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Simon Greenall

Simon Greenall

British actor, presenter and voice over artist

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

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Early life

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

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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References

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    "SIMON JAMES GREENALL - LONDON - ACTOR - Checkcompany". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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    "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.
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    "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.
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    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.
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    Manfred, Lucas (16 February 2018). "'Early Man': Meet the Famous Voices Behind the Characters". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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    "Simon Greenall". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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    "Renowned Longtown actor receives honorary award". ITV. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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    "An act in two parts". Manchester Metropolitan University. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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    "Simon Greenall". IMDb. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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    Digital Arts staff. "How Passion created Aleks the billionaire meerkat". Digital Arts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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    "Writers' Guild Awards 1994 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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    "Viz Animation – "Blap" to basics". Skwigly. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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    "Cllr Dick Cole". mebyonkernow.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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    "Der Dieb, seine Frau und das Kanu". SerienJunkies. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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