Simon McBurney

Simon Montagu McBurney (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. McBurney has appeared in various films including The Manchurian Candidate, Friends with Money, The Last King of Scotland, The Golden Compass, The Duchess, Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Magic in the Moonlight, The Theory of Everything, and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. He is known for his role as Cecil the choirmaster in the BBC series The Vicar of Dibley. McBurney was born on 25 August 1957 in Cambridge, England. His father, Charles McBurney, was an American archaeologist, and his mother, Anne Francis Edmondstone (née Charles), was a British secretary.