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Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
as Paul Jones
as Father Sykes
as Sidney Rawle
as David Hogarth
as Barnaby Jones
as John Taylor
as Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
as Cabinet Minister
as Lord Dawson
as Surgeon
as Doctor
as Mayor of Grasse
as John Naps
as Mary's Father
as Officer Lockwood
as Mr. Wells
as British Prime Minister
as Maj. Irvine
as Prestwick
as Jonna
as Doctor
as Peter Simpson
as Hospital Parent
as Hawkins
as Iain Ill
as Digby Seton
as Paul
as Alastair Logan
as Paul
as Presenter
as Doctor
as David Nelson
as Fenton
as Patrick Battle
as Chorus Boy
as Jonathan
as Eros
as Lieutenant
as Lucentio
as Micky
as Nigel
as Nicky
as Merry (voice)
as Pvt. Simmonds
