1. Simon Gleeson is best known for playing Raoul in the 2011 Australian production of Love Never Dies and Jean Valjean in the 2014 Australian revival of Les Miserables.
14 Facts About Simon Gleeson
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Simon Gleeson released an album titled Elements in 2015 and was a co-writer of the 2024 film Better Man.
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Simon Gleeson completed his secondary education as a boarder at Xavier College in Melbourne.
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Simon Gleeson trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
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Simon Gleeson has performed in plays for Sydney Theatre Company and Royal National Theatre in the UK.
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Simon Gleeson portrayed Raoul in the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Love Never Dies, the sequel to Lloyd Webber's highly successful The Phantom of the Opera.
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Simon Gleeson has appeared in numerous television series in Australia and the UK, most notably as Sid in EastEnders and as a principal cast member of 'Kombat Opera Presents' for BBC television.
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Simon Gleeson has appeared in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing SJ Fletcher's boyfriend Sid Clarke.
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In 2007 Simon Gleeson appeared in 'Kombat Opera Presents' for BBC television.
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Simon Gleeson appeared with Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos in 2009's My Life in Ruins.
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From 2014 Simon Gleeson played Jean Valjean in the Australian tour of Cameron Macintosh's Les Miserables.
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Simon Gleeson would remain with the cast throughout 2015 and was cast in the role for its Manila run.
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Simon Gleeson performed in Noel Coward's Hayfever for the Melbourne Theatre Company, and returned to the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2018 to play Sir Robert Chiltern in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband.
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In 2014, Simon Gleeson was awarded a Helpmann Award for his role as Jean Valjean in the Australian tour of Les Miserables.