Simon Burke

Simon Burke

Nacimiento : 1961-10-08,

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 (2004–2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Simon Burke

Películas

Small Claims: The Reunion
Jon
Chrissy and Jo attend Chrissy's university reunion. Surrounded by success, Chrissy begins to question her decision to stay at home with the kids. When an old friend's husband is found dead in the harbour from an apparent heart attack, Chrissy and Jo are drawn to solve the mystery after learning the dead man's blood contained Ketamine, an animal tranquilliser used as a party drug.
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
Narrator (voice)
A documentary on the impact of gay and lesbian people in Australia.
Preservation
Mr. Crewe
Gothic horror and erotic farce face a shotgun wedding in "Preservation," an oddball Aussie pic which is part of a spurt of government funded hour-long features. Starring local thesp Jacqueline McKenzie as Daphne, a 19th century taxidermist.
The Postcard Bandit
Thomas
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
Heroes' Mountain
Euan Diver
The story of Stuart Diver, the only person to survive the 1997 Thredbo tragedy that came about when a landslide engulfed a ski lodge situated in Australia's Snowy Mountains.
South Pacific
Harbison
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.
Pitch Black
Greg Owens
Una nave especial lleva a bordo 39 pasajeros que se dirigen a New Mecca, una colonia en el espacio exterior. Pero durante el vuelo tiene una avería, debido a una tormenta de meteoritos, que hace que la nave tenga que aterrizar en un planeta perdido. Para más inri hay un prisionero extremadamente peligroso: el pasajero número 40 es Richard Riddick, un peligroso criminal que está siendo transportado a una prisión de máxima seguridad. Por culpa del aterrizaje de emergencia mueren 29 pasajeros, y Riddick aprovecha para escapar. Aislados de toda forma de vida en un planeta donde nunca se pone el sol y no hay agua, creen estar ante un verdadero problema. Pero se equivocan, ya que los verdaderos problemas todavía están por llegar, ya que cada 22 años tiene lugar un eclipse y con la oscuridad llegan unos extraños y letales seres que querrán acabar con ellos.
Passion
Herman Sandby
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
The One That Got Away
Stan
The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition together the Scuds had to be stopped. SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero, under the command of Sgt. Andy McNab was tasked to destroy these weapons. Three of the SAS troopers were killed and four captured: Only one escaped - Cpl. Chris Ryan.
Slate, Wyn & Me
Wyn Jackson
Meandering drama of Brothers Burke and Sacks, who rob a bank, kill a cop and kidnap Thornton, a witness to their crime.
The Clinic
Paul
A comedic, dramatic day in the lives of employees and patients at a venereal disease clinic.
The Irishman
Michael Doolan
Paddy Doolan is a man who refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stubborn Irishman, the last of the draught-horse teamsters, continues to haul timber the old way.
El juguete del diablo
Tom Allen
Retrato de la vida en un internado católico para chicos y el conflicto que surge entre el despertar sexual de los jóvenes y la mentalidad represora de los sacerdotes.