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Simon Paisley Day

Not to be confused with Simon Day.

Simon Paisley Day
Born (1967-04-13) 13 April 1967 (age 57)
Gillingham, Kent, England
Other namesSimon Who
OccupationActor
Children2

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.

Early life

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

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]

Personal life

Paisley Day lives in Whitstable, with his wife and two children.[3]

Film

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

Year Title Character Production Director
2017 The Lorax by David Greig The Once-ler Royal Alexandra Theatre Max Webster
2014 Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis Caldwell B. Cladwell St. James Theatre, London Jamie Lloyd
2013 The Low Road by Bruce Norris Various Royal Court Theatre Dominic Cooke
2012 The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare		 Petruchio Shakespeare's Globe Toby Frow
2011 Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare		 Malvolio National Theatre Sir Peter Hall
2010 Private Lives
by Noël Coward		 Victor Vaudeville Theatre Sir Richard Eyre
2009 Entertaining Mr Sloane
by Joe Orton		 Ed Trafalgar Studios Nick Bagnall
2008 Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare		 Timon The Globe Lucy Bailey
2007 The Ugly One
by Marius von Mayenburg		 Scheffler Royal Court Theatre Ramin Gray
2007 Don't Look Now
by Daphne Du Maurier		 John Sheffield Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith Lucy Bailey
2007 The 39 Steps
by John Buchan		 Hannay Criterion Theatre Maria Aitken
2005 The Philanthropist
by Christopher Hampton		 Braham Donmar Warehouse David Grindley
2005 Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare		 Iachimo Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Rachel Kavanaugh
2005 Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare		 Feste Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Timothy Sheader
2003 Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare		 King Ferdinand of Navarre National Theatre Sir Trevor Nunn
2003 Anything Goes
by Cole Porter		 Lord Evelyn Oakley National Theatre Sir Trevor Nunn
2002 The Coast of Utopia
by Tom Stoppard		 Nicholas Ogarev National Theatre Sir Trevor Nunn
2001 Hamlet
by William Shakespeare		 Horatio National Theatre John Caird
2000 Candide
from the book by Voltaire		 Maximilian National Theatre John Caird
1999 Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare		 Ajax National Theatre Sir Trevor Nunn
1999 Money
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton		 Sir Frederick Blount National Theatre John Caird
1998 Oh! What A Lovely War
by Joan Littlewood		 Henry Wilson National Theatre Fiona Laird
1996 By Jeeves
by Alan Ayckbourn		 Gussie Fink-Nottle Lyric Theatre Sir Alan Ayckbourn
1992 A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde		 Lord Alfred RSC Philip Prowse

TV

Year Title Character Production Notes
2022 This England Dominic Cummings Sky Atlantic
2020 Alex Rider Dr. Baxter Netflix
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

  1. ^ "Simon Paisley Day – Author Bio". Oberon Books. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ^ "SIMON PAISLEY DAY". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ Montgomery, Hugh (19 December 2010). "How We Met: Simon Paisley Day & Jenna Russell". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Victoria & Abdul - BFI Filmography". filmography.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.


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