Film and television Simpson-Deeks was a series regular in both seasons of the award-winning legal drama
The Circuit, the second season of
Winners & Losers (after guest starring in the show's first season), and the sci-fi series
Stormworld. Additionally, he has guest-starred in
Utopia, The Newsreader, Five Bedrooms,
Underbelly: Fat Tony & Co.,
Wentworth,
Mr & Mrs Murder,
Play School,
City Homicide,
The Strange Calls,
Temptation, and
The Postcard Bandit. He plays forensic pathologist James King in the
Amazon Original series,
Deadloch. His film credits include roles in the short films
After the Credits,
Dropbear,
A Simple Song,
Shades of Grey and
Home. He portrayed Irish rider
Pat Smullen in the 2011 feature film
The Cup, and filmmaker
Billy Name in
Jim Sharman's
Andy X – a musical film based on the death of
Andy Warhol.
Theatre Simpson-Deeks made his professional theatre debut in
Falling on My Left Ear: A Show about George Wallace for the now defunct Railway Street Theatre Company in Parramatta in 2002. The following year, he returned to Railway Street to play the role of Tom in
Michael Gow's iconic Australian play,
Away. Both productions toured regionally and were directed by Mary-Anne Gifford. In 2005 he received critical acclaim for his performance in
Mark Ravenhill's
Handbag at the
Seymour Centre. Later that year, he starred in
Somewhere – an original musical by
Tim Minchin and
Kate Mulvany – for Q Theatre. In 2009, Simpson-Deeks was cast in the ensemble of
Jerry Springer: the Opera at the
Sydney Opera House as part of
Sydney Festival. He joined the original Australian cast of
Jersey Boys, in the role of
Franki Valli (Alternate), that same year, but left the production prematurely due to health complications. In 2010, he sang the role of Skeets Miller in a one-off concert performance of
Adam Guettel's
Floyd Collins at
City Recital Hall in Sydney. Simpson-Deeks played the role of Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick in
Ned: A New Australian Musical at Bendigo's
Ulumbarra Theatre in 2015, and is featured on the show's Official Cast Recording. He reprised the role in concert at
The National Theatre, Melbourne in 2017. He played Chris Bean in the Australian production of
The Play That Goes Wrong, and briefly reprised the role during the Australian tour of
Peter Pan Goes Wrong in 2019. In between, he toured nationally as Cassius in
Bell Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar. Simpson-Deeks has worked extensively with Watch This – a Melbourne-based theatre company dedicated exclusively to the work of
Stephen Sondheim – starring in seven of their nine productions to date. In 2019 he received a
Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in Musical Theatre for his performance in
Falsettos at Melbourne's
Chapel Off Chapel. He has been nominated for six Green Room Awards in total. In 2023, he played the role of Mike Priddle in the Australian premiere of
Ghost Stories, at the
Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne.
Other work Simpson-Deeks created the character of Daniel 'Danno' Bookham for the popular educational video game
Murder Under the Microscope, and played the role from 2007 to 2012. In 2018, Simpson-Deeks was featured in the six-part web series
Freudian Slip, alongside writer and commentator
Benjamin Law. ==Filmography==