Simon Bamford

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 Barkers Nightbreed However it was The Whos 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 Dads 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 autocannibalism 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 Vincis 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 Youre 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 SciFi 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 preproduction for two new films shooting in 2024