Simon McBurney has appeared in several films including The Reckoning, The Manchurian Candidate, The Last King of Scotland, The Golden Compass, Robin Hood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (voice), Jane Eyre, Mission: Impossible – Rouge Nation, The Conjuring 2, The Mercy, and more. He wrote and executive produced the film Mr. Bean’s Holiday and wrote and directed the film National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Concept. McBurney was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2015 for The Theory of Everything.