Simon Woods
{{Short description|British actor and writer}}
{{For|the British entrepreneur and former record producer|Simon M. Woods}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Simon Woods
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1980|1|7}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|Christopher Bailey|2012}}
| children = 2
| education = Eton College
| alma_mater = Magdalen College, Oxford
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|playwright}}
}}
Simon Woods (born 7 January 1980) is an English actor and playwright best known for his role as Octavian in Season 2 of the British-American television series Rome and the 2005 Pride & Prejudice as Charles Bingley.
Personal life
Woods attended Eton College, then read English at Magdalen College, Oxford.{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2000-1/weekly/261000/coll.htm |title=Oxford University Gazette, 26 October 2000: Colleges |access-date=2016-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165057/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2000-1/weekly/261000/coll.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016}} While at Oxford, he became friends with Chelsea Clinton.{{Cite web|last=Mower|first=Sarah|title=Goodbye Christopher Bailey|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/christopher-bailey-burberry-vogue-april-2018|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Vogue|date=19 March 2018|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|last=Crompton|first=Sarah|title=Simon Woods's Celebrated Play Hansard Arrives in London|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/simon-woods-play-hansard-arrives-in-london|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Vogue|date=21 August 2019|language=en-us}} After graduating from Oxford, Woods worked briefly at The Guardian before becoming an actor.{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-woods | work=HuffPost| first=Simon | last=Woods | title=Simon Woods}}
While at Oxford in 2000, he was in a relationship with Rosamund Pike that lasted two years.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/24/rosamund-pike-actress-interview |title=I don't sleep around, if that's what you mean ... Would you like some more cake? |last=Barber |first=Lynn |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 May 2009 |location = London}} The two later played lovers Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice.
Since 2009, Woods has been in a relationship with Christopher Bailey, the former chief executive of the British fashion house, Burberry.The Tatler List, [http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/b/christopher-bailey Christopher Bailey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620000949/http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/b/christopher-bailey |date=20 June 2017 }}. They married in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/71618584.html|title = Wedding bells for Burberry's Christopher Bailey and Actor Simon Woods}} They have two daughters, Iris and Nell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/christopher-bailey-burberry-vogue-april-2018|title=Goodbye Christopher Bailey|last=Mower|first=Sarah|website=Vogue|date=19 March 2018|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film/TV ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| rowspan=2|2003
|Charles II: The Power and the Passion |Captain Churchill |TV, 1 episode |
| Cambridge Spies
|Charlie Givens |TV, 1 episode |
| 2004
|Greville Woods |TV, 1 episode |
| rowspan=4|2005
|Roddy Llewellyn |TV |
| Elizabeth I
|Gifford |TV, 1 episode |
| Pride & Prejudice
|Mr. Charles Bingley | |
| Twisted Tales
|Zak |TV |
| rowspan=3|2006
|Rowan |TV, 2 episodes |
| Starter for 10
|Josh | |
| Penelope
|Edward Vanderman | |
| rowspan=4|2007
|Dr. Harrison |TV, 5 episodes |
| Rome
|TV, 7 episodes |
| Angel
|Clive Fennelly | |
| I Want Candy
|Film Actor | |
| rowspan=2|2008
|Nicolas | |
| A Previous Engagement
|Tyler | |
| 2024
| Such a Lovely Day | | Director short film |
Playwright
Woods's stage play Hansard was presented at the Lyttelton Theatre, London, in September 2019. The work, named after the official record of proceedings in the British parliament, was directed by Simon Godwin.{{cite book |last1=Woods |first1=Simon |title=Hansard |date=5 September 2019 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0571355433}}{{cite web |title=Hansard {{!}} National Theatre |url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/hansard |website=www.nationaltheatre.org.uk|date=13 March 2019 }}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1373034|name=Simon Woods}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Simon}}
Category:20th-century English LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people
Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Category:English male television actors
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:English male dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century English dramatists and playwrights