Simon Maiden

Acting

Simon Maiden is an Australian actor. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria to parents Stuart (a teacher) and Pamela (a theatre manager) and is of Scottish heritage. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) he has appeared in the feature films The Dressmaker, The Great Raid, Romulus My Father and The Killer Elite. On television he has portrayed Winston Churchill in Deadline Gallipoli, Sen. Graham Richardson in the telemovie Hawke and featured in Jack Irish, Wentworth, Newtons Law, Tangle, The Doctor Blake Mysteries and many more.

Filmography

• East of Eden — Bill Ames
• Last Seen — Eli
• High Country — Russell Shanks
• 2024Sleeping Dogs — Eddie Finn
• 2023Blue Canaries — Benji
• The Newsreader — Stephen Bramhall
• 2018Upgrade — Stem (voice)
• Jack Irish — Mark
• Fat Tony & Co — Dave Dalton
• 2014Love Notes — Spencer
• Mr & Mrs Murder — Roy Palmer
• The Doctor Blake Mysteries — Joe Springer
• Wentworth — Gary Tucker
• 2012Underground: The Julian Assange Story — Journalist
• 2010Hawke — Graham Richardson
• Dirt Game — Zac
• 2009Scorched — Teddy
• Rush — Gavin, Detective O'Neil
• Underbelly — Gareth Forrester
• City Homicide — Troy Lucas
• 2005Son of the Mask — Animator
• 2005The Great Raid — Father McPherson
• 2003The Postcard Bandit — Pritchard