Simon Jones was born on July 27, 1950 in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England. He is an actor, known for Twelve Monkeys (1995), One Life to Live (1968) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). He has been married to Nancy Lewis since December 3, 1983. They have one child.
Went on to appear in "Blithe Spirit" with Angela Lansbury in London's West End, and went on to do the North American tour, starting at the end of 2014.
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Will undertake the portrayal of Rev. Beebe in new stage version of "Room With a View", starring Felicity Kendal, and directed by Adrian Noble. Production will be touring southern England from September through December, 2016.
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Played the role of Emperor Josef II in "Amadeus", starring Rupert Everett, at the opening of the renovated Chichester Theatre Festival in the summer of 2013.
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In the UK, starring as the title character in "The Adventures of Sexton Blake - Detective!", on BBC Radio 2. The first episode aired on Friday, July 31st and the weekly broadcasts will continue through September 4th. [July 2009]
Played lead role of "Christopher Gore" in American Premiere of Brian Friel's latest play, "The Home Place", directed by Joe Dowling at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a 10-week run. [September 2007]
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With Lisa Harrow, co-starred in "Phallacy", a play written by Dr. Carl Djerassi, (known as "Father of the Birth Control Pill"!) at The Cherry Lane Theatre, NY, produced by Redshift Productions, directed by Elena Araoz..(May 18th -June 10th). In the role of "Professor Rex Stoltzfuss", he was described as "excellent" by the New York Times, and as giving "...a commanding performance of sophistication and vigor" by critic 'William Wolf'. [June 2007]
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Returned for the new "Quandary Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC Radio 4 radio series, adapted from book 4 of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Trilogy", "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish". [May 2005]
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Gave a witty, whimsical and hilarious performance as Mr. Micawber, the long-winded but well-intended underachiever in "David Copperfield", at Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. [December 2005]
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Returned for the new "Tertiary Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC4 radio series, adapted from book 3 of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Trilogy", "Life, The Universe, and Everything". [September 2004]
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Returned for the new "Quintessential Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC Radio 4 radio series, adapted from the fifth and final book of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Trilogy", "Mostly Harmless". [May 2005]
Currently appearing as 'Windscape" in the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA) in 'Simon Gray''s "Quartermaine's Terms", directed by Maria Aitken. [August 2009]
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He is a first cousin, once removed, of the current James Bond, Daniel Craig.
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Having worked together before, Douglas Adams wrote the role of Arthur Dent specifically with Jones in mind.
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While at Cambridge Revue Club Footlights, he met Douglas Adams, who later cast him as the utterly ordinary Earthman Arthur Dent in his cult classic The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981), both in the original 1978 radio series and the 1981 TV mini-series. The two were lifelong friends after college and Jones later spoke at Adams's funeral on 11 May 2001.
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Studied at Cambridge University, and, while there, was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live
2016
post-production
Arthur Dent
The Search for Simon
2013
The Man in the Hat
Spectropia
2006
The Duck
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
Professor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Ghostly Image
The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis
2004
TV Movie documentary
C.S. Lewis
Cambridge Spies
2003
TV Mini-Series
Sir Michael Boal
Oz
2000-2003
TV Series
Judge Mason Kessler
Benjamin Franklin
2002
TV Mini-Series documentary
Thomas Penn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2001
TV Series
Darien Marshall
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
The Accountant (uncredited)
Paramour
1999
TV Mini-Series
As the World Turns
1999
TV Series
Dr. Eckert
Guru in Seven
1998
Removal man 1
Liberty! The American Revolution
1997
TV Mini-Series
Ambrose Serle
The Devil's Own
1997
Harry Sloan
Matilda
1996
Shellhammer (uncredited)
Remember WENN
1996
TV Series
Ted E. Peck
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Zoologist
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Donald Shellhammer
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
TV Series
Winston Murdoch
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
TV Movie
Andrew Wilson (voice)
For Love or Money
1993
Albert
All Good Things
1991
TV Series
Dean
Shrinks
1991
TV Series
Jack Cavendish
American Friends
1991
Anderson
Green Card
1990
Party Guest
Tattinger's
1988-1989
TV Series
Norman Asher
Murder, She Wrote
1987
TV Series
Barnaby Friar
Sunday Premiere
1987
TV Series
Eric
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
TV Series
Jamison
Newhart
1987
TV Series
Dr. Miles Rangel
Club Paradise
1986
Toby Prooth
Black-Adder II
1986
TV Series
Sir Walter Raleigh
Brazil
1985
Arrest Official
The Price
1985
TV Mini-Series
Lansbury
Hart to Hart
1983
TV Series
Calvin
Loving
1983
TV Series
Geoffrey Butler (1992)
The News Is the News
1983
TV Series
The Meaning of Life
1983
Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smythe
Crown Court
1983
TV Series
Edward Harley
Privates on Parade
1983
Sergeant Eric Young-Love
Giro City
1982
Henderson
Muck and Brass
1982
TV Mini-Series
Basil Bastedes
Brideshead Revisited
1981
TV Mini-Series
Lord Brideshead 'Bridey'
Reds
1981
Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)
Play for Today
1981
TV Series
David Hanson
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
TV Series
Arthur Dent
BBC2 Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Cecil Garfield / Horsburgh
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
Joachim
Victorian Scandals
1976
TV Series
Mr. Thornbury
Rock Follies
1976
TV Mini-Series
Juan Les Pins
Out of the Trees
1976
TV Movie
One Life to Live
1968
TV Series
Guy Armitage (1997)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: The Next Generation
2018
Documentary filming
Himself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2017
Documentary post-production
Himself
50 Years of BBC2 Comedy
2014
TV Movie documentary
The Wright Stuff
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest Panelist
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2005
Video documentary
Himself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Documentary
Himself
Omnibus
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Independent Lens
1999
TV Series documentary
John the baptist
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'