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Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born January 12, 1961) 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). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his performance as George in the Tom Stoppard play Jumpers in 2004. For his role as Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Beale has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation". Beale made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando (1992). He continued acting in films such as Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Into the Woods (2014), and Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In 2017, he starred in Armando Iannucci's dark comedy The Death of Stalin playing Lavrentiy Beria for which he received the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also appeared in the television projects The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.
Simon Russell Beale
The Penguin
for The Penguin in Batman II (2002)
Suggested by Jeshisthename
As mentioned in the last Batman story of mine, the sequel isn't gonna have that fantasy, fairy tale style Burton is known for but is more grounded in reality and not as grand as what we got. The script is mostly the same but the sets aren't super crazy looking. This version is actually inspired by Fanscription's video that had Harvey Dent in it, his wife Grace from the Animated Series and the inclusion of Max being The Penguin's brother. I would've cast Danny DeVito but actors like him can't fit the more realistic and gritty tone of this version is aiming for. Meaning that Penguin isn't as over the top as DeVito's. He's still deformed but it's more pushed back a little. Selina Kyle is mostly the same but she's more ripped than Pfeiffer which could result to more sexy scenes with Catwoman in the super tight outfit. I wanted James Coburn as Max Screck since he had a great voice and height. I'm aware he died in 2002 but the movie would've been finished by the time he passed away, so this would've been his last movie instead of Snow Dogs. Harvey Dent has a larger role and gets the burnt face at the ballroom scene when Penguin bursts in. And the plothholes are taken out like the possessed Batmobile and Bruce instead uses a little device to record Penguin's lines on Screck's suitcase he brings with him.
