Simon Brusis was born in Munich in 1978. He studied acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music and Theater in Leipzig. As part of his acting studies, he received a studio contract at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he was an ensemble member at the Staatstheater Meiningen and then made guest appearances at the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the schauspielfrankfurt and the Maxim Gorki Theater, among others. From 2008 to 2009 he was a permanent ensemble member at Theater Magdeburg. From 2009 to 2011 he was in the ensemble of the Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam. Since 2011 he has worked freelance, among others at Theater Bonn, Deutsches Theater Berlin and Theater Dessau.