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John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Actor · Born 1942-04-27 · Birmingham, England, UK

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Biography

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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Gladiator (2000) — Gaius
  2. Troy (2004) — Nestor
  3. Notting Hill (1999) — PR Chief
  4. 101 Dalmatians (1996) — Skinner
  5. Mirrors (2008) — Lorenzo Sapelli
  6. The Duchess (2008) — General Grey
  7. The Awakening (2011) — Reverend Hugh Purslow
  8. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — Lord Howard
  9. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) — Admiral Bratyeev
  10. Merlin (2008) — The Sarrum
  11. I Am Not an Animal (2004) — Narrator (voice)
  12. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Max Jennings
  13. The 10th Kingdom (2000) — Governor of Prison
  14. The Body (2001) — Moshe Cohen
  15. Space: 1999 (1975) — Jack Tanner
  16. Fatherland (1994) — General Globus
  17. Alien Autopsy (2006) — Michael Kuhn
  18. Foyle's War (2002) — Raymond Brooks
  19. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) — Psychiatrist
  20. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) — Petya
  21. Jonathan Creek (1997) — Prof. Lance Graumann
  22. New Tricks (2004) — DAC John Felsham
  23. Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) — General Charette
  24. Personal Services (1987) — Lionel
  25. Waking the Dead (2001) — John Christie
  26. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) — Sergent Mike McCaffrey
  27. Apparitions (2008) — Cardinal Bukovak
  28. Chemical Wedding (2008) — Crowley
  29. Shadow of the Sword (2005) — Archbishop
  30. King Charles III (2017) — Archbishop of Canterbury
  31. Natural World (1983) — Narrator
  32. Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) — Pompey
  33. Whistle (2002) — Paul
  34. Elizabeth R (1971) — Earl of Sussex
  35. Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) — Simon
  36. G.B.H. (1991) — Dr Jacobs
  37. Invasion: Earth (1998) — Air Marshal Bentley
  38. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) — Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
  39. Between the Lines (1992) — Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning
  40. Hennessy (1975) — Tipaldi