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'''Simon Chandler''' (born 1953) is a British film, television and theatre [[actor]]. He often plays senior establishment figures such as [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] and senior [[Civil service|civil servants]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Simon Chandler|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/12253/Simon-Chandler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719062626/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/12253/Simon-Chandler|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2010|archive-date=2010-07-19}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born in 1953 and educated at [[Bedford School]], Chandler's acting career began in 1976. His first film role was as Private Simmonds in [[Richard Attenborough]]'s 1977 film ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' and he provided the voice of [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s 1978 animated film adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Lord of the Rings|author=Vincent Canby|author-link=Vincent Canby|year=1978|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B02E7DF1731E432A25756C1A9679D946990D6CF}}</ref> His most prominent recent film work includes roles in ''[[Vera Drake]]'' (2004), ''[[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (2006), ''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010) and ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' (2011). He starred as Ade Rutter in the first series of ''[[House of Anubis]]'' and he has taken leading roles in ''[[Judge John Deed]]'' and other television dramas, as well as prominent theatre roles.<br />
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With an acting career spanning almost forty years, his other film and television credits include roles in ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]'', ''[[Bouquet of Barbed Wire|Another Bouquet]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'', ''[[Just William (1970s TV series)|Just William]]'', ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]]'', ''[[Jackanory|Jackanory Playhouse]]'', ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare|The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare|Antony & Cleopatra]]'', ''[[Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)|Brideshead Revisited]]'', ''[[Dead Ernest]]'', ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare|The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', ''[[Lace (TV series)|Lace]]'', ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes]]'', ''[[The Singing Detective]]'', ''[[Jonny Briggs]]'', ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'', ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', ''[[Confessional (TV series)|Confessional]]'', ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', ''[[Middlemarch (1994 TV serial)|Middlemarch]]'', ''[[The Wimbledon Trilogy|The Wimbledon Poisoner]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Silent Witness]]'', ''[[Teachers (British TV series)|Teachers]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[Foyle's War]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[My Family]]'', ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', ''[[Land Girls (TV series)|Land Girls]]'', ''[[Life Force (TV series)|Life Force]]'', ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]'', ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]'', ''[[Mr Selfridge]]'' and ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]''.<br />
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==Partial filmography==<br />
*''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977) - Private Simmonds<br />
*''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' (1978) - Merry Brandybuck (voice)<br />
*''[[If You Go Down in the Woods Today]]'' (1981) - Lieutenant<br />
*''[[Victor Victoria]]'' (1982) - Chorus Boy<br />
*''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984) - David Nelson<br />
*''[[Hollow Reed]]'' (1996) - Mr. Bugler<br />
*''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]'' (1997) - Hawkins<br />
*''[[Incognito (1998 film)|Incognito]]'' (1997) - Iain Hill<br />
*''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'' (1997) - Hospital Parent<br />
*''[[The Commissioner (film)|The Commissioner]]'' (1998) - Peter Simpson<br />
*''Milk'' (1999) - Doctor<br />
*''[[The Stone Raft]]'' (2002) - Primer Ministro Ingles<br />
*''[[Vera Drake]]'' (2004) - Mr. Wells<br />
*''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'' (2005) - Lockwood<br />
*''[[Stoned (film)|Stoned]]'' (2005) - Mary's Father<br />
*''[[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (2006) - Mayor of Grasse<br />
*''[[Penelope (2006 film)|Penelope]]'' (2006) - Doctor<br />
*''Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon'' (2008) - Mr Cowpe<br />
*''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010) - Lord Dawson<br />
*''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' (2011) - Cabinet Ministers<br />
*''[[Fast Girls]]'' (2012) - GB Worlds Official<br />
*''[[Mr. Turner]]'' (2014) - Sir Augustus Wall Callcott<br />
*''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'' (2014) - John Taylor<br />
*''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' (2016) - [[Clement Attlee]]<br />
*''[[House of the Dragon]]'' (2022) - [[List of House of the Dragon characters#King's Landing|Septon Eustace]] (Episode: "The Green Council")<br />
*''[[The Diplomat (American TV series)|The Diplomat]]'' (2023) - Merritt Grove MP<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|151463}}<br />
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