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Simon Haines as Malendol in Rings of Pow
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as Malendol in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER

as Sergeant Byrne in feature film FORGIVE ME FATHER (Blackwater Pictures)

Simon Haines as Charles in ENAMOUR (dir

Actor ~ Filmmaker ~ Coach

SIMON HAINES

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Simon Haines smiling in tuxedo with blue bowtie at film festival with award-winning film Dance With Me

at gala for Raindance Film Festival

in multi-award-winning ENAMOUR dir. Doulla Panaretou

Simon Haines
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as Benedetto in KNIGHTFALL S2 (A+E/Netlfix)

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as Paul Weyland in EINSTEIN AND THE BOMB (Netflix/BBC) feature film

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as Dr Ben Swift in LITVINENKO (ITV/Sundance)

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scene from NYRA (dir. Patrick L Cordova)

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Simon Haines

Actor ~ Filmmaker ~ Coach

Simon is an award-winning actor and filmmaker best known as Malendol in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Rod Reed in The Puzzle Lady (PBS), as well as TV & film for Paramount, Universal, BBC, ITV, Netflix, and leading theatre roles in the West End and at the Dutch National Theatre.

 

Born in North Somerset to a single-parent benefits-class family, he studied English at Cambridge University, where he wrote/performed comedy with the Cambridge Footlights, and then trained as an actor for 3 years at Guildhall.

 

As a filmmaker, he has directed/written/produced several short films, winning awards and screening at festivals worldwide, including London’s Raindance Festival. His short Senior Consultant has just started its festival journey at BAFTA-qualifying LOCO (London Comedy Film Festival). Simon is proudly queer (bisexual) and neurodiverse (dyspraxic) and that intersectionality informs his filmmaking.​​

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Simon has been teaching since 2011. He teaches and directs at top drama schools and is a tutor at the National Film and Television School (NFTS). He coaches actors and directors privately, including for Hollywood movies and British television. ​​

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He is apprentice and mentee to ‘coach to the stars’ Adrienne Weiss, whose clients include Emmy-winners and Oscar-winners. Adrienne and Simon have worked together for a decade, and she is training him to take over her teaching in London. Simon is the only person in the UK certified to teach Adrienne’s world-renowned method for getting great performances from actors. Simon also consults for Professor Ken Rea, notably for his book The Outstanding Actor (Bloomsbury), a popular set textbook in drama schools worldwide. 

on set directing Samantha Sherratt in UNTITLED (2025)

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SENIOR CONSULTANT (2025)

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CONTACT

c/o Dan Ireson
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First floor, The Dutch House,
307-308 High Holborn,
London WC1V 7LL

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