rudaali (1992).

Simu Liu

Simu Liu (born 1989, Harbin, China) is a Chinese-Canadian actor known as Marvel's first Asian-led superhero lead in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and for Jung Kim in Kim's Convenience; also author of We Were Dreamers and Broadway's Oh, Mary! performer.

Sinclair Daniel

Sinclair Daniel (born 1997, New York) is an American actress, lead as Nella Rogers in Hulu's The Other Black Girl (2023) and Chris Winslow in Insidious: The Red Door, now starring as Parker in Peacock's The Copenhagen Test.

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack (born 1948, Dalkey, Ireland) is an Irish actress, daughter of Cyril Cusack and wife of Jeremy Irons; an RSC Shakespearean stage star awarded for Our Lady of Sligo, also in V for Vendetta, Eastern Promises, and Napoleon (2023). Distinct from singer Sinéad O'Connor.

Sinéad Keenan

Sinéad Keenan, Irish actress born 1977 in Dublin; known as Nina in Being Human, Mel Jones in Little Boy Blue (BAFTA-nominated, RTS and Golden Nymph winner), and DCI Jess James in Unforgotten series 5–7; sister of actors Rory and Gráinne Keenan.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Siobhan Fallon Hogan (born 1961, Syracuse, New York) is an American character actress and comedian, an SNL 1991-92 cast member, Seinfeld's Tina, and star of Forrest Gump, Men in Black, and three Lars von Trier films; she wrote and produced Rushed (2021) and Shelter in Solitude (2023).

Siobhan Finneran

Siobhan Finneran (born 1966, Oldham) is an English actress known for Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Benidorm, Downton Abbey's Sarah O'Brien, Happy Valley's Clare Cartwright, and her first lead role in ITV's Protection.

Siobhán McSweeney

Siobhán McSweeney (Siobhán Nic Suibhne, born 1979) is an Irish actress from County Cork known for Sister Michael in Derry Girls (BAFTA 2023), hosting The Great Pottery Throw Down and The Traitors Ireland.

Siobhan Redmond

Siobhan Redmond (born 1959, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and RSC Associate Artist known for DS Maureen Connell in Between the Lines, Shona Spurtle in The High Life, and stage roles from Mary Stuart to Happy Days; not to be confused with games executive Siobhan Reddy.