---
name: "Simon Woods"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-woods"
fi1m_id: "simon-woods"
imdb_id: "nm1373034"
tmdb_id: 36665
wikidata_id: "Q1333202"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:13:32.523835+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 Woods

## Identity

Simon Woods

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-woods
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-woods
- **IMDb ID:** nm1373034
- **TMDB ID:** 36665
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1333202
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Woods, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333202, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36665

Actor. Born 1 January 1980 in England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1980, England
- **Active:** 2003–2007
- **Also known as:** سیمون وودز
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $125m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Woods, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333202, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36665

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Cranford*](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Simon Woods is an English actor and playwright. He is best known for playing Mr Charles Bingley in the 2005 film *Pride & Prejudice* and Gaius Octavian Caesar in the television series *Rome* (2005–2007). Other screen credits include *Starter for 10* (2006), *Penelope* (2007), *Cranford* (2007) as Dr Harrison, and episodes of *Spooks* and *Foyle's War*.

Woods attended Eton College and read English at Magdalen College, Oxford. After a brief period working at *The Guardian*, he began acting. He later turned to writing; his play *Hansard* premiered at the National Theatre in 2019, and he directed the short film *Such a Lovely Day* (2024).

Since 2012 he has been married to Christopher Bailey, the former chief executive of Burberry.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Cranford* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Dr Harrison — [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Mr. Bingley — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Gaius Octavian Caesar — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, as Captain Churchill — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Such a Lovely Day* (2023), Director, Screenplay
- *A Previous Engagement* (2009), as Tyler
- *Sunny and the Elephant* (2008), as Nicolas
- *Cranford* (2007), series, as Dr Harrison — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md)
- *Penelope* (2007), as Edward Vanderman
- *I Want Candy* (2007), as Film Actor
- *Angel* (2007), as Clive Fennelly
- *Starter for 10* (2006), as Josh
- *The Queen's Sister* (2005), as Roddy Llewellyn
- *Elizabeth I* (2005), series, as Gifford
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), as Mr. Bingley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Rome* (2005), series, as Gaius Octavian Caesar — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Twisted Tales* (2005), series, as Zak
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, as Captain Churchill — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Spine Chillers* (2003), series, Actor
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, as Charlie Givens
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Greville Woods — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Rowan — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Worst*, Director, Writer

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