Simon James Greenall[1] (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter and voice artist.
Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on Trapped!,[2] Richard in Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married,[3] and as Michael the Geordie in the Alan Partridge programs and films.
[2][4] He also voices Captain Barnacles in the Octonauts franchise, the twins in the Shaun the Sheep films, and Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei the meerkats in the comparethemarket.com adverts.
[6][7] He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as Steve Coogan, who was two years below him and would later become a repeat collaborator.
Earlier roles include as policemen in Life Without George (1987), One Foot in the Grave (1990),[2][6] and Between the Lines (1993);[3] as various characters in Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998),[6] Pond Life (2000),[citation needed] and Monkey Dust (2003);[6] and as the voices of Mr. Bump, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr.