Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1942-04-27
- Day of Death2020-02-14 (77 years)
- Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK
- Also Known AsJohn Morley Shrapnel
John Shrapnel
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2017
The Lions Rule
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2017
King Charles III
As: Archbishop of Canterbury
- 2017
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
As: Narrator (Voice)
- 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
As: Camilo
- 2015
Hamlet
As: Claudius/Ghost
- 2014
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
As: Narrator
- 2013
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
As: Duncan, King of Scotland/Seyton, attendant to Macbeth/Old Man
- 2013
Run.
As: St. Peter
2011The Awakening
As: Reverend Hugh Purslow
2009National Theatre Live: Phèdre
As: Théramène
2009An Organization of Dreams
As: Father
2008Apparitions
As: Cardinal Bukovak
2008Merlin
As: The Sarrum
2008The Duchess
As: General Grey
- 2008
Mirrors
As: Lorenzo Sapelli
2008Chemical Wedding
As: Crowley
2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age
As: Lord Howard
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
As: Pompey
2006Alien Autopsy
As: Michael Kuhn
2005Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
As: Narrator (English Version)
2005Shadow of the Sword
As: Archbishop
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
As: Narrator
- 2004
Troy
As: Nestor
2004I Am Not an Animal
As: Narrator
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
As: Narrator
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
As: Narrator
2004New Tricks
As: DAC John Felsham
2002Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
As: Narrator (English Version)
2002Foyle's War
As: Raymond Brooks
2002Whistle
As: Paul
2002K-19: The Widowmaker
As: Admiral Bratyeev
2002Claim
As: Lex Vandenberg
2002Alone
As: Hannah
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
As: Sergent Mike McCaffrey
2001The Gentleman Thief
As: Monty Sinclair
2001Animals of the Ocean Desert
As: Narrator
2001Waking the Dead
As: John Christie
2001Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
As: Narrator
2001The Body
As: Moshe Cohen
2000Supermassive Black Holes
As: Narrator
- 2000
Gladiator
As: Gaius
2000The 10th Kingdom
As: Governor of Prison
1999Mary, Mother of Jesus
As: Simon
- 1999
Notting Hill
As: PR Chief
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
As: General Charette
1999The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
As: Iwaszkiewicz
1998Invasion: Earth
As: Air Marshal Bentley
1997St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
As: Narrator (English voice)
1997Jonathan Creek
As: Prof. Lance Graumann
1997Bodyguards
As: Commander Alan MacIntyre
1997Midsomer Murders
As: Max Jennings
- 1997
Midsomer Murders
As: Leo Clarke
1997True Tilda
As: Reverand Glasson
- 1996
101 Dalmatians
As: Skinner
1996Two Deaths
As: Cinca
1995Kavanagh Q.C.
As: Mr. Justice Griffin
1995England, My England
As: Samuel Pepys
1994Fatherland
As: General Globus
1994Wycliffe
As: Dr. Sam Malvern
1993Selling Hitler
As: Gerd Schulte-Hillen
1992Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
As: Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
1992Between the Lines
As: Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning
- 1992
Between the Lines
As: D.C.C. Dunning
1991G.B.H.
As: Dr Jacobs
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
As: BKA Police Chief
1989How to Get Ahead in Advertising
As: Psychiatrist
1988Testimony
As: Andre Zhdanov
1988The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
As: Thomas Mann
1987Partition
As: General Flood
1987Personal Services
As: Lionel
1986Theban Plays: Antigone
As: Creon
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
As: Creon
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
As: Creon
1985The Burston Rebellion
As: Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
1983Natural World
As: Narrator
1982King Lear
As: Earl of Kent
1982The Woman in White
As: Sir Percival Glyde
1981Troilus & Cressida
As: Hector
1981Timon of Athens
As: Alcibiades
1979Gossip from the Forest
As: Matthias Erzberger
1978Edward and Mrs Simpson
As: Major Alexander Hardinge
1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson
As: Maj. Alexander Hardinge
1978Flayed
As: Robert
1978Armchair Thriller
As: Vincent Craig
1977Professional Foul
As: McKendrick
1977BBC2 Play of the Week
As: McKendrick
- 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
As: Robert
1975Hennessy
As: Tipaldi
1975Space: 1999
As: Jack Tanner
1975King Lear
As: Duke of Cornwall
1972Pope Joan
As: Father James
1971Nicholas and Alexandra
As: Petya
1971Justice
As: Roger Anderson
1971Elizabeth R
As: Earl of Sussex
1967Omnibus
As: Zborowski
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: Duke of Cornwall
- 1965
BBC Play of the Month
As: Viktor Myshlaevsky