西蒙·班福德 西蒙最出名的是在原版《地狱使者》及其第一部续集《地狱之缚》中扮演“黄油球 Cenobite”，以及在克莱夫·巴克的《夜种》中扮演“Ohnaka”。然而，正是 The Who 的“Quadrophenia”让 Simon 在 16 岁时获得了第一次电影体验。

在电影导演克莱夫·巴克（Clive Barker）的伦敦制作的《李尔王》中扮演“傻瓜”后，他被邀请加入“狗公司”，在那里他与道格·布拉德利（Pinhead）和奥利弗·帕克（“约翰尼·英吉利重生”，“圣特里尼安人”，“爸爸的军队”，“多利安·格雷”和“与男人一起游泳”的电影导演）合作。不久之后，“Hellraiser”和“Nightbreed”紧随其后。

西蒙在斗牛士电影的《血之书》中扮演德里克时与克莱夫重聚。他在《夜之死》中扮演“加里”时与糖果人托尼·托德重聚，并且可以在动画《第 11 小时 - 杰里科》中作为“指挥官埃尔金”的声音听到。

2015年，他完成了四部作品：《Arcade》、《Roots》、《The Pub Launch》和自相残杀的恐怖短片《Hunger》。最近，他在威尔士拍摄的《玛格姆城堡的闹鬼》中扮演了“巫师将军”，在洛杉矶，他在《14个鬼魂》中扮演了艺术画廊老板“佩恩德雷先生”。

在恐怖片之外，西蒙在故事片《海星》中扮演高级顾问，该片由《达芬奇的恶魔》中的汤姆·莱利和《唐顿庄园》的金球奖得主乔安妮·弗罗加特主演。2021 年，他完成了屡获殊荣的故事片《你是我的阳光》的制作，这是一个跨越几十年的 LGBTQ 爱情故事。

他曾在世界各地的剧院工作，从吉隆坡到斯德哥尔摩，从俄亥俄州到卡拉奇。并已成为备受追捧的恐怖会议嘉宾，在大西洋城、佛罗里达州、波士顿、拉斯维加斯、费城、亚特兰大、印第安纳波利斯和洛杉矶的美国演出以及德国、荷兰、比利时和英国的欧洲演出。西蒙受邀在《惊魂之夜》纪录片《你太酷了布鲁斯特》中扮演恐怖传奇人物“彼得·文森特”，该片在2017年获得了顶级独立电影奖的“最佳纪录片”

他因在《远大前程》的舞台剧中饰演“皮普”而获得“最佳男演员”奖。凭借 2022 年的科幻电影《天震计划》，他获得了拉斯维加斯电影奖最佳合奏奖，并获得了铁泰国际电影奖最佳男配角提名。

他于 2018 年在德克萨斯惊魂医院被授予“终生折磨奖”

以及 2020 年俄罗斯国际恐怖电影节终身成就奖。

2017 年，西蒙拍摄了“黑暗小曲”系列“The Offer”的第一集，将阴郁的投资银行家“乔纳森·布鲁克·戴维斯”的角色栩栩如生。

迄今为止，他已经出演了五部“黑暗小曲礼物”系列。

所有剧集现在都可以在英国和美国的亚马逊和亚马逊Prime上观看。

2024 年，期待已久的恐怖选集《马赛克》即将上映。西蒙饰演侦探督察“艾略特·弗利”，试图弄清楚一系列越来越残酷的离奇谋杀案。匈牙利电影《劫后余生》也将于今年上映。西蒙在一个陌生而神秘的世界中扮演班长“阿尔法”的声音。

他目前正在为2024年拍摄的两部新电影进行前期制作。

Simon Bamford Simon is best known for playing the ‘Butterball Cenobite’ in the original 'Hellraiser' and its first sequel 'Hellbound', as well as ‘Ohnaka’ in Clive Barker's 'Nightbreed'. However it was The Who’s 'Quadrophenia' which gave Simon his first film experience at the age of 16.

Discovered playing 'The Fool' in a London production of King Lear by film director Clive Barker, he was invited to join 'The Dog Company' where he worked with Doug Bradley (Pinhead) and Oliver Parker (Film director of 'Johnny English Reborn', 'St Trinians', 'Dad's Army', 'Dorian Gray' & Swimming with Men’). 'Hellraiser' and 'Nightbreed' followed shortly afterwards.

Simon was reunited with Clive whilst playing Derek in 'The Book of Blood' for Matador films. He was reunited with Candyman Tony Todd whilst playing ‘Gary’ in 'Dead of the Nite', and can be heard as the voice of ‘Commander Elgin’ in the animation 'The 11th Hour - Jericho'.

In 2015 he completed four shoots: 'Arcade', 'Roots', 'The Pub Launch' and the auto-cannibalism horror short 'Hunger'. More recently he played the ‘Witchfinder General’ in ‘The Haunting of Margam Castle’ shot in Wales, and in LA, played art gallery owner ‘Mr Peindre’ in ‘14 Ghosts’.

Outside of the horror genre, Simon played the senior consultant in the feature film 'Starfish' starring Tom Riley from 'Da Vinci's Demons' and Golden Globe winner Joanne Froggatt from 'Downton Abbey'. In 2021 he completed production on the award winning feature film ‘You are my Sunshine’ a LGBTQ love story set across several decades.

He has worked in theatre worldwide from Kuala Lumpur to Stockholm, Ohio to Karachi. and has become a much sought after horror convention guest with USA shows in Atlantic City, Florida, Boston, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Indianapolis and LA as well as European shows in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. Simon was invited to play horror legend ‘Peter Vincent’ in the ‘Fright Night’ documentary 'You're so cool Brewster' which won ‘Best Documentary’ at the Top Indie film awards in 2017

He won ‘Best Actor’ for his portrayal of ‘Pip’ in a stage production of ‘Great Expectations’. For the 2022 Sci-Fi movie, ‘Project Skyquake’, he won Best Ensemble at the Las Vegas Movie Awards, and was nominated for Best Supporting actor at the Tietê International Film Awards.

He was awarded the ‘Lifetime of Torment Award’ at Texas Frightmare in 2018

and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 at the ‘Russian International Horror Film Festival.

In 2017 Simon shot the first episode of the ‘Dark Ditties’ series ‘The Offer’, bringing to life the role of smarmy investment banker, ‘Jonathon Brook Davies’.

To date he has appeared in five of the ‘Dark Ditties Presents’ series.

All episodes are available now on Amazon & Amazon Prime in both the UK and USA.

In 2024, the long awaited Horror anthology ‘Mosaic’ is due for release. Simon plays ‘Elliot Foley’, a Detective Inspector, trying to make sense of an increasingly brutal series of bizarre murders. The Hungarian movie ‘Aftermath’ is also due for release this year. Simon plays the voice of ‘Alpha’, a squad leader, in a strange, mysterious world.

He is currently in pre-production for two new films shooting in 2024.