Simon Merrells is an English film, television and stage actor best known for his portrayal of Marcus Licinius Crassus in Spartacus: War of the Damned.
15 Facts About Simon Merrells
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Simon Merrells started drama school, but soon left to work as a minicab driver to fund travelling to Mexico, where he painted.
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Simon Merrells became involved in fringe theatre in Brighton, where his brother was living, when he returned to England.
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Simon Merrells appeared with his brother Jason in a production of The Comedy of Errors in 2007, playing twins.
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Simon Merrells has worked with director Steven Berkoff several times, first in a world tour of the play Coriolanus.
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Variety said that "Compact and bristling with contained energy, Simon Merrells has the right physicality to play Terry but never quite emerges from Brando's long shadow"; The Independent said he "brings his own brand of studied vulnerability and sullen pride to the part".
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Simon Merrells performed as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2007, and starred as Oedipus in another Berkoff production at the same venue in 2011.
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Simon Merrells was nominated for a Stage Award for Best Actor for that role.
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Simon Merrells has appeared on television in London's Burning as DSO Griggs, Family Affairs, and Merseybeat.
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In 2009, Simon Merrells had a lead role in the 2009 film, Invisible Eyes.
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Simon Merrells plays The Founder in the 2013 American remake of The Tomorrow People.
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In 2014, Simon Merrells starred in a small sci-fi film named Index Zero as Kurt, a main character, and two films in 2015, Billionaire Ransom and Victrix.
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In 2015, Simon Merrells guest-starred in the Syfy channel series Dominion as a dyad named Julian.
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Also in 2015 Simon Merrells starred in a futuristic short film called The Leap as an enforcement agent whose job it is to stop people trafficking on an interplanetary scale.
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In 2016, Simon Merrells was cast as Tancrede de Hautville in the History channel's series Knightfall, which premiered in the United States in December 2017.