FrameThrower · Actors · Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
2 films · 108 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2011–2017
Born 12 January 1961 · Penang, Malaysia
Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2019.
He has spent much of his theatre career working in productions for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He has received ten Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning three awards for his performances in Volpone (1996), Candide (2000), and Uncle Vanya (2003).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 108 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2011–2017
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Knight Bachelor2019
- honorary doctorate2010
- Laurence Olivier Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 108 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Simon takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Simon takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 108 frames from Simon Russell Beale's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.