Simon Russell Beale

Sir Simon Russell Beale, (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor, author and music historian. He was born in Penang, Malaya (present-day Malaysia). 
He appeared in "Persuasion" (1995), "The Young Visiters" (2003), "Dunkirk" (2004), "The Deep Blue Sea" (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television movies "Henry IV, Part I and Part II" (2012). 
He was part of the main cast of Showtime's "Penny Dreadful". He also appeared in "Into the Woods" (2014) and "The Death of Stalin" (2017).