Simon Paisley Day

Not to be confused with Simon Day.
Simon Paisley Day
Born (1967-04-13) 13 April 1967
Gillingham, Kent, England
Occupation Actor

Simon Paisley Day (born 1967 in Gillingham, Kent) also known as Simon Day is a British 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]

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.[2]

Film

Year Title Character Production
2011 The Painting Man Inclusive Media
2011 The Eagle Surgeon Focus Features
2007 Flawless Boland Future Films
2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Headmaster Evans AB Svensk Filmindustri
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years Larry Little Bird
2002 The Heart of Me Hospital Doctor Martin Pope Productions

Theatre

Year Title Character Production Director
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
2015 Doctor Who Rump BBC Episode: "Face the Raven"
2012 Titanic Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon ITV Episode Two and Four
2012 Sherlock Major Barrymore BBC Series 2, "The Hounds of Baskerville"
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 Holoship

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Paisley Day – Author Bio". Oberon Books. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Montgomery, Hugh (19 December 2010). "How We Met: Simon Paisley Day & Jenna Russell". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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