Simon Greenall

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British actor, presenter and voice artist (born 1958)

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notable_worksTrapped!
Octonauts
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Early life

Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown, Cumberland.

Career

Greenall has appeared in a number of television shows, shorts, movies, and video games. Earlier roles include as policemen in Life Without George (1987), One Foot in the Grave (1990), and Between the Lines (1993); as various characters in Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998), Pond Life (2000), and Monkey Dust (2003); and as the voices of Mr. Bump, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr. Happy in The Mr. Men Show (2008). He voiced Murgo in the Fable video game franchise and replaced Cam Clarke in Final Fantasy XIV as the voice of Lord Lolorito, in addition to his regular voiceover role the dragon Nidhogg. In the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters", he played Mr. Skinner.

Greenall has also starred on the BBC Radio shows On the Blog, Missing Hancocks, and The Simon Day Show. He currently voices Aleksandr Orlov the meerkat in the comparethemarket.com adverts.

When Grant Bovey was training for a BBC charity boxing match against Ricky Gervais, Greenall was one of Bovey's sparring partners. In 1995, he won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards honour in the TV - Light Entertainment category along with Harry Enfield, Geoffrey Perkins, Harry Thompson, Paul Whitehouse, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Kay Stonham for Harry Enfield's Television Programme. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria.

Selected works

Television

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Year(s)TitleRoleNo. of episodesRef
1993Newman and Baddiel in PiecesVarious characters8
1995-1996The Slow NorrisBertie the frog
1997–1998Armstrong and MillerVarious roles13
Alas Smith & Jones12
1997–2002I'm Alan PartridgeMichael, Robert Moon
1998Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-RoundVarious roles1
Barking5
Big Train2
1999Boyz UnlimitedBenny Van Hoere3
1999–2000Lucy Sullivan is Getting MarriedRichard16
2000Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New ShowVarious roles12
Kiss Me KateColin1
2001Time Gentlemen PleaseArnold Poncett
World of PubVarious roles6
The Armando Iannucci Shows1
2003Monkey Dust18
FortysomethingAshley Ramp1
2003–2005Trevor's World of SportVDK, Lance3
2004Swiss ToniPeter Gellward1
Doc MartinPhilip Rowe
2005FunlandKen Cryer2
Don't Watch That, Watch ThisVarious roles
Bromwell HighMartin Jackson, Iqbal Kandallah, Additional voices13
2006Doctor WhoMr. Skinner1
Lead BalloonAdam Greene
PopetownCardinal Three (voice)10
2006–2008Star StoriesNarrator (voice)7
2007SaxondaleMalcolm1
2007–2010Trapped!Caretaker52
2008Secret Diary of a Call GirlIan Farringdon1
The Wrong DoorVarious roles6
Brain-JitsuSensei25
No HeroicsIsobar1
2009Horne & CordenVarious roles
2009–2011The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson19
2010Life of RileyMr. Smith1
2010–2011Pete Versus LifeColin King11
2010–2012Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and PaulVarious roles9
2010–2016Mid Morning Matters with Alan PartridgeCaller (voice)12
2010–2017OctonautsCaptain Barnacles122
2011PhoneShopThe Greeter1
Comedy BlapsVarious characters3
2012SpyQuiz host1
2013Common GroundPeter the Polish Park Keeper2
It's KevinVarious roles
DriftersDavide1
HebburnBob Muirfield2
2014Inspector George GentlyPeter Turner1
W1ANigel Trescott
Cardinal BurnsVarious roles3
FriedDerek1
2015The Keith Lemon Sketch ShowNarrator
Car ShareDave Thompson (voice)
Hoff the RecordRadovan Merkadic
2016PlebsAnnouncer
2015–2016NewzoidsVarious roles12
2016The Windsors2
2017BenidormNeville5
Ill BehaviourLiam's Dad2
2017–2020The Other OneColin3
2020Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy BottomVarious roles20
Mister WinnerRacing Commentator1
2022Meet the RichardsonsSimon Greenall
The Thief, His Wife and the CanoeCoroner
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Film

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Year(s)TitleRoleRef
1999Tube TalesBusiness Man (segment: "Mouth")
2002My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117Father in Church
2003Anglian Lives: Alan PartridgeRoy from Caistor-St-Edmonds (voice)
2004WimbledonChauffeur
2007BiffovisionBW
2010D.O.APriest
2011Holy Flying CircusBarry Atkins, Pub Landlord
PythagasaurusPythagasaurus (voice)
2012Acts of GodfreyDCI Stevens
The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasVarious roles (voices)
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaMichael
2014Harry & Paul's Story of the 2sVarious roles
2015Shaun the Sheep MovieTwins (voices)
2018Early ManEemak, Thongo (voices)url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/early-man-cast-meet-famous-voice-actors-1069896/
2021Octonauts: The Ring of FireCaptain Barnacles (voice)
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before ChristmasAdditional voices
Hilda and the Mountain King
2022The Lovebox in Your Living RoomVarious roles
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Video games

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Year(s)TitleRoleRef
1997Tomb Raider IIClaudio, Fabio, Brother Chan Barkhang (voices)
2000Shogun: Total War
Team Buddies
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition
2001Original War
2002Hard Hitter TennisBob Conner (voice)
2004Future Tactics: The Uprising
FableFisherman (voice)
Dragon Quest VIIIAdditional voices
2005Ape Escape 3Monkey Blue (voice)
MediEvil: ResurrectionDirk Steadfast, Help Gargoyles, Trapped Villager (voices)
Battalion WarsKommandant Ubel
Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction
2006Medieval II: Total War
2007Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Battalion Wars 2Kommandant Ubel (voice)
2008Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Fable II
2009Killzone 2Additional Helghast Voices (voice)
BattleForge
Battlefield HeroesRoyals and Nationals (voices)
Battlefield 1943Newscaster
RisenLuis, Adan, Dargel
2010Final Fantasy XIVLolorito
Fable III
2011Stronghold 3
2013PuppeteerCaptain Gaff (voice)
2014LittleBigPlanet 3Zom-Zom the Far Out (voice)
2015Final Fantasy XIV: HeavenswardLolorito, Nidhogg (voices)
2017Final Fantasy XIV: StormbloodLolorito (voice)
2018Forza Horizon 4Hans Liebold (voice)
2019Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
2020Sackboy: A Big AdventureZom Zom (voice)
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References

References

  1. "SIMON JAMES GREENALL - LONDON - ACTOR - Checkcompany".
  2. (2014-08-27). "Matthew Kelly and Simon Greenall Star in Richard Bean's TOAST at the Park Theatre, Now thru Sept 21". Broadway World UK.
  3. (2022-04-18). "The I'm Alan Partridge actor who is the voice of Compare the Meerkat's Aleksandr Orlov". Berkshire Live.
  4. Nelson, Alex. (2017-11-02). "I'm Alan Partridge at 20: what it was like to play Michael the Geordie". iNews.
  5. "Simon Greenall". British Comedy Guide.
  6. (2021-05-12). "An act in two parts". Manchester Metropolitan University.
  7. (March 2023}} and was credited as co-executive producer of the 2011 film adaptation of ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)). "Simon Greenall". IMDb.
  8. Digital Arts staff. "How Passion created Aleks the billionaire meerkat". Digital Arts.
  9. "Writers' Guild Awards 1994 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain".
  10. (2014-07-18). "Renowned Longtown actor receives honorary award". ITV.
  11. "CBBC - Brain-Jitsu".
  12. (2011-12-12). "Viz Animation – "Blap" to basics". [[Skwigly (magazine).
  13. "Cllr Dick Cole". mebyonkernow.blogspot.co.uk.
  14. "Der Dieb, seine Frau und das Kanu". SerienJunkies.
  15. Manfred, Lucas. (2018-02-16). "'Early Man': Meet the Famous Voices Behind the Characters". Hollywood Reporter.

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