{{Short description|Welsh actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Simon Armstrong | birth_place = Llanelli, Wales | occupation = Actor | known_for = Game of Thrones, The Interceptor }} '''Simon Armstrong''' is a Welsh actor from Llanelli,<ref name=llanelli>{{cite news|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Game-Thrones-actor-flies-home-Swansea/story-16463775-detail/story.html|title=Game of Thrones actor flies home to Swansea|publisher=South Wales Evening Post|date=28 June 2012|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> best known for his portrayal of Qhorin Halfhand in ''Game of Thrones''.
== Career== Armstrong portrayed Qhorin Halfhand in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012).<ref name=llanelli/><ref name=thrones>{{cite web|url=http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-two/simon-armstrong/|title=Simon Armstrong as Qhorin Halfhand|website=Winter Is Coming|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> He also had recurring roles in the TV series ''Coronation Street'' (2013)<ref name=globe>{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/adopt-an-actor/archive/antiochus-played-by-simon-armstrong|title=Antiochus played by Simon Armstrong|website=Shakespeare's Globe|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205185219/http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/adopt-an-actor/archive/antiochus-played-by-simon-armstrong|archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref> and ''The Interceptor'' (2015).<ref name=globe/>
He portrayed Rogers in Nigel Cole's ''Made in Dagenham'' (2010).<ref name=globe/> He starred in the Dutch crime action comedy ''Black Out'' (2012)<ref name=globe/> and in the British drama film ''In the Dark Half'' (2012).<ref name=half>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/143790/in-the-dark-half|title=In the Dark Half|website=The Guardian|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
In 2014, Simon joined the cast of British-American short Artificio Conceal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simon Armstrong joins Artificio Conceal|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/simon-armstrong-joins-artificio-conceal/5072945.article|via=Screendaily}}</ref> The film, written and directed by Ayoub Qanir, was selected to film festivals worldwide including Cannes Film Festival's ''Short Film Corner <ref>{{Cite web|title=Artificio Conceal selected to Cannes|url=https://www.thefancarpet.com/movie_news/the-mustsee-british-psychological-scifi-thriller-artificio-conceal-accepted-at-cannes-court-metrage-2015/|via=Digital Journal}}</ref>'', Edinburgh International Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artificio Conceal nominated for best short at EIFF|url=https://www.top10films.co.uk/28988-psychological-thriller-artificio-conceal-nominated-for-best-short-film-award-at-eiff/|via=Top 10 Films}}</ref> and Seattle International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SIFF Official Selection|url=https://www.siff.net/Documents/FESTIVAL/2015_FESTIVAL/SIFF_2015_PrintSources.pdf|via=Seattle International Film Festival}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2005 |''Pierrepoint'' |Minister |<ref name=globe/> |- |2008 |''The Edge of Love'' |Wilfred Hosgood |<ref name=globe/> |- |2010 |''Made in Dagenham'' |Rogers |<ref name=globe/> |- |2011 |''Killer Elite'' |Gowling |<ref name=globe/> |- |2011 |''Resistance'' |George's Father |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/resistance-1117946684/|title=Review: Resistance|publisher=Variety|first=Charles|last=Gant|date=2 December 2011|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> |- |2012 |''Black Out'' |Vlad |<ref name=globe/> |- |2012 |''In the Dark Half'' |Steve |<ref name=half/> |- |2014 |''The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale'' |Boatswain |TV film |- |2014 |''Viking: The Berserkers'' |Aelle |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/viking-berserkers-2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160910131910/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/viking-berserkers-2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2016|title=Viking: The Berserkers (2014)|website=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> |- |2014 |''Artificio Conceal'' |Interpol Officer Mahler |Short film |- |2016 |''Long Forgotten Fields'' |Harlequin Jones | |- |2018 |''Rémi sans famille'' |Mr. Driscoll | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1998–2000 |''Casualty'' |PC Carter / PC Gaston |8 episodes |- |2005 |''Midsomer Murders'' |Viv Marshall |1 episode ("Hidden Depths") |- |2009 |''Holby City'' |Andy Rutherford |1 episode ("Spin") |- |2009 |''Crash'' |James Llewelyn |1 episode ("Episode 6") |- |2012 |''Game of Thrones'' |Qhorin Halfhand |4 episodes |- |2013 |''M.I. High'' |The Dark Wizard |1 episode ("The Dark Wizard") |- |2013 |''Da Vinci's Demons'' |Scarpa |3 episodes |- |2013 |''Coronation Street'' |Mr. Peakman |8 episodes |- |2013 |''Call the Midwife'' |Major Fawcett |1 episode ("Christmas Special") |- |2015 |''The Interceptor'' |Stannard |5 episodes |- |2015 |''The Coroner'' |Errol Prowse |1 episode ("Gilt") |- |2016 |''Doctors'' |Cam Lewis |5 episodes |}
==Selected theatre== * 2017: Sir Toby Belch in ''Twelfth Night'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|1409802|Simon Armstrong}}
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