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Simon Russell Beale is a Actor Malaisien born on 12 january 1961 at Penang (Malaisie)

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale participated to 21 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 1 have good markets following the box office.

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Actor

Orlando
Orlando (1992)
, 1h33
Directed by Sally Potter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey
Roles Earl of Moray
Rating70% 3.547953.547953.547953.547953.54795
The film begins in the Elizabethan era shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth I. On her deathbed, Elizabeth promises an androgynous young nobleman named Orlando a large tract of land and a castle built on it along with a generous monetary gift which she will only bequeath to him if he consents to her command, "Do not fade. Do not wither. Do not grow old." Both he and his heirs will keep the land and inheritance forever. Orlando acquiesces and resides in splendid isolation in the castle for a couple of centuries, during which time he dabbles in poetry and art. His attempts to befriend a celebrated poet, however, backfire when the poet ridicules his verse. Orlando then travels to Constantinople as British ambassador to the Turks, but he is almost killed in a diplomatic fracas there. Waking up the next morning, he learns something even more startling: he has physically transformed into a woman overnight.