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name: "Simon Yates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-yates"
fi1m_id: "simon-yates"
imdb_id: "nm0946824"
tmdb_id: 68539
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:50:23.692226+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."
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# Simon Yates

## Identity

Simon Yates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-yates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-yates
- **IMDb ID:** nm0946824
- **TMDB ID:** 68539
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68539

Actor. Born in Leicestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68539

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Touching the Void*](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Simon Yates is an English mountaineer and actor. Born in 1963 in Leicestershire, he is best known for appearing as himself in the 2003 documentary-drama *Touching the Void*, which recounts his 1985 expedition with Joe Simpson to climb the west face of Siula Grande in Peru.

Yates has taken on small acting roles in other productions, including the wanted poster policeman in *Dr. Plonk* (2007) and Vladimir in the television series *Woodley* (2012). He has also contributed to additional reconstruction work on *Touching the Void*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Woodley* (2012), series, as Vladimir

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