Simon Ludders

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Simon Ludders
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director
Years active1994–present

Simon Ludders is an English film and television actor, writer and director. He is best known for starring as Renfield in Young Dracula , a CBBC television series that initially aired in 2006 and finalised in 2014. [1] [2]

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He also played Trevor Smith in Broadchurch [3] and appeared as Mr Swan in TV mini-series Becoming Human . [4]

Next to appearing in film and television, Ludders is a theatre actor. In October 2014, he played Banquo in Macbeth, by William Shakespeare at the Colchester Mercury. [5]

Ludders had most recently appeared in the fifth series of The Dumping Ground , the spin-off of the successful Tracy Beaker franchise as Peter Umbleby, a snobby next door neighbour living next to the care home, with a strong grudge against living next to a children's home, and later in the series finale, trying to get the care home closed and knocked down.

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Darklands 2nd cop
2003 Calendar Girls Waiter
2017Catherine the Great: Husbands, Lovers and SonsPugachev
Alexander I: Into the WoodsSperensky
2018 Red Joan Naval Captain
2019The ShoresOxir
Silver DarlingsReggie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales RoderigoEpisode: Othello
1996 Wales Playhouse RhysEpisode: Every Cloud
Testament: The Bible in Animation Simeon/ButlerEpisode: Joseph
1997Harpur and IlesBank ManagerTV movie
1999Lucky BagTV series
1999–2016 Casualty Corp Burridge/Paul Bamford/Chris Dunham4 episodes
2000The Magic Paintbrush: A Story from ChinaHenchman (voice)Short film (TV)
CareClerk of the CourtTV movie
2002 The Basil Brush Show VermokillerEpisode: Mouse
The Story of Tracy Beaker Brian GeeEpisode: Child of the Week
High Hopes VicarEpisode: Heavens Above!
I'm Alan Partridge Builder3 episodes
2003–04 My Family Undertaker 2/Teacher2 episodes
2004 The Bill Danny PartridgeEpisode: 207
Tunnel of LoveEducation Officer 2
2006 Doctor Who PatientEpisode: "New Earth"
Green Wing Detective1 episode
2006–2014 Young Dracula Renfield 66 episodes
2008BelongingMr. Smith1 episode
Wire in the Blood Episode: The Dead Land: Part 2
2009 Scoop Sid The Source13 episodes
The Green Green Grass IanEpisode: The Departed
2009–2011 Gigglebiz Various16 episodes
2010 Rock & Chips Mr. ManleyPilot
New Tricks Richard – MI5Episode: Left Field
2011 Becoming Human Mr Swan 5 episodes
2013 Broadchurch Trevor Smith6 episodes
2014 Playhouse Presents Mr. WicksEpisode: Damned
Doctors Luke JarvisEpisode: More Like Clouds Than Stars
2015 Spotless Peter Marshall-Edwards2 episodes
Boy Meets Girl WaiterEpisode: Episode #1.1
2016 Stella Rev. WattsEpisode: Episode #5.9
The Five Joe HanleyEpisode: Episode #1.3
2017 The Dumping Ground Peter Umbleby6 episodes
Back Trevor EllisEpisode: Episode #1.2
Doctor Who OverseerEpisode: "Thin Ice"
2018 EastEnders DC Anderson1 episode
2019 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes Warden HodgesEpisode: "Under Fire"
The Captures Forensics Officer Nick May2 episodes
2020- present Miss Scarlet and The Duke Mr. Barnabus PottsSeries regular
2020 Bridgerton Humboldt4 episodes
2021 The Irregulars LandlordEpisode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife"
2023 You RobertEpisode: "Hampsie"
TBAWinter PlaceLord FairfaxIn production

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Additional voices
2022 A Plague Tale: Requiem Bandits / VariousEnglish version

Audio dramas

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Torchwood: OutbreakLuke Palmer
2017 Tommies Bettsworth / Teddy Graham2 episodes
2018Torchwood: Monthly RangePolicemanEpisode: "Instant Karma"
The War Master Elliot King2 episodes
2021 The Archers CounsellorEpisode: "#1.19493"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreLocation
2014 Macbeth Banquo Mercury Theatre Colchester
2015The Forsythe SistersNorwegian Church Arts Centre

Filmmaking credits

Film

YearTitleFunctioned asNotes
2005The Last Child of the Sixtieswriter, director and producerShort film

Television

YearTitleFunctioned asNotes
1999Lucky Bag writerTV series
2001 TV to Go writerTV series
2007–2016 The Armstrong and Miller Show writerTV series, 11 episodes
2011Tati's HotelwriterTV series, 2 episodes
2012–2016 Stella writerTV series, 9 episodes
2017 Gigglebiz writerTV series, 2 episodes

References

  1. "Simon Ludders on Castledown Radio". Castledownradio.info. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. "Young Dracula". Metacritic . Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. Alison Graham. "Broadchurch". Radio Times. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. "Becoming Human". BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. David Henshall. "Review: Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Colchester Mercury, until October 18". eadt.co.uk.