Simon Greenall
Born
Simon James Greenall

(1958-01-03) 3 January 1958
Longtown, Cumberland, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Presenter
  • producer
  • writer
  • voice artist
Years active1986–present

Simon James Greenall[1] (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter, comedian, voice actor, producer, and writer. Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on Trapped!,[2] Richard in Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married,[3] and as Michael the Geordie in the Alan Partridge programs and films.[2][4] He also voices Captain Barnacles in the Octonauts franchise, the twins in the Shaun the Sheep films, and Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei the meerkats in the comparethemarket.com adverts.[2][5]

Early life

Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown, Cumberland.[6][7] He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as Steve Coogan, who was two years below him and would later become a repeat collaborator.[8]

Career

Greenall has appeared in a number of television shows, shorts, movies, and video games. Earlier roles include as policemen in Life Without George (1987), One Foot in the Grave (1990),[2][6] and Between the Lines (1993);[3] as various characters in Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998),[6] Pond Life (2000), and Monkey Dust (2003);[6] and as the voices of Mr. Bump, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr. Happy in The Mr. Men Show (2008). He voiced Murgo in the Fable video game franchise and replaced Cam Clarke in Final Fantasy XIV as the voice of Lord Lolorito, in addition to his regular voiceover role the dragon Nidhogg. In the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters", he played Mr. Skinner.[2]

Greenall has also starred on the BBC Radio shows On the Blog, Missing Hancocks, and The Simon Day Show.[6] He won Celebrity Mastermind in 2015 with the specialist subject D-Day landings and was credited as co-executive producer of the 2011 film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin.[9] He currently voices Aleksandr Orlov the meerkat in the comparethemarket.com adverts.[10]

When Grant Bovey was training for a BBC charity boxing match against Ricky Gervais, Greenall was one of Bovey's sparring partners. In 1995, he won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards honour in the TV - Light Entertainment category along with Harry Enfield, Geoffrey Perkins, Harry Thompson, Paul Whitehouse, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Kay Stonham for Harry Enfield's Television Programme.[11] In 2014, he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria.[7]

Selected works

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNo. of episodesRef
1993Newman and Baddiel in PiecesVarious characters8[6]
1994–1997Harry Enfield and ChumsGas Man, Man at Political Event2[6]
1997–1998Armstrong and MillerVarious roles13[2]
Alas Smith & Jones12[3][6]
1997–2002I'm Alan PartridgeMichael, Robert Moon[4][3]
1998Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round Various roles1[6]
Barking5[3][6]
Big Train2[6]
1999Boyz UnlimitedBenny Van Hoere3[6]
1999–2000Lucy Sullivan is Getting MarriedRichard16[3]
2000Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New ShowVarious roles12[6]
Kiss Me KateColin1[6]
2001Time Gentlemen PleaseArnold Poncett[6]
World of PubVarious roles6[6]
The Armando Iannucci Shows1[6]
2003Monkey Dust18[6]
FortysomethingAshley Ramp1[6]
2003–2005Trevor's World of SportVDK, Lance3[6]
2004Swiss ToniPeter Gellward1[6]
Doc MartinPhilip Rowe[2][6]
2005FunlandKen Cryer2[3][6]
Don't Watch That, Watch ThisVarious roles[6]
Bromwell HighMartin Jackson, Iqbal Kandallah, Additional voices13[6]
2006Doctor WhoMr. Skinner1[2]
Lead BalloonAdam Greene[3][6]
PopetownCardinal Three (voice)10[3][6]
2006–2008Star StoriesNarrator (voice)7[6]
2007SaxondaleMalcolm1[3][6]
2007–2010Trapped!Caretaker52[2]
2008Secret Diary of a Call GirlIan Farringdon1[3]
The Wrong DoorVarious roles6[3][6]
No HeroicsIsobar1[6]
2009Horne & CordenVarious roles[6]
2009–2011The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson19[3][6]
2010Life of RileyMr. Smith1[6]
2010–2011Pete Versus LifeColin King11[3][6]
2010–2012Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and PaulVarious roles9[3]
2010–2016Mid Morning Matters with Alan PartridgeCaller (voice)12[6]
2010–2017OctonautsCaptain Barnacles122[5]
2011PhoneShopThe Greeter1[6]
Comedy BlapsVarious characters3[12]
2012SpyQuiz host1[6]
2013Common GroundPeter the Polish Park Keeper2[6]
It's KevinVarious roles[3][6]
DriftersDavide1[6]
HebburnBob Muirfield2[6]
2014Inspector George GentlyPeter Turner1[2][3]
W1ANigel Trescott[13][2][3][6]
Cardinal BurnsVarious roles3[3][6]
FriedDerek1[6]
2015The Keith Lemon Sketch ShowNarrator[6]
Car ShareDave Thompson (voice)[6]
Hoff the RecordRadovan Merkadic[6]
2016PlebsAnnouncer[6]
2015–2016NewzoidsVarious roles12[6]
2016The Windsors2[6]
2017BenidormNeville5[6]
Ill BehaviourLiam's Dad2[6]
2017–2020The Other OneColin3[6]
2020Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy BottomVarious roles20[6]
Mister WinnerRacing Commentator1[6]
2022Meet the RichardsonsSimon Greenall[6]
The Thief, His Wife and the CanoeCoroner[14]

Film

Year(s)TitleRoleRef
1999Tube TalesBusiness Man (segment: "Mouth")[3]
2002My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117Father in Church[6]
2003Anglian Lives: Alan PartridgeRoy from Caistor-St-Edmonds (voice)[6]
2004WimbledonChauffeur[3][6]
2007BiffovisionBW[6]
2010D.O.APriest[6]
2011Holy Flying CircusBarry Atkins, Pub Landlord[3][6]
PythagasaurusPythagasaurus (voice)[6]
2012Acts of GodfreyDCI Stevens[3]
The Cow That Almost Missed ChristmasVarious roles (voices)[6]
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaMichael[4][3][6]
2014Harry & Paul's Story of the 2sVarious roles[6]
2015Shaun the Sheep MovieTwins (voices)[2][6]
2018Early ManEemak, Thongo (voices)[5][6]
2021Octonauts: The Ring of FireCaptain Barnacles (voice)
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before ChristmasAdditional voices
Hilda and the Mountain King
2022The Lovebox in Your Living RoomVarious roles[6]

Video games

Year(s)TitleRoleRef
1997Tomb Raider IIIClaudio, Fabio, Brother Chan Barkhang (voices)[2]
2000Shogun: Total War
Team Buddies
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition
2001Original War
2002Hard Hitter TennisBob Conner (voice)
2004Future Tactics: The Uprising
FableFisherman (voice)
Dragon Quest VIIIAdditional voices
2005Ape Escape 3Monkey Blue (voice)
MediEvil: ResurrectionDirk Steadfast, Help Gargoyles, Trapped Villager (voices)
Battalion WarsKommandant Ubel
2006Medieval II: Total War
2007Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Battalion Wars 2Kommandant Ubel (voice)
2008Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Fable II
2009Killzone 2Additional Helghast Voices (voice)
BattleForge
Battlefield HeroesRoyals and Nationals (voices)
Battlefield 1943Newscaster
RisenLuis, Adan, Dargel
2010Final Fantasy XIVLolorito
Fable III
2011Stronghold 3
2013PuppeteerCaptain Gaff (voice)
2014LittleBigPlanet 3Zom-Zom the Far Out (voice)
2015Final Fantasy XIV: HeavenswardLolorito, Nidhogg (voices)
2017Final Fantasy XIV: StormbloodLolorito (voice)
2018Forza Horizon 4Hans Liebold (voice)
2019Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
2020Sackboy: A Big AdventureZom Zom (voice)

References

  1. ↑ "SIMON JAMES GREENALL - LONDON - ACTOR - Checkcompany". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "The I'm Alan Partridge actor who is the voice of Compare the Meerkat's Aleksandr Orlov". Berkshire Live. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Matthew Kelly and Simon Greenall Star in Richard Bean's TOAST at the Park Theatre, Now thru Sept 21". Broadway World UK. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Nelson, Alex (2 November 2017). "I'm Alan Partridge at 20: what it was like to play Michael the Geordie". iNews. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Manfred, Lucas (16 February 2018). "'Early Man': Meet the Famous Voices Behind the Characters". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 "Simon Greenall". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Renowned Longtown actor receives honorary award". ITV. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "An act in two parts". Manchester Metropolitan University. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Simon Greenall". IMDb. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Digital Arts staff. "How Passion created Aleks the billionaire meerkat". Digital Arts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Writers' Guild Awards 1994 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Viz Animation – "Blap" to basics". Skwigly. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Cllr Dick Cole". mebyonkernow.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Der Dieb, seine Frau und das Kanu". SerienJunkies. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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