Simon Bamford is an English film, television and stage actor. He is well known for playing the Butterball Cenobite in Hellraiser (1987), and its sequel ' (1988). Other credits include Nightbreed (1990), Book of Blood (2009), Dead of the Nite (2012), Dark Ditties series of films (2017-2019), The Black-eyed children (2025).
Simon graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 1981. At the Young Vic in London, he played Ernst Robel in Spring Awakening, At the Chichester Festival Theatre he played opposite Nicholas Parsons and Ruthie Henshall as 'Gabby' in Follow the Star, In Cairo and Bucharest he performed in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and played Roy in Neville's Island. He played the Butterball Cenobite in the first two Hellraiser films. He also created and played the role of Ohnaka in Clive Barker's film Nightbreed (1990).
In 2009, he played Derek in Book of Blood (2009), for Matador Pictures, Gary in Dead of the Nite (2012), shot in Cardiff and joined the season finale to Dark Ditties presents âÂÂStainedâÂÂhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt13587374/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 and the anthology film Mosaic. On television, he can be seen in the SKY TV 'Better Effect' commercials. In 2000, he won actor of the year award for his portrayal of Pip in Great Expectations at the Vasa Theatre in Stockholm, and has also designed and directed several international tours including The Big Day in Sofia, Qatar and Dubai as well as Educating Rita in Kuala Lumpur.
Mountview was executive proucer and actor in the Dark Ditties series (2017 - 2019) on Amazon Prime.
He has been a theatre reviewer for The Stage newspaper since 2006 and is guest speaker at film conventions in Bottrop, Münster and London.