Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter and voice artist. Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on '' Trapped!'', Richard in '' Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married'', and as

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programs 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

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s in the comparethemarket.com adverts.

Early life

Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown,

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. He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as

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, 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), ''

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'' (1990), and '' Between the Lines'' (1993); as various characters in '' Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round'' (1998), '' Pond Life'' (2000), and '' Monkey Dust'' (2003); and as the voices of Mr. Bump, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr. Happy in '' The Mr. Men Show'' (2008). He voiced Murgo in the ''

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'' video game franchise and replaced Cam Clarke in ''

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'' as the voice of Lord Lolorito, in addition to his regular voiceover role the dragon Nidhogg. In the 2006 ''

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'' episode " Love & Monsters", he played Mr. Skinner. Greenall has also starred on the

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shows '' On the Blog'', '' Missing Hancocks'', and '' The Simon Day Show''. He won '' Celebrity Mastermind'' in 2015 with the specialist subject

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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

in the comparethemarket.com adverts. When Grant Bovey was training for a BBC charity boxing match against

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, 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

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, Geoffrey Perkins, Harry Thompson,

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and Kay Stonham for '' Harry Enfield's Television Programme''. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria.

Selected works

Television

Film

Video games

References

External links

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