Simon Coates is a British actor who has worked extensively with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom he has appeared throughout the world, working with directors such as Sir Richard Eyre, Robert Lepage, Howard Davies, William Gaskill, Sir David Hare, Declan Donnellan, Tim Supple, Sir Tom Stoppard, David Farr, Lyndsay Posner, Sean Holmes, Rachel Kavanaugh, Gemma Bodinetz, Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham, Phyllida Lloyd, Jonathan Munby, Thea Sharrock, Sir Trevor Nunn, Robert Icke, Simon Godwin, James Dacre, Rupert Goold and Sir Michael Boyd. He has appeared in many celebrated productions including Robert Lepage's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tim Supple's The Comedy of Errors, David Farr's Coriolanus, Robert Icke's '1984' and Declan Donnellan's As You Like It, for which he received an Olivier award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a New YorkDrama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor. Among the theatres he has performed at are The National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida, Shakespeare's Globe, Donmar Warehouse, Old Vic, Young Vic, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman, Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible, Bristol Old Vic, Hampstead Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Chichester Festival, Headlong Theatre, Kingston Rose, and the Dublin Gate Theatre. On television he has appeared in 'A Touch of Frost', 'Eastenders', 'The Bill', 'Dream Team', 'Doctors', 'The Amazing Mrs Pritchard' and 'Holby City'. Among the roles he has played are: Dr Bradman in “Blithe Spirit”, Leonid Gayev in 'The Cherry Orchard', King Philip in 'King John', Dr. Yealland in 'Regeneration', Parsons in '1984', Bishop of Ely in 'Richard III', Norman Tate in 'Donkeys Years', Philinte in 'The Misanthrope', Sir Epicure Mammon in 'The Alchemist', Friar Lawrence in 'Romeo and Juliet', Cleante in 'Tartuffe', Sir Andrew Charleson in 'Plenty', Colonel Hennings in 'The Prince of Homburg', Captain Anson in 'Arthur and George', Beralde in 'The Hypochondriac', Max in 'The Real Thing', Major Charles Ingram in 'Life After Scandal', John Middleton in 'The Constant Wife', Lockwood in 'Wuthering Heights', Captain Lancey in 'Translations', George Page in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Junius Brutus in 'Coriolanus', Hortensio in 'The Taming of the Shrew', Antipholus of Ephesus in 'The Comedy of Errors', Valere in 'The Miser', Celia in 'As You Like It', Valentine in 'Arcadia', Malcolm in 'Macbeth', Demetrius in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Freddie in 'Pygmalion' and John Worthing in 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. His daughter, Bessie Coates, is also an actor.
