Simon Sears (born 25 January 1984) is a Danish actor.
Early life and education
Sears was born in Roskilde to an Italian father and Danish mother. He was raised in the town of Solrød Strand, and has two older siblings.
When he was younger, Sears was interested in dance, training at the Solrød Centre and performing at Bella Centeret and dance championships.[1] As his father grew up financially unstable due to his grandfather being a painter, Sears explored a few careers options before settling on theatre. He briefly moved to Hjørring before going on to train at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 2014.[2][3]
Career
In 2015, Sears had stage roles in Koks i kulissen, Cabaret, and Ødipus Laboratoriet at the Royal Danish Theatre and Visen om sidsel at Grønnegårds Teatret.[4][5] He starred in his first feature-length film 9. April alongside Pilou Asbæk. The following year, he received the prestigious Reumert Talent Prize for his role in the 2016 production of Sidst på dagen er vi alle mennesker at the Betty Nansen Teatret with company Mammutteatret.[6] He made his television debut with a recurring role in DR series Follow the Money (Danish: Bedrag).[3]
Sears lives in Copenhagen with his Icelandic wife, Ingibjörg Skúladóttir, and their two sons.[13] Their first son, Skúli Leví, was born the same day Sears won his Reumert Prize in 2016. Their second was born in 2019.[14]
