Alisdair Simpson

Alisdair Simpson

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1969-12-31 (54 years old)

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Biography

Alisdair Simpson (born 1969) is a British actor, voice-over artist and narrator. He has a distinctive, masculine voice, making him a popular and recognisable narrator of documentaries on television.

He appeared as Ser Donnel Waynward, the Knight of the Bloody Gate in Series Four of Game of Thrones and between 2014 and 2016 he was Chapman Carter in War Horse at The New London Theatre. He was the voice of Richard in the BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated The Bigger Picture, a short animation film directed by Daisy Jacobs.

He has narrated over 250 documentaries including Pompeii: The Last Day, Lost Land of the Jaguar, Expedition Borneo, Operation Iceberg, Doctors in the Death Zone, The Somme – From Defeat to Victory for the BBC. Other programmes for WMR broadcast on the Yesterday include: Nazi Hunters, Nazi Collaborators, Secret War, Great Crimes and Trials and Black Ops. Simpson went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and graduated in 1995.

His professional stage debut was at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in Tartuffe by Molière, and has gone on to work at Stratford and London in The White Devil, Troilus and Cressida and Three Hours after Marriage (1996/97) for the RSC. He was the King of France in Yukio Ninagawa's 1999/2000 production of King Lear in Tokyo, London and Stratford. He was Captain Horster in Trevor Nunn's 1997 production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at the National Theatre and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

He was Achilles in Troilus and Cressida for Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in 2003. He has also appeared at Watermill Theatre in the play Neville's Island, on tour in Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls and in The Years Between at the Royal in Northampton. In 2008 he appeared at the Young Vic in an opera based on David Lynch's Lost Highway. From 2014–2016 he played Chapman Carter in War Horse at The New London Theatre.

On television he has appeared in programmes such as Game of Thrones, No Bananas, Soldier Soldier, Men Behaving Badly, Teachers, Spooks, The Worst Week of My Life, Broken News, The Bill, Casualty and Dream Team.

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Filmography

all 39

TV Shows 28

self 22

Movies 11

Narrator 8

Writer 1

Narrator
Ancient Apocalypse

Ancient Apocalypse (2021)

TV
Narrator
Egypt's Unexplained Files

Egypt's Unexplained Files (2019)

TV
Newscaster #2
A Private War

A Private War (2018)

Movie
7
Self - Narrator
Hitler's Circle of Evil

Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)

TV
Self - Narrator
Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow (2016)

TV
Self - Narrator
Evolution of Evil

Evolution of Evil (2016)

TV
Self - Narrator
The Real Story of...

The Real Story of... (2016)

TV
Self - Narrator
Manhunt: Kill or Capture

Manhunt: Kill or Capture (2015)

TV
Narrator
WWII in the Pacific

WWII in the Pacific (2015)

TV
Self - Narrator
Secrets of the Bible

Secrets of the Bible (2014)

TV
Self - Narrator
Ancient Black Ops

Ancient Black Ops (2014)

TV
Richard
The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture (2014)

Movie
1
Self - Narrator
Operation Iceberg

Operation Iceberg (2012)

TV
Self - Narrator
The Man Who Saved the World

The Man Who Saved the World (2012)

Movie
Narrator
Black Ops Special Forces: Operation Thunderbolt

Black Ops Special Forces: Operation Thunderbolt (2012)

Movie
Self (narrator)
Land of the Lost Wolves

Land of the Lost Wolves (2012)

TV
Actor
Ragged Tooth

Ragged Tooth (2011)

Movie
Self -Narrator / Self
Secret  War

Secret War (2011)

TV
Donnel Waynwood
Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones (2011)

TV
7.79
Self - Narrator
Ancient Megastructures

Ancient Megastructures (2011)

TV
Actor
The Space Age: NASA's Story

The Space Age: NASA's Story (2011)

TV
Self - Narrator
Nazi Hunters

Nazi Hunters (2010)

TV
Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (UK release) / Self - Narrator (UK Broadcast)
Nazi Collaborators

Nazi Collaborators (2010)

TV
Narrator
Queen - of the Manta Rays

Queen - of the Manta Rays (2009)

Movie
Self - Narrator
NASA: Triumph and Tragedy

NASA: Triumph and Tragedy (2009)

TV
Narrator (U.K. broadcast only)
1000 Ways to Die

1000 Ways to Die (2009)

TV
9
Self - Narrator
Pacific Abyss

Pacific Abyss (2008)

TV
Self - Narrator
Lost Land of the Jaguar

Lost Land of the Jaguar (2008)

TV
Self - Narrator
National Geographic - Lost Tribe of Palau

National Geographic - Lost Tribe of Palau (2007)

Movie
Self - Narrator
The Science Of Superstorms

The Science Of Superstorms (2007)

TV
Self - Narrator
Expedition Borneo

Expedition Borneo (2007)

TV
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)

Movie
Writer
Heroes of the Second World War

Heroes of the Second World War (2005)

Movie
Self - Narrator
Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone

Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone (2005)

Movie
Narrator
Pompeii: The Last Day

Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)

Movie
MI6 Officer
Spooks

Spooks (2002)

TV
6
Paramedic
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)

TV
6
Young Raymond Parke
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead (2001)

TV
4.67
Narrator
Natural World

Natural World (1983)

TV
6

Ratings

Average 5.96
Based on 2.36 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1983
2007
2011
2010
2021
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1969-12-31 (54 years old)

Citizenships
United Kingdom


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