Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor. Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on Trapped!, Richard in Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, and as Michael the Geordie in the Alan Partridge programmes and films. He also voices Captain Barnacles in the Octonauts franchise, the twins in the Shaun the Sheep films, and Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei the meerkats in the Compare the Market adverts.

Early life Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown, Cumberland. He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as Steve Coogan, who was two years below him and would later become a repeat collaborator.

Career Greenall has appeared in a number of television shows, shorts, movies, and video games. Earlier roles include as policemen in Life Without George (1987), One Foot in the Grave (1990), and Between the Lines (1993); as various characters in Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1994); Harry Enfield and Chums (1998), Pond Life (2000), and Monkey Dust (2003); and as the voices of Mr. Bump, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Strong, Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Bounce and Mr. Happy in The Mr. Men Show (2008). He voiced Murgo in the Fable video game franchise and replaced Cam Clarke in Final Fantasy XIV as the voice of Lord Lolorito, in addition to his regular voiceover role the dragon Nidhogg. In the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters", he played Mr. Skinner.

Greenall has also starred on the BBC Radio shows On the Blog, Missing Hancocks, and The Simon Day Show. He won Celebrity Mastermind in 2015 with the specialist subject D-Day landings and was credited as co-executive producer of the 2011 film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin. He currently voices Aleksandr Orlov the meerkat in the Compare the Market adverts.

When Grant Bovey was training for a BBC charity boxing match against Ricky Gervais, Greenall was one of Bovey's sparring partners. In 1995, he won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards honour in the TV - Light Entertainment category along with Harry Enfield, Geoffrey Perkins, Harry Thompson, Paul Whitehouse, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Kay Stonham for Harry Enfield's Television Programme. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria.

Selected filmography Film Year(s) Title Role Ref 1999 Tube Tales Business Man (segment: "Mouth") 2002 My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117 Father in Church 2003 Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Roy from Caistor-St-Edmonds (voice) 2004 Wimbledon Chauffeur 2007 Biffovision BW 2010 D.O.A Priest 2011 Holy Flying Circus Barry Atkins, Pub Landlord Pythagasaurus Pythagasaurus (voice) 2012 Acts of Godfrey DCI Stevens The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas Various roles (voices) 2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Michael 2014 Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s Various roles 2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Twins (voices) 2018 Early Man Eemak, Thongo (voices) 2021 Octonauts: The Ring of Fire Captain Barnacles (voice) Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas The Twins Hilda and the Mountain King Additional voices 2022 The Lovebox in Your Living Room Various roles 2026 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom The Twins

Television + Year(s) Title Role No. of episodes Ref 1993 Newman and Baddiel in Pieces Various characters 8 1995–1996The Slow NorrisBertie the frog 1997–1998 Armstrong and Miller Various roles 13 Alas Smith & Jones 12 1997–2002 I'm Alan Partridge Michael, Robert Moon 1998 Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-RoundVarious roles 1 Barking 5 Big Train 2 1999 Boyz Unlimited Benny Van Hoere 3 1999–2000 Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married Richard 16 2000 Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show Various roles 12 Kiss Me Kate Colin 1 2001 Time Gentlemen Please Arnold Poncett World of Pub Various roles 6 The Armando Iannucci Shows 1 2003 Monkey Dust 18 Fortysomething Ashley Ramp 1 2003–2005 Trevor's World of Sport VDK, Lance 3 2004 Swiss Toni Peter Gellward 1 Doc Martin Philip Rowe 2005 Funland Ken Cryer 2 Don't Watch That, Watch This Various roles Bromwell High Martin Jackson, Iqbal Kandallah, Additional voices 13 2006 Doctor Who Mr. Skinner 1 Lead Balloon Adam Greene Popetown Cardinal Three (voice) 10 2006–2008 Star Stories Narrator (voice) 7 2007 Saxondale Malcolm 1 2007–2010 Trapped! Caretaker 52 2008 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Ian Farringdon 1 The Wrong Door Various roles 6 Brain-Jitsu Sensei 25 The Mr. Men ShowMr. Happy (Season 1), Mr. Bounce, Mr. Bump, Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Happy, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Strong104 No Heroics Isobar 1 2009 Horne & Corden Various roles 2009–2011 The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson 19 2010 Life of Riley Mr. Smith 1 2010–2011 Pete Versus Life Colin King 11 2010–2012 Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul Various roles 9 2010–2016 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Caller (voice) 12 2010–2017 Octonauts Captain Barnacles 122 2011 PhoneShop The Greeter 1 Comedy Blaps Various characters 3 2012 Spy Quiz host 1 2013 Common Ground Peter the Polish Park Keeper 2 It's Kevin Various roles Drifters Davide 1 Hebburn Bob Muirfield 2 2014 Inspector George Gently Peter Turner 1 W1A Nigel Trescott Cardinal Burns Various roles 3 Fried Derek 1 2015 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Narrator Car Share Dave Thompson (voice) Hoff the Record Radovan Merkadic 2016 Plebs Announcer 2015–2016 Newzoids Various roles 12 2016 The Windsors 2 2017 Benidorm Neville 5 Ill Behaviour Liam's Dad 2 2017–2020 The Other One Colin 3 2020 Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom Various roles 20 Mister Winner Racing Commentator 1 2022 Meet the Richardsons Simon Greenall The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe Coroner

Video games

Year(s) Title Role Ref 1997 Tomb Raider II Claudio, Fabio, Brother Chan Barkhang (voices) 2000 Shogun: Total War Team Buddies Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition 2001 Original War 2002 Hard Hitter Tennis Bob Conner (voice) 2004 Future Tactics: The Uprising Fable Fisherman (voice) Dragon Quest VIII Additional voices English Version 2005 Ape Escape 3 Monkey Blue (voice) English (UK) Version MediEvil: Resurrection Dirk Steadfast, Help Gargoyles, Trapped Villager (voices) Battalion Wars Kommandant Ubel Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction 2006 Medieval II: Total War 2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Battalion Wars 2 Kommandant Ubel (voice) 2008 Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Fable II 2009 Killzone 2 Additional Helghast Voices (voice) BattleForge Battlefield Heroes Royals and Nationals (voices) Battlefield 1943 Newscaster Risen Luis, Adan, Dargel 2010 Final Fantasy XIV Lolorito Fable III 2011 Stronghold 3 2013 Puppeteer Captain Gaff (voice) 2014 LittleBigPlanet 3 Zom-Zom the Far Out (voice) 2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Lolorito, Nidhogg (voices) 2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Lolorito (voice) 2018 Forza Horizon 4 Hans Liebold (voice) 2019 Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions 2020 Sackboy: A Big Adventure Zom Zom (voice)

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