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Simon Russell Beale CBE (born 12 January 1961) is a British actor, author and music historian. Beale has been described by ''The Independent'' as "the greatest stage actor of his generation." He has appeared in ''Persuasion'' (1995), ''The Young Visiters'' (2003), ''Dunkirk'' (2004), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films ''Henry IV, Part I and Part II'' (2012). He is currently part of the main cast of Showtime's ''Penny Dreadful. ==Early years== Beale was born in Penang, British Malaya, son of Lt-Gen Sir Peter Beale and Julia ''née'' Winter, where his father served as an army medic who later became Surgeon-General of HM Armed Forces. His family includes several members who have pursued successful careers in medicine. He was first drawn to performance when, at the age of eight, he became a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral, and a pupil at the adjoining St Paul's Cathedral School. It was believed that he gave his first theatre performance at age 14 playing Desdemona in ''Othello'' at the independent school Clifton College's ''Redgrave Theatre''; However, Beale has corrected this, stating that his first stage performance was as Hippolyta in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at primary school. In the sixth form at Clifton he also performed ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'', a play in which he would later star at the National Theatre. After Clifton, he went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and obtained a first in English, after which he was offered a place to undertake a PhD. He pursued further studies at Guildhall School of Music and Drama graduating in 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Russell Beale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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