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John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

27/04/1942

Day of Death

14/02/2020
(78) years old

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

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 Sur... Read More

Known For

Hamlet Within

Hamlet Within

King Charles III

King Charles III

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Hamlet

Hamlet

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Run.

Run.

Filmography

Cast

2022

Hamlet Within

2017

King Charles III

as Archbishop of Canterbury

2017

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Stor...

as Narrator (Voice)

2016

The Return of the Flying Scotsman

as Narrator - (Voice)

2015

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

as Camilo

2015

Hamlet

as Claudius/Ghost

2014

OXI, an Act of Resistance

as Creon

2014

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving H...

as Narrator

2013

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Duncan, King of Scotland/Seyton, attenda...

2013

Run.

as St. Peter

2011

The Awakening

as Reverend Hugh Purslow

2009

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

as Théramène

2009

An Organization of Dreams

as Father

2008

The Duchess

as General Grey

2008

Mirrors

as Lorenzo Sapelli

2008

Chemical Wedding

as Crowley

2007

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

as Himself (Narrator)

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as Lord Howard

2007

Once Upon a Time on the Westway

as Billy Palmer

2006

Alien Autopsy

as Michael Kuhn

2005

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

as Narrator (English Version)

2005

Shadow of the Sword

as Archbishop

2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

as Narrator

2004

Troy

as Nestor

2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt

as Narrator

2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

as Narrator

2003

The Race for Everest

as Narrator

2003

Wild Women of Viramba

as Narrator

2002

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

as Narrator (English Version)

2002

Whistle

as Paul

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

as Admiral Bratyeev

2002

Claim

as Lex Vandenberg

2002

Alone

as Hannah

2001

The Gentleman Thief

as Monty Sinclair

2001

Animals of the Ocean Desert

as Narrator

2001

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

as Narrator

2001

The Body

as Moshe Cohen

2000

Supermassive Black Holes

as Narrator

2000

Gladiator

as Gaius

1999

Mary, Mother of Jesus

as Simon

1999

Notting Hill

as PR Chief

1999

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

as General Charette

1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

as Iwaszkiewicz

1997

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

as Narrator (English voice)

1996

101 Dalmatians

as Skinner

1996

Two Deaths

as Cinca

1995

King Arthur: His Life and Legends

1995

England, My England

as Samuel Pepys

1994

Fatherland

as General Globus

1993

Selling Hitler

as Gerd Schulte-Hillen

1992

Hamlet

as Claudius/Ghost

1992

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heyd...

as Narrator

1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside St...

as BKA Police Chief

1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

as Psychiatrist

1988

Testimony

as Andre Zhdanov

1987

Partition

as General Flood

1987

Personal Services

as Lionel

1986

Theban Plays: Antigone

as Creon

1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

as Creon

1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Creon

1985

The Burston Rebellion

as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland

1985

Poppyland

as George Sims

1982

King Lear

as Earl of Kent

1981

Troilus & Cressida

as Hector

1981

Timon of Athens

as Alcibiades

1980

The Tom Machine

1980

The Victim

as Vincent Craig

1979

Gossip from the Forest

as Matthias Erzberger

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Maj. Alexander Hardinge

1978

Flayed

as Robert

1977

The Three Hostages

as Gaudian

1977

Professional Foul

as McKendrick

1976

Hitting Town

as Leonard Brazil (voice)

1975

Hennessy

as Tipaldi

1975

King Lear

as Duke of Cornwall

1972

Pope Joan

as Father James

1971

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Petya

1969

It's Called the Sugar Plum

as Wally Zuckerman

1969

The Ha-Ha

as Jamie