Film
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy |
Dir: Tomas Alfredson Working Title |
| Beginner's Luck | Dir: Nick Cohen |
Theatre
| Blithe Spirit |
Dir: Richard Eyre Theatre Royal Bath & Duke of York's Theatre |
| The Cherry Orchard |
Dir: Michael Boyd The Royal Exchange Theatre and Bristol Old Vic |
| Richard III |
Dir: Rupert Goold Almeida Theatre |
| 1984 |
Dir: Robert Icke Headlong Theatre, Playhouse Theatre, UK & International Tour |
| King John |
Dir: James Dacre Globe Theatre & UK Tour |
| Regeneration |
Dir: Simon Godwin Royal & Derngate Northampton & UK Tour |
| 1984 |
Dir: Robert Icke Headlong Theatre, Playhouse Theatre |
| Donkeys' Years |
Dir: Lisa Spirling Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| The Misanthrope |
Dir: Gemma Bodinetz ETT, Liverpool Everyman & UK Tour |
| The Alchemist |
Dir: Robert Icke Liverpool Everyman |
| Romeo & Juliet |
Dir: Robert Icke Headlong / UK Tour |
| Tartuffe |
Dir: Gemma Bodinetz ETT, Liverpool Everyman & UK Tour |
| Plenty |
Dir: Thea Sharrock Sheffield Crucible Theatre |
| The Prince of Homburg |
Dir: Jonathan Munby Donmar Warehouse |
| Arthur And George |
Dir: Rachel Kavanagh Bham Rep & Nottingham |
| The Hypochondriac |
Dir: Gemma Boldinetz Liverpool Playhouse & Tour |
| The Real Thing |
Dir: Alan Stanford Gate Theatre, Dublin |
| Wuthering Heights |
Dir: Indhu Rubasingham Birmingham Rep & Tour |
| Tartuffe |
Dir: Gemma Bodinetz Liverpool Playhouse & Rose Theatre Kingston |
| Life After Scandal |
Dir: Anthony Clarke Hampstead Theatre |
| The Constant Wife |
Dir: Alan Stanford The Gate Theatre Dublin & Spoleto Festival, Charleston |
| Translations |
Dir: Sean Holmes National Theatr |
| Arcadia |
Dir: Rachel Kavanagh BOV & Birmingham Rep |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
Dir: Rachel Kavanagh Royal Shakespeare Co (Tour & West End) |
| Coriolanus |
Dir: David Farr Royal Shakespeare Co (Tour & West End) |
| Hand In Hand |
Dir: Gemma Bodinetz Hampstead Theatre |
| Luminosity |
Dir: Gemma Bodinetz Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Loveplay |
Dir: Anthony Clark Royal Shakespeare Company |
| The Taming Of The Shrew |
Dir: Lindsay Posner Royal Shakespeare Company |
| The Comedy Of Errors |
Dir: Tim Supple Royal Shakespeare Company |
| The Miser |
Dir: Nick Broadhurst Chichester Festival Theatre |
|
As You Like It Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor New York Drama Desk Award for 'Outstanding Featured Actor' |
Dir: Declan Donnellan Cheek by Jowl |
| Arcadia |
Dir: Trevor Nunn National Theatre |
| Macbeth |
Dir: Richard Eyre National Theatre |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Dir: Robert LePage National Theatre |
| Pygmalion |
Dir: Howard Davies National Theatre |
| Murmuring Judges |
Dir: Richard Eyre National Theatre |
| Arturo Ui |
Dir: Di Trevis National Theatre |
| Black Snow |
Dir: Bill Gaskill National Theatre |
| Vassa |
Dir: Katie Mitchell The Gate Theatre |
| Sinderby |
Dir: Mike Fields The Mermaid Theatre |
| You Never Can Tell |
Dir: Roger Clissold Thorndike Theatre |
| The Importance Of Being Earnest |
Dir: Lou Stein National Tour |
| Pravda |
Dir: David Horlock Salisbury Playhouse |
| Melchester |
Dir: Sonia Wooley Salisbury Playhouse |
| The Italian Straw Hat |
Dir: John Doyle Everyman, Cheltenham |
| Anyone Can Whistle |
Dir: John Doyle Everyman, Cheltenham |
| Tomfoolery |
Dir: John Doyle Everyman, Cheltenham |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Dir: Phyllida Lloyd Everyman, Cheltenham |
| Twelfth Night |
Dir: Stuart Trotter Northcott, Exeter |
| Mr Cinders |
Dir: Andrew McKinnon Theatre Royal, York |
| Dinner On Broadway |
Dir: Rob Mitchell Nottingham Playhouse |
| Bells Are Ringing |
Dir: John Doyle Greenwich Theatre |
| Rosencratz & Guildenstern Are Dead |
Dir: David Horlock Salisbury Playhouse |
| Fiddler On The Roof |
Dir: Gerry Tebbutt Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| Cabaret |
Dir: David Horlock Salisbury Playhouse |
| Happy As A Sandbag Earnest |
Dir: Warren Hooper Swan Theatre, Worcester |
| Sinderby |
Dir: Mike Fields Swan Theatre, Worcester |
TV
| Eastenders |
Dir: Richard Lynn BBC |
| Doctors |
Dir: Paul Gibson BBC |
| Holby City |
Dir: Michael Buffong BBC |
| Eastenders |
Dir: Christopher Richards BBC |
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard |
Dir: Declan Lowney Kudos Ltd |
| The Bill - Ep. 117 |
Dir: Declan Lowney Thames TV |
| Dream Team - Series VII | Hewland International |
| A Touch Of Frost |
Dir: Don Lever Yorkshire Television |
| The Bill |
Dir: Gwennan Sage Thames Television |
Awards
As You Like It - Cheek By Jowl, directed Declan Donnellan
New York Drama Desk Award for 'Outstanding Featured Actor'
Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor
Skills
Driving Licence, Motorbike Licence, Strong Singer (Baritone), Guitar (Good Standard), Horse Riding, Fencing, Fluent French, Strong Swimmer, Tennis, Cricket, Squash, Running, Ballet,
& Period Dancing.
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Reviews
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
” “Simon Coates gives a vintage performance as Uncle Leonid (Gayev), one of Chekhov’s lively bores, a man incapable of stilling his own tongue.” - The Observer
KING JOHN
” ....a notable, well-spoken contribution from Simon Coates as a formidable King Philip of France.” - Michael Coveney (Whatsonstage.com)
“Simon Coates delivers a stout, vacillating French king.” - Quentin Letts (The Daily Mail)
REGENERATION
“Doctor Yealland is brilliantly repellent in Simon Coates’ performance”. (The Independent)
“Simon Coates’ performance as Yealland is superb”. (The Sunday Times)
THE ALCHEMIST
“...played to perfection by Simon Coates”
“Coates’s winning turn is almost worth the admission price alone” - Dominic Cavendish (The Daily Telegraph)
“Simon Coates, excellent as the ridiculous verbose Sir Epicure Mammon” - Carole Baldock (Whatsonstage.com)
“There are some delightful performances, particularly from Simon Coates as naive nobleman Sir Epicure Mammon, visually a sort of young Simon Ward-gone-to-seed, who compiles the kind of fanciful wishlist one might dream up while clutching a rollover lottery ticket.” - (The Liverpool Echo)
ROMEO AND JULIET
“The supporting performances are terrific…Simon Coates’s Friar Laurence is an entertaining modern cleric.” - Kate Kellaway (The Observer)
AS YOU LIKE IT
“Simon Coates…a stunning blend of arch attitude, fierce comic delivery and considerable humanity” (Variety Magazine)
CORIOLANUS / MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
“A number of actors stand out…Simon Coates shifts brilliantly from befuddled spouse to envious tribune” (The Daily Telegraph)
CORIOLANUS
“...played with a fine regard to the art of spin by Simon Coates” (The Daily Telegraph)
LOVEPLAY
“Particularly good is Simon Coates who seamlessly makes the jump from randy MP to repressed vicar” (Whatsonstage.com)
“Simon Coates switches deftly from jolly, rogering 1820s patriarch to closeted Victorian cleric” (The Guardian)
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
“Certain performances are outstanding. Simon Coates is so sincere and eloquent as Antipholus of Ephesus that I wish the part was twice as large and twice as complex”. (Financial Times)
“...kept afloat by nicely honed lead performances…balanced by Coates’ hotheaded Antipholus” (Variety Magazine)
“Simon Coates’ subtly acted Antipholus of Ephesus…an intelligent delight” (The Independent)
THE CONSTANT WIFE
“Simon Coates is an impressive performer, boasting a wonderful speaking voice. His depiction of John veers between the completely serious and the blustering fool” (RTE)
TARTUFFE
“Simon Coates’ Cléante, dry of wit and droll in delivery” (The Independent)
ARTHUR & GEORGE
“...an excellent Simon Coates” (Financial Times)
PLENTY
““The best performances come from the buttoned-up chaps, in particular Simon Coates as a diplomatic mandarin”. - Patrick Marmion (The Daily Mail)
“...terrific comic turn from Simon Coates as a wily diplomat” (The Daily Telegraph)
AS YOU LIKE IT
“I’ve never seen the Rosalind-Celia relationship better handled. Simon Coates plays the latter as an emotionally possessive figure…one of the great Shakespeare productions of our time” (The Guardian)
“Simon Coates is hilarious…the mood becomes dizzying” (Evening Standard)
Stats
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Height: 5’10”
