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Has been a best friend of Emma Thompson since they were teenagers.

Took over the role as the voice of Kreacher the house elf in harry potter after the death of Timothy Bateson.

He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.

His play, "Mnemonic", performed at the London's Riverside Studios was awarded the 1999 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best New Play.

Ranked #31 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".

His portrait was taken by Richard Avedon for inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's special exhibition, "Richard Avedon: Portraits", and appears in the book of the same name.

He was nominated for the Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director at the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for "The Elephant Vanishes" performed at the Barbican Theatre.

He was awarded a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Theatre Choreographer of the 1997 season for "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", performed at the Royal National Theatre: Olivier Stage.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for a revival of Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs".

Artistic director of the theatre company Complicite (formerly "Theatre de Complicite").

Former partner of actress Jacqueline McKenzie.

His wife, Cassie Yukawa, is a concert pianist.

McBurney's father, Charles, was an American archaeologist and academic of Scottish descent, and his grandfather, also Charles McBurney, was a renowned American surgeon. Simon's mother, Anne Francis was a secretary, of British, Scottish and Irish ancestry. His parents are distant cousins who met during World War II.

He is based in London, England. (जनवरी 2007)

London, England (जुलाई 2008)