Simon Bamford
Actor · Born May 22, 1961 (65)
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 22, 1961 (65)
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Simon Bamford's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Allyas Gary in Dead of the Nite (2013)
- Tricksteras Peter Vincent impersonator in You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016)
- Threshold guardianas Alpha in Aftermath (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Simon Bamford's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Simon Bamford's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Black-Eyed Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Aftermath(2024)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Mosaic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Project Skyquake(2022)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
You Are My Sunshine(2021)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Starfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Dead of the Nite(2013)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Book of Blood(2009)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Nightbreed(1990)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Hellbound: Hellraiser II(1988)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Hellraiser(1987)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all filmsThe 4th Reich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Black-Eyed Children 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Black-Eyed Children 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles, 13 of them dated from 1987 to 2025; peak year 1987.
Biggest box office
Hellraiser (1987)
Highest rated
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016)
Most popular right now
Hellraiser (1987)
Film career
Peak 1987 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1987Screen debut· Hellraiser
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Simon Bamford's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 49/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Simon Bamford's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Simon Bamford work with?
People who share at least 2 of Simon Bamford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Doug Bradley shares the most, 4.
Directors
- József GallaiShared titles: Aftermath (2024), Project Skyquake (2022)See all 2 shared titles with József Gallai
Writers
- Clive BarkerShared titles: Book of Blood (2009), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Clive Barker
- Gary SmartShared titles: You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016), Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Smart
Actors
- Doug BradleyShared titles: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015), Book of Blood (2009), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 4 shared titles with Doug Bradley
- Clare HigginsShared titles: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Clare Higgins
- Barbie WildeShared titles: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Barbie Wilde
- Kenneth CranhamShared titles: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Cranham
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Gergö ElekesShared titles: Aftermath (2024), Project Skyquake (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Gergö Elekes
- Lito VelascoShared titles: You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016), Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lito Velasco
- Christopher YoungShared titles: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Young
- Richard MardenShared titles: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Marden
Producers
- Christopher FiggShared titles: Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher Figg
- Barry VonkShared titles: Aftermath (2024), Project Skyquake (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Vonk
- Eric ZiegmontShared titles: Aftermath (2024), Project Skyquake (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Ziegmont
- Joseph RichmondShared titles: Aftermath (2024), Project Skyquake (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Richmond
Mixed roles
- Christopher GriffithsShared titles: You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016), Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Griffiths