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Biography
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.
Career
Paisley is a well-established theater actor and has 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.
Simon also was the leading and only character to appear in the very successful adverts for Honda, featuring Honda vehicles from different eras, with the Rhydian version of the song Rhydian.
Personal life
Paisley Day lives in Whitstable, with his wife and two children.
Film
| Year | Title | Character | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Heart of Me | Hospital Doctor | Martin Pope Productions |
| 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 | 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 Productions |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |