Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian is a French-Armenian actor and playwright. After returning to Paris in 1985 he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil, where he stayed until 1993. He won the 2001 Molière Award for Best Actor for Beast on the Moon.

On screen he appeared in Cédric Klapisch's When the Cat's Away (1996), starred in Yes (2004), and played the villain Alex Dimitrios in Casino Royale (2006). His television work includes the BBC series Spooks and Kaboul Kitchen. He appears in Overdrive (2017).