SIMON BURKE
AACTA AWARD BEST ACTOR & LOGIE AWARD BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINISERIES (PRODUCER)
OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (AO)
One of Australia’s most accomplished, respected and versatile performers, Simon’s career has been in overdrive since the age of 13 when he starred in Fred Schepisi’s acclaimed feature film The Devil’s Playground for which he won the AFI Award for Best Actor. Since then he has enjoyed great success both in Australia and the UK in film, television, stage, concert appearances and cabaret. He’s also being doing voice overs since the late great Jack Kenery from George Patts stood him on a box at the age of 10 to record his first radio commercial!
Some of Simon’s career highlights to date include:
- Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sound of Music at the London Palladium – Role of Capt. Von Trapp.
- La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, London, starring as Georges.
- Playing Carl-Magnus opposite Dame Judi Dench in A Little Night Music at the Royal National Theatre.
- Made his West End debut as Raoul in Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
- Australian audiences will remember Simon as Marius in the original Australian cast of Les Miserables.
- Countless productions for Sydney Theatre Company.
- Simon’s many television credits include Hustle, Rescue: Special Ops, The Alice, All Saints, Small Claims III, Thank God You’re Here, South Pacific, Brides of Christ, Scales of Justice, Water Rats, Danielle Steele’s The Ring, The One That Got Away, Heroes Mountain, After the Deluge, Grass Roots, Preservation and Postcard Bandit, and he is extremely proud of his 25-year stint as one of the most popular presenters on ABC TV’s Play School.
- Simon is currently starring in Foxtel’s new mini-series Devil’s Playground in which he will reprise the role of Tom Allen that he created as a boy in 1975 in the original film. He is also an executive producer of the project.
The list goes on, including hosting The Helpmann Awards from 2001 to 2006. For a more comprehensive bio please visit Simon’s website at:
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Just wanted to drop you a note to say how fabulous Peter was to work with! He was brilliant! Good to know he’s available to do both Australian and NZ voices, we’ll definitely keep him in mind for future jobs.
Working with Scout Voice Management was so easy and professional. We knew we wanted to use Aaron Cartwright – his voice is like rich melted chocolate and he is so amiable and amenable. From the initial inquiry to the actual recording was only a few days. We got exactly what we wanted and have the showreel for our website that we’d hoped for. Thanks to all involved.
What a breeze to work with someone as professional and experienced as Robert Lee — fast and fun, too! He comes prepared so time is spent efficiently, to get just what you need. A pleasure.
We are pleased with the result and I really enjoyed being patched in to the studio for the recording. Nathan Page’s voice is the perfect tone and has the gravitas we needed for the intended audience and Matt from Sonic Playground, was so helpful and thorough throughout the recording, and in all our requests for follow-up editing. They are both very talented and it was a pleasure working with them and getting an understanding of their craft.
Marc James Dwyer’s voice is relatable and authentic and he’s got the craft to control it beautifully.
He’s a dead set legend to record with, interprets scripts and takes direction well, and is always dedicated to fulfilling the trickiest of client briefs with absolute class and confidence.
Felicity, I can’t speak highly enough of not only your incredible skill and nuanced performance, but also of the weight and resonance you brought into the reading yesterday. Your narration provided a gravitas and beauty that I was thankful for in every scene, let alone your vibrant warmth that brought enthusiasm to every individual in the room.
What a gift you have, to welcome people in to storied experiences through your voice, empathy, delivery and choice of nuance – it was such a great pleasure just to witness you in action, and I’m so thankful for the impact you’ve now had on this project in this role. As you read yesterday, I thought to myself ‘why can’t Felicity create every audiobook I’d ever want to read?? This is the voice we all need!’. I hope we’re able to work together many a time over, and it was such a pleasure to meet you.
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