Simon Greenall

Simon Greenall
Born
Simon James Greenall

(1958-01-03) 3 January 1958 (age 66)
Longtown, Cumberland, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • presenter
  • producer
  • writer
  • voice artist
Years active1986–present

Simon James Greenall[1] (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter and voice artist. 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

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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

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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),[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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

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Television

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Year(s) Title Role No. of episodes Ref
1993 Newman and Baddiel in Pieces Various characters 8 [6]
1994–1997 Harry Enfield and Chums Gas Man, Man at Political Event 2 [6]
1997–1998 Armstrong and Miller Various roles 13 [2]
Alas Smith & Jones 12 [3][6]
1997–2002 I'm Alan Partridge Michael, Robert Moon [4][3]
1998 Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round Various roles 1 [6]
Barking 5 [3][6]
Big Train 2 [6]
1999 Boyz Unlimited Benny Van Hoere 3 [6]
1999–2000 Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married Richard 16 [3]
2000 Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show Various roles 12 [6]
Kiss Me Kate Colin 1 [6]
2001 Time Gentlemen Please Arnold Poncett [6]
World of Pub Various roles 6 [6]
The Armando Iannucci Shows 1 [6]
2003 Monkey Dust 18 [6]
Fortysomething Ashley Ramp 1 [6]
2003–2005 Trevor's World of Sport VDK, Lance 3 [6]
2004 Swiss Toni Peter Gellward 1 [6]
Doc Martin Philip Rowe [2][6]
2005 Funland Ken Cryer 2 [3][6]
Don't Watch That, Watch This Various roles [6]
Bromwell High Martin Jackson, Iqbal Kandallah, Additional voices 13 [6]
2006 Doctor Who Mr. Skinner 1 [2]
Lead Balloon Adam Greene [3][6]
Popetown Cardinal Three (voice) 10 [3][6]
2006–2008 Star Stories Narrator (voice) 7 [6]
2007 Saxondale Malcolm 1 [3][6]
2007–2010 Trapped! Caretaker 52 [2]
2008 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Ian Farringdon 1 [3]
The Wrong Door Various roles 6 [3][6]
No Heroics Isobar 1 [6]
2009 Horne & Corden Various roles [6]
2009–2011 The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson 19 [3][6]
2010 Life of Riley Mr. Smith 1 [6]
2010–2011 Pete Versus Life Colin King 11 [3][6]
2010–2012 Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul Various roles 9 [3]
2010–2016 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Caller (voice) 12 [6]
2010–2017 Octonauts Captain Barnacles 122 [5]
2011 PhoneShop The Greeter 1 [6]
Comedy Blaps Various characters 3 [12]
2012 Spy Quiz host 1 [6]
2013 Common Ground Peter the Polish Park Keeper 2 [6]
It's Kevin Various roles [3][6]
Drifters Davide 1 [6]
Hebburn Bob Muirfield 2 [6]
2014 Inspector George Gently Peter Turner 1 [2][3]
W1A Nigel Trescott [13][2][3][6]
Cardinal Burns Various roles 3 [3][6]
Fried Derek 1 [6]
2015 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Narrator [6]
Car Share Dave Thompson (voice) [6]
Hoff the Record Radovan Merkadic [6]
2016 Plebs Announcer [6]
2015–2016 Newzoids Various roles 12 [6]
2016 The Windsors 2 [6]
2017 Benidorm Neville 5 [6]
Ill Behaviour Liam's Dad 2 [6]
2017–2020 The Other One Colin 3 [6]
2020 Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom Various roles 20 [6]
Mister Winner Racing Commentator 1 [6]
2022 Meet the Richardsons Simon Greenall [6]
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe Coroner [14]

Film

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Year(s) Title Role Ref
1999 Tube Tales Business Man (segment: "Mouth") [3]
2002 My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117 Father in Church [6]
2003 Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Roy from Caistor-St-Edmonds (voice) [6]
2004 Wimbledon Chauffeur [3][6]
2007 Biffovision BW [6]
2010 D.O.A Priest [6]
2011 Holy Flying Circus Barry Atkins, Pub Landlord [3][6]
Pythagasaurus Pythagasaurus (voice) [6]
2012 Acts of Godfrey DCI Stevens [3]
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas Various roles (voices) [6]
2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Michael [4][3][6]
2014 Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s Various roles [6]
2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Twins (voices) [2][6]
2018 Early Man Eemak, Thongo (voices) [5][6]
2021 Octonauts: The Ring of Fire Captain Barnacles (voice)
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas Additional voices
Hilda and the Mountain King
2022 The Lovebox in Your Living Room Various roles [6]

Video games

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Year(s) Title Role Ref
1997 Tomb Raider II Claudio, Fabio, Brother Chan Barkhang (voices) [2]
2000 Shogun: Total War
Team Buddies
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition
2001 Original War
2002 Hard Hitter Tennis Bob Conner (voice)
2004 Future Tactics: The Uprising
Fable Fisherman (voice)
Dragon Quest VIII Additional voices
2005 Ape Escape 3 Monkey Blue (voice)
MediEvil: Resurrection Dirk Steadfast, Help Gargoyles, Trapped Villager (voices)
Battalion Wars Kommandant Ubel
2006 Medieval II: Total War
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Battalion Wars 2 Kommandant Ubel (voice)
2008 Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Fable II
2009 Killzone 2 Additional Helghast Voices (voice)
BattleForge
Battlefield Heroes Royals and Nationals (voices)
Battlefield 1943 Newscaster
Risen Luis, Adan, Dargel
2010 Final Fantasy XIV Lolorito
Fable III
2011 Stronghold 3
2013 Puppeteer Captain Gaff (voice)
2014 LittleBigPlanet 3 Zom-Zom the Far Out (voice)
2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Lolorito, Nidhogg (voices)
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Lolorito (voice)
2018 Forza Horizon 4 Hans Liebold (voice)
2019 Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
2020 Sackboy: A Big Adventure Zom Zom (voice)

References

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  1. ^ "SIMON JAMES GREENALL - LONDON - ACTOR - Checkcompany". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c Manfred, Lucas (16 February 2018). "'Early Man': Meet the Famous Voices Behind the Characters". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br "Simon Greenall". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "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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