---
name: "Simon Gleeson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-gleeson"
fi1m_id: "simon-gleeson"
imdb_id: "nm2352568"
tmdb_id: 216855
wikidata_id: "Q16208699"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:43:25.867381+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Simon Gleeson

## Identity

Simon Gleeson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-gleeson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-gleeson
- **IMDb ID:** nm2352568
- **TMDB ID:** 216855
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16208699
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gleeson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16208699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2352568/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/216855

Producer. Born 13 January 1977 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 January 1977, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gleeson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16208699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2352568/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/216855

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Better Man*](https://film.one/film/better-man.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Simon Gleeson is an Australian actor, singer and screenwriter. He trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts after secondary education at Xavier College in Melbourne.

Gleeson has performed principal roles in musicals and plays in Australia and London's West End, including *Mamma Mia!*, *Eureka*, *The Far Pavilions* and *Imagine This*. He played Raoul in the 2011 Australian production of *Love Never Dies* and Jean Valjean in the 2014 Australian revival of *Les Misérables*, reprising the role in the West End in 2016/17. He won a Helpmann Award for the Valjean role.

Gleeson co-wrote the screenplay for the 2024 film *Better Man* with Michael Gracey and Oliver Cole, and served as associate producer. He was a creative consultant on Gracey's 2017 film *The Greatest Showman* and has an ongoing collaboration with the director.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Better Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, Writer, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Better Man* (2024), Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *Love Never Dies* (2012), as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny
- *Imagine This* (2010), as Adam
- *My Life in Ruins* (2009), as Ken
- *Underbelly* (2008), series, as Uniformed Constable

## Gallery

- ![Simon Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/10228/gallery-073a34bd6dff.jpg) Simon Gleeson — Image via TMDB
- ![Simon Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/10228/gallery-c90859cae6ad.jpg) Simon Gleeson — Image via TMDB

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