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Simon Bamford

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 Hellbound: Hellraiser II (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).

Career
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), 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. ==Other work==
Other work
He has been a theatre reviewer for The Stage newspaper since 2006 and is guest speaker at film conventions in Bottrop, Münster and London. ==Filmography==
Filmography
Hellraiser (1987) - Butterball Cenobite Audio ==Self==
Self
Hellraiser: Resurrection (2000)(V) -Himself • Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth (2000)(V) -Himself • ''Demons to Others: The making of 'Hellraiser: Prophecy''' (2007) -Himself ==Archive Footage==
Archive Footage
Boogeyman: The Killer Compilation (2001)(V) -Butterball Cenobite ('Hellraiser') ==See also==
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