John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Shrapnel was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, the son of Mary Lillian Myfanwy (née Edwards) and journalist/author Norman Shrapnel.[1] As a stage actor, he was a member of Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre company and the Royal Shakespeare Company and most recently appeared as Sir Oliver Surface in The School for Scandal (directed by Deborah Warner) at the Barbican Centre in 2011. He has also appeared extensively in film and on television in roles in Elizabeth R, Z-Cars, Edward and Mrs. Simpson, 101 Dalmatians, Space: 1999, Inspector Morse, Coogan's Run, Notting Hill and Foyle's War. He presented an episode of the 1983 BBC television travel series Great Little Railways. He gave performances in three entries in the BBC Television Shakespeare plays and as Creon in the BBC's 1984 productions of the Three Theban plays of Sophocles. In America, he has starred in supporting roles as Senator Gaius in Gladiator, Nestor in Troy and Pompey in the second episode of Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. He also played the Jail Warden in the 10th Kingdom, an epic fantasy miniseries. He has the rare achievement of appearing in two episodes of Midsomer Murders as two different characters, in Death in Chorus and Written in Blood. Shrapnel appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek as Professor Lance Graumann in the episode The Omega Man. He appears in Chemical Wedding alongside Simon Callow, telling the tale of the resurrection of occultist Aleister Crowley. Shrapnel also has experience in the field of BBC radio drama through such characters as Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and William Gibson's Neuromancer. He is the son-in-law of Deborah Kerr through his 1975 marriage to her younger daughter Francesca Ann Bartley. They have three sons, the actors Lex Shrapnel (b.1979), Tom Shrapnel (b.1981) and the writer Joe Shrapnel (b.1976). They live in Highbury, north London.

Peran Terkenal

Tentang

Stage Name: John Shrapnel

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.6786

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1942-04-27

Lokasi Lahir: Birmingham, England, UK

Riwayat Perfilman

2017

The Lions Rule

Narrator (voice)

2017

King Charles III

Archbishop of Canterbury

2016

The Return of the Flying Scotsman

Narrator - (Voice)

2015

Hamlet

Claudius/Ghost

2013

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Duncan, King of Scotland/Seyton, attendant to Macbeth/Old Man

2011

The Awakening

Reverend Hugh Purslow

2008

Apparitions

Cardinal Bukovak

2008

Merlin

The Sarrum

2008

The Duchess

General Grey

2008

Mirrors

Lorenzo Sapelli

2008

Chemical Wedding

Crowley

2007

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

Himself (Narrator)

2006

Alien Autopsy

Michael Kuhn

2005

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

Narrator (English Version)

2005

Shadow of the Sword

Archbishop

2004

Troy

Nestor

2004

I Am Not an Animal

Narrator

2004

New Tricks

DAC John Felsham

2002

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

Narrator (English Version)

2002

Whistle

Paul

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

Admiral Bratyeev

2002

Claim

Lex Vandenberg

2002

Alone

Hannah

2002

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Sergent Mike McCaffrey

2001

The Gentleman Thief

Monty Sinclair

2001

Waking the Dead

John Christie

2001

The Body

Moshe Cohen

2000

Gladiator

Gaius

2000

The 10th Kingdom

Governor of Prison

1999

Notting Hill

PR Chief

1998

Invasion: Earth

Air Marshal Bentley

1997

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

Narrator (English voice)

1997

Jonathan Creek

Prof. Lance Graumann

1997

Bodyguards

Commander Alan MacIntyre

1997

Midsomer Murders

Max Jennings

1997

Midsomer Murders

Leo Clarke

1996

101 Dalmatians

Skinner

1996

Two Deaths

Cinca

1995

Kavanagh Q.C.

Mr. Justice Griffin

1995

England, My England

Samuel Pepys

1994

Fatherland

General Globus

1994

Wycliffe

Dr. Sam Malvern

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Claudius / The Ghost (voice)

1992

Between the Lines

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning

1992

Between the Lines

D.C.C. Dunning

1991

Selling Hitler

Gerd Schulte-Hillen

1991

G.B.H.

Dr Jacobs

1990

Centrepoint

Claud Wareing

1988

Testimony

Andre Zhdanov

1987

Partition

General Flood

1987

Inspector Morse

Dr. Julian Storrs

1985

The Burston Rebellion

Rev. Charles Tucker Eland

1985

Poppyland

George Sims

1983

Natural World

Narrator

1982

King Lear

Earl of Kent

1982

The Woman in White

Sir Percival Glyde

1981

Timon of Athens

Alcibiades

1979

Gossip from the Forest

Matthias Erzberger

1978

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Major Alexander Hardinge

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Maj. Alexander Hardinge

1978

Flayed

Robert

1978

Armchair Thriller

Vincent Craig

1977

Professional Foul

McKendrick

1976

Hitting Town

Leonard Brazil (voice)

1975

Hennessy

Tipaldi

1975

Space: 1999

Jack Tanner

1975

King Lear

Duke of Cornwall

1972

Pope Joan

Father James

1971

Justice

Roger Anderson

1971

Elizabeth R

Earl of Sussex

1969

The Ha-Ha

Jamie

1967

Omnibus

Zborowski