---
name: "Simon Paisley Day"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-paisley-day"
fi1m_id: "simon-paisley-day"
imdb_id: "nm1861862"
tmdb_id: 151779
wikidata_id: "Q7519477"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T18:47:02.143669+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 Paisley Day

## Identity

Simon Paisley Day

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-paisley-day
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-paisley-day
- **IMDb ID:** nm1861862
- **TMDB ID:** 151779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7519477
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Paisley_Day, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7519477, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1861862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151779

Actor. Born 13 April 1967 in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1967, Gillingham, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Simon Day
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 57 (2), 2020s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, History 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,104m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Paisley_Day, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7519477, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1861862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151779

## Biography

Simon Paisley Day, also credited as Simon Day, is an English stage and screen actor. He was born on 13 April 1967 in Gillingham, Kent. He read Drama and American Literature at the University of East Anglia and trained for two years at the Bristol Old Vic.

Day has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including Shakespeare plays at the National Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe. His television credits include *Sherlock* (2010) as Major Barrymore, *Doctor Who* (2005), *The Crown* (2016) as Meryn Lewis, *Red Dwarf* (1988) and *Midsomer Murders* (1997). Film roles include General Quinn in *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Admiral Pound in *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024) and Mr Shepherd in *Persuasion* (2022). He played Douglas Carswell in the 2019 television film *Brexit: The Uncivil War*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, channel4.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Admiral Pound — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), Fi1m 64, as Douglas Carswell — [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, as General Quinn — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *Young Sherlock* (2026), series, as Foreign Secretary
- *The Hack* (2025), series, as Harry Draperson QC
- *Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh* (2025), as General Reginald Dyer
- *Brian and Maggie* (2025), series, as Ian Gow
- *JOY* (2024), as Brian Baines
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), as Admiral Pound — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *This Town* (2024), series, as Jeff
- *The Worst Man in London* (2024), as William Rossetti
- *The Famous Five* (2023), series, as Brigadier Hollingsbrooke
- *All the Light We Cannot See* (2023), series, as Officer Henri
- *Shé (Snake)* (2023), as Mr. Grimsby
- *The Lovers* (2023), series, as Tim
- *Litvinenko* (2022), series, as Sir John Scarlett
- *This England* (2022), series, as Dominic Cummings
- *Persuasion* (2022), as Mr. Shepherd
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, as Alan Scott
- *We Are Lady Parts* (2021), series, as Rupert — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/we-are-lady-parts.md)
- *Alex Rider* (2020), series, as Dr. Baxter
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Xarthisius — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as General Quinn — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *On the Beaches* (2019), as Oliver Locker-Lampson
- *The Last Vermeer* (2019), as Rienstra Van Stuyvesant
- *Born a King* (2019), as Sir Montague Smythe
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, as King Trex
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), as Douglas Carswell — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *Beauty* (2018), as Stick
- *Tommy's Honour* (2017), as Dennis Urquhart
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Meryn Lewis — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Victoria* (2016), series, as Lord Chamberlain
- *MindGamers* (2015), as Assessor
- *Madame Bovary* (2015), as Bailiff
- *The Falling* (2015), as Psychiatrist
- *Queen & Country* (2015), as MI-5 Man 1
- *Pudsey the Dog: The Movie* (2014), as Reverend Treeboys
- *Big Bad World* (2013), series, as Boss in Dream
- *Family Tree* (2013), series, as Nigel Robson-Jones
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Grigory Markoff
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Major Barrymore — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Alan Cortez
- *The Relief of Belsen* (2007), as Major Stadler
- *Space Race* (2005), series, as Kammler
- *Towpaths of Glory* (2005), as Bald Man
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Rump, Steward — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Queen of Sheba's Pearls* (2004), Actor
- *He Knew He Was Right* (2004), series, as Sir Henry Woddis
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Consultant
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Randall Colquhoun — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon* (1996), as Baz
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as SOCO
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Roger
- *Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups* (1994), as Commander Randy Navarro
- *The House of Eliott* (1991), series, as Harry
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Commander Randy Navarro - Number Two — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)

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