Simon Roberts appeared on Coronation Street intermittently between April 1994 and July 1995 as Jeremy Pilkington, chief executive of Weatherfield Metropolitan Borough Council.
His other television credits include roles in By the Sword Divided, Mapp & Lucia, The Bill, Poirot, The Famous Five, Jonathan Creek, The Queen's Nose, Doctors, Swiss Toni, Breathless and Mr Selfridge.
Film roles include Fat Slags, How to Film Your Neighbour, Hollow, Susu and The Croft.
On stage, he appeared in productions of Mephisto, Troilus and Cressida, The Danton Affair and Hello, We're Not In for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other works include Sherlock Holmes, Another Country, There Was an Old Woman, Tom Jones, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol, The Roaring Girl, William Tell, As You Like It, A Chorus of Disapproval, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jealousy, Of Thee I Sing, King Lear, Smoking with Lulu and Tales from Hollywood.
While for radio, he was heard in Married, The Russia House, Weekending and Mr Finchley goes to Paris.