
Person
Simon Coury
Acting · Ireland
Biography
Simon taught English in Kent and China before training as an actor. He has been living and working in Ireland for the last thirteen years. Theatre work includes: Pride and Prejudice, An Ideal Husband, The Vortex (Gate Theatre); A Doll’s House, Hamlet, (Second Age); The Picture of Dorian Grey (Winterland); King Lear (C Company); Peter Pan (Pavillion Theatre); Macbeth, Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, A Doll’s House, The Cherry Orchard (Salisbury Playhouse); Outward Bound, Kind Hearts and Coronets (Watford Palace); Wild Honey, Betrayal (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Murder in the Cathedral, Moby Dick, The Tempest (RSC). Film and Television work includes: The Professor and the Madman (Christchurch Prods); The Witness (WFM Film and TV); 37 Days, Line of Duty II, Wodehouse in Exile, Murphy’s Law, Inspector George Gently, Eastenders, Our Friends in the North (BBC); Foyles War VIII (ITV); Vikings (VK Prods); The Tudors III (HS Prods); The Clinic (RTE); Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Heartbeat (YTV).
Known for

Vikings
Saxon Priest

Heartbeat
Prosecution Barrister

Foyle's War
George Greene

Line of Duty
CC Barry Lightwater

Ripper Street
Prison Chaplain

Murphy's Law
Baker's Brief

Days That Shook the World
Jean-François Champollion

Maxine
Stephen Coward QC

Intruder
Inspector Lilley

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
Hugh Tomlinson
Filmography
- 2025The Reluctant RoyalWilliam, Duke of Glasswick
- 2024BaltimoreRose's Father
- 2022Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom DramaHugh Tomlinson
- 2022MaxineStephen Coward QC
- 2021The Queen v Patrick O'DonnellAn Breitheamh Denman
- 2021IntruderInspector Lilley
- 2016Inspektor Jury spielt Katz und MausJurys Boss
- 2013VikingsSaxon Priest
- 2012Ripper StreetPrison Chaplain
- 2012Line of DutyCC Barry Lightwater
- 2010When Harvey Met BobBilly
- 2007My Boy JackNaval Doctor
- 2003Days That Shook the WorldJean-François Champollion
- 2002Foyle's WarGeorge Greene
- 2001Murphy's LawBaker's Brief
- 1992HeartbeatProsecution Barrister
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