SIMON BAMFORD

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Born 22nd May 1961 in Bedford, England

Home Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Education Actor trainng at Mountview Theatre School, London

Hair Colour Brown

Eye Colour Brown

Height 5'6"

Currently Filming The Feature Film 'Dead of the Nite'

Throughout the 1970's Simon made his parents life a misery. Constantly requesting to be taken out of mainstream education and placed into drama school. His father, the engineer famous for the quick release fastener, ignored the requests by working away from home as much as possible and pretending to be Hungarian during the holidays. Simon's mother, the entrepreneur responsible for the current coffee shop explosion, fared less well and has been on medication since 1975.

Simon started at Mountview Theatre School in North London at the age of 17. His performance as the 70 year old Serebriakov in Uncle Vanya is still talked about with hushed respect to this day as is his role as a butterfly in 'The Insect Play'.

It was during a performance of 'King Lear' in which Simon was typecast as 'The Fool' that simon was spotted by a young playwright called Clive Barker. After an initial meeting Clive invited Simon to join his fringe theatre group 'The Dog Company'. It was here that Simon worked with actor Douglas Bradley and film director Oliver Parker. The metaphysical nature of Clive's plays was beyond Simon's limited intelligence but he developed a method of looking seriously constipated and delivering his lines as fast as possible. Nobody seemed to notice.

When the Dog Company disbanded a few years later Simon decided to review his career. Stripping back everything to a bare minimum he joined the sequel to 'Oh Calcutta' the revered classic 'Why Not Bangkok?'.

His great talents were now open for all to appreciate and it led to job offers for years to come.

For the last 30 years his work has taken him to Qatar, Sweden, Romania, The United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Austria, USA, France, Germany, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Egypt and Pakistan. He created the role of Butterball in the 'Hellraiser' franchise as well as the illfated 'Ohnaka' in the movie 'Nightbreed'. When not filming or touring the UK encouraging children to eat a healthier diet he can be found either at his Peterborough Prefab in Cambridgeshire, or his French residence, a tent on a nudist site near Bordeaux.

film and tv

1986 Hellraiser - Butterball - New World Pictures

1988 Hellbound - Butterball - 20^th Century Fox

1991 Nightbreed - Ohnaka - 20^th Century Fox

1995 Boogeymen - Butterball - Universal Video

2000 Lost in the Labyrinth - Himself - Seraphim Films

2000 Resurrection - Simon - Seraphim Films

2000 Freeserve Commercial - Cyclist - Saatchi & Saatchi

2007 'Hellraiser: Prophecy' - Himself - Jonathon Kui

2008 Recycling Commercial - Dad - LBV Films

2009 The Book of Blood - Derek - Matador Pictures

2011 SKY TV Commercial - Mr Wilson - Brothers and Sisters

2012 Dead of the Nite - Gary - Pillay-Evans Productions

2012 The 4^th Reich - Unterscharführer Kraus - Smudge Films

theatre

1982 Young David Copperfield - David - National Tour

1983 Oh What a lovely War - Various - and Theatre/Dayton, Ohio

1983 Once in a lifetime - Various - Grand Theatre/dayton, Ohio

1983 Why Not Bangkok - Various - National Tour

1984 Doctor in the House - Simon Sparrow - Key Theatre, Peterborough

1984 Jesus Christ Superstar - Simon Zealotes - National Tour

1986 Paradise Street - Andrew - Cockpit Theatre, London

1986 An Italian Straw Hat - Fadinard - Grand Theatre/Dayton, Ohio

1987 Wizard of Oz - Ozmas - Churchill Theatre, Bromley

1987 Frankenstein in love - Sound - Milchweg, Amsterdam

1998 Fiddler on the roof - Motel Kamzoil - Manchester Opera House

1998 Godspell - Simon - Cambridgeshire Rep

1999 Spring and Port Wine -Wilfred -National Tour

1999 Follow the Star - Gabby - Chichester Festival Theatre

1999 Our Day Out - Steven/Headmaster - Key Theatre, Peterborough

2000 Great Expectations - Pip - Vassa Theatre, Stockholm

2000 Privates on Parade - Steven Flowers - National Tour

2000 Chicago - M.C. - Key Theatre, Peterborough

2001 Spring Awakening - Ernst Robel - Young Vic, London

2001 Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour - Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

2002 Fur Coat and No Knickers - Mark Greenhalgh - Cambridgeshire Rep

2003 Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour - National Tour

2003 Evening with Gary Linekar - Gary Linekar - International Tour

2004 See How They Run - Rev. Humphrey - English Theatre, Vienna

2005 Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour -Queens Theatre/Hornchurch

2006 Slice of Saturday Night - Eddie - Peterborough

2007 Sex-Spangles-Sensible shoes - Robbie - National Tour

2008 The complete works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Various - International Tour

2009 Neville’s Island - Roy - International Tour

2010 Relatively Speaking - Designer - International Tour

2006-2011 Captain Carrot Field Agent - Presenter - National Tour

Contact Simon at simon@simonbamford.com

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