Simon was born in Blackpool and trained at LAMDA, where he was awarded  the St Philip’s Trophy by screenwriter Richard Curtis.

He played the iconic role of Link Deas opposite Matthew Modine as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s play of To Kill A Mockingbird (Gielgud Theatre) .

Theatre credits include: Absolute Hell (National Theatre); Antony & Cleopatra (Chichester Festival Theatre); Twelfth Night (Bristol Old Vic); La Cage aux Folles, Mother Of Him (Park); The Lion in Winter (Theatre Royal Haymarket); The Winter’s Tale, The Deep Blue Sea (Royal & Derngate); The Rivals (Compass); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (Arundel Festival/ Tour); John Cleese’s Bang Bang (After Feydeau), Romeo & Juliet (Mercury, Colchester); King Lear (Guildford), Mario & the Magician (Almeida).

Television credits include: recurring role as Randall, Chief of Staff Downing St. in The Diplomat Season 2 (Netflix), Miss Austen (BBC) directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Aisling Walsh,  Brassic, This England (Sky), Endeavour, Fearless, Foyle’s War, Law and Order UK, Wallis & Edward, Inspector Morse, Casualty, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Trial and Retribution, The Royal, and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Lucasfilm).

Film credits include: Walking With The Enemy, Sink, Love’s Kitchen, The Holly Kane Experiment, and The Walker, directed by Paul Schrader.

Simon appeared as ‘The Politician’ in the music video for BΔSTILLE’s Fake It (Universal Music).