
Simon Maiden
Actor
Place of birth: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Simon Maiden is an Australian actor. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria to parents Stuart (a teacher) and Pamela (a theatre manager) and is of Scottish heritage. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) he has appeared in the feature films The Dressmaker, The Great Raid, Romulus My Father and The Killer Elite. On television he has portrayed Winston Churchill in Deadline Gallipoli, Sen. Graham Richardson in the telemovie Hawke and featured in Jack Irish, Wentworth, Newtons Law, Tangle, The Doctor Blake Mysteries and many more.
Filmography (18)
- Sleeping Dogs (2024, ★ 7)
- Upgrade (2018, ★ 7.5)
- The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013, ★ 7.8)
- The Great Raid (2005, ★ 6.5)
- Scorched (2009, ★ 6)
- Hawke (2010, ★ 5.5)
- Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012, ★ 6.3)
- Fat Tony & Co (2014, ★ 7)
- Jack Irish (2016, ★ 6.9)
- Rush (2008, ★ 7.4)
- Wentworth (2013, ★ 8)
- The Newsreader (2021, ★ 7.5)
- Underbelly (2008, ★ 6.4)
- High Country (2024, ★ 5.9)
- Mr & Mrs Murder (2013, ★ 5.7)
- City Homicide (2007, ★ 5.9)
- The Postcard Bandit (2003, ★ 4.5)
- Son of the Mask (2005, ★ 4.2)