Simon Chandler (born Simon Timothy Chandler, 4 June 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) – British film, television, and theatre actor, educated at Bedford School, active since 1976. Often cast as senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament, civil servants, and officials. His most notable film roles include Private Simmonds in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Merry Brandybuck (voice) in The Lord of the Rings (1978), David Nelson in The Bounty (1984), Hawkins in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Mr. Wells in Vera Drake (2004), Mayor of Grasse in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lord Dawson in The King's Speech (2010), a Cabinet Minister in The Iron Lady (2011), Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in Mr. Turner (2014), John Taylor in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Sidney Rawle in The Mercy (2018). On television he is best known for Clement Attlee in The Crown (2016), Septon Eustace in House of the Dragon (2022), Mr. Hobbs in Jonny Briggs (1985, 28 episodes), and appearances in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), The Thick of It (2009), Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street (2008), and The Diplomat (2023). On stage he has appeared in Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and High Noon (2025, West End).
as Chris(3 eps)
as Sir Merritt Grove(2 eps)
as Judge Instrell(1 ep)
as Nikolai(1 ep)
as Septon Eustace(1 ep)
as High Septon(2 eps)
as Paul Jones
as Doctor(1 ep)
as Registrar Blake(1 ep)
as Father Sykes
as Sidney Rawle
as David Hogarth
as Barnaby Jones
as Clement Attlee(5 eps)
as John Taylor
as Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
as Cliff Lyman(3 eps)
as Solicitor(2 eps)
as Canon Gilbert(1 ep)
as Cabinet Minister
as Keith Barton(1 ep)
as HHJ Sadler(1 ep)
as Lord Dawson
as Surgeon
as Inspector West(3 eps)
as Doctor
as Mayor of Grasse
as John Naps
as Mary's Father
as Officer Lockwood
as Permanent Secretary(1 ep)
as Mr. Wells
as Leonard Evans(1 ep)
as British Prime Minister
as Sir Ian Rochester(28 eps)
as Geoff(1 ep)
as Maj. Irvine
as Prestwick
as Jonna
as Dr Miles(1 ep)
as Professor Petersen(1 ep)
as Doctor
as Peter Simpson
as Hospital Parent
as Hawkins
as Iain Ill
as Simon Middington(1 ep)
as Jonathan Canning(1 ep)
as Richard Deverell(1 ep)
as No. 47(2 eps)
as Rev. Farebrother(6 eps)
as Digby Seton
as John Middleton(3 eps)
as Eric Potter(1 ep)
as De La Rue(1 ep)
as Paul
as Alastair Logan
as Fox(2 eps)
as Paul
as Presenter
as Lord Epton(1 ep)
as Reese(1 ep)
as Dr Finlay(4 eps)
as Richard Penfold(1 ep)
as Mr. Hobbs(28 eps)
as Paul(1 ep)
as Doctor
as Barry(1 ep)
as David Nelson
as Nick Cliffe(2 eps)
as Fenton
as Patrick Battle
as Chorus Boy
as Mr. Cude(1 ep)
as Lieutenant James(1 ep)
as Jonathan
as Eros
as Lieutenant
as Lucentio
as Micky
as Nigel
as Nicky
as Merry (voice)
as Brian(1 ep)
as Pvt. Simmonds
as Peter Clough(1 ep)
as Curate(1 ep)
as Brian Spedding(3 eps)
as Nicky(1 ep)
as Jonathan(1 ep)
as Denis Tregoning(1 ep)