Simon Ludders | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 1994–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]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Darklands | 2nd cop | |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Waiter | |
| 2017 | Catherine the Great: Husbands, Lovers and Sons | Pugachev | |
| Alexander I: Into the Woods | Sperensky | ||
| 2018 | Red Joan | Naval Captain | |
| 2019 | The Shores | Oxir | |
| Silver Darlings | Reggie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Roderigo | Episode: Othello |
| 1996 | Wales Playhouse | Rhys | Episode: Every Cloud |
| Testament: The Bible in Animation | Simeon/Butler | Episode: Joseph | |
| 1997 | Harpur and Iles | Bank Manager | TV movie |
| 1999 | Lucky Bag | TV series | |
| 1999–2016 | Casualty | Corp Burridge/Paul Bamford/Chris Dunham | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | The Magic Paintbrush: A Story from China | Henchman (voice) | Short film (TV) |
| Care | Clerk of the Court | TV movie | |
| 2002 | The Basil Brush Show | Vermokiller | Episode: Mouse |
| The Story of Tracy Beaker | Brian Gee | Episode: Child of the Week | |
| High Hopes | Vicar | Episode: Heavens Above! | |
| I'm Alan Partridge | Builder | 3 episodes | |
| 2003–04 | My Family | Undertaker 2/Teacher | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The Bill | Danny Partridge | Episode: 207 |
| Tunnel of Love | Education Officer 2 | ||
| 2006 | Doctor Who | Patient | Episode: "New Earth" |
| Green Wing | Detective | 1 episode | |
| 2006–2014 | Young Dracula | Renfield | 66 episodes |
| 2008 | Belonging | Mr. Smith | 1 episode |
| Wire in the Blood | Episode: The Dead Land: Part 2 | ||
| 2009 | Scoop | Sid The Source | 13 episodes |
| The Green Green Grass | Ian | Episode: The Departed | |
| 2009–2011 | Gigglebiz | Various | 16 episodes |
| 2010 | Rock & Chips | Mr. Manley | Pilot |
| New Tricks | Richard – MI5 | Episode: Left Field | |
| 2011 | Becoming Human | Mr Swan | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | Trevor Smith | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Playhouse Presents | Mr. Wicks | Episode: Damned |
| Doctors | Luke Jarvis | Episode: More Like Clouds Than Stars | |
| 2015 | Spotless | Peter Marshall-Edwards | 2 episodes |
| Boy Meets Girl | Waiter | Episode: Episode #1.1 | |
| 2016 | Stella | Rev. Watts | Episode: Episode #5.9 |
| The Five | Joe Hanley | Episode: Episode #1.3 | |
| 2017 | The Dumping Ground | Peter Umbleby | 6 episodes |
| Back | Trevor Ellis | Episode: Episode #1.2 | |
| Doctor Who | Overseer | Episode: "Thin Ice" | |
| 2018 | EastEnders | DC Anderson | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes | Warden Hodges | Episode: "Under Fire" |
| The Captures | Forensics Officer Nick May | 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | Miss Scarlet and The Duke | Mr. Potts | Series regular |
| Bridgerton | Humboldt | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Landlord | Episode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife" |
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Last Child of the Sixties | writer, director and producer | Short film |
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Lucky Bag | writer | TV series |
| 2001 | TV to Go | writer | TV series |
| 1999–2016 | The Armstrong and Miller Show | writer | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Tati's Hotel | writer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | Stella | writer | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Gigglebiz | writer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Macbeth | Banquo | Mercury Theatre | Colchester |
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