John Shrapnel

Actor

Born: April 27, 1942
Died: February 14, 2020 (age 77)
From: Birmingham, England, UK

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…

Filmography (81)

Hamlet Within (2022)
King Charles III (2017)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story (2017)
Narrator (Voice)
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
The Return of the Flying Scotsman (2016)
Narrator - (Voice)
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
Camilo
Hamlet (2015)
Claudius/Ghost
OXI, an Act of Resistance
OXI, an Act of Resistance (2014)
Creon
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain (2014)
Narrator
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
Duncan/Seyton/Old Man
Run. (2013)
St. Peter
The Awakening (2011)
Reverend Hugh Purslow
National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)
Théramène
An Organization of Dreams (2009)
Father
The Duchess (2008)
General Grey
Mirrors (2008)
Lorenzo Sapelli
Chemical Wedding (2008)
Crowley
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies (2007)
Himself (Narrator)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Lord Howard
Once Upon a Time on the Westway (2007)
Billy Palmer
Alien Autopsy (2006)
Michael Kuhn
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic (2005)
Narrator (English Version)
Shadow of the Sword (2005)
Archbishop
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (2004)
Narrator
Troy (2004)
Nestor
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt (2004)
Narrator
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (2004)
Narrator
The Race for Everest (2003)
Narrator
Wild Women of Viramba
Wild Women of Viramba (2003)
Narrator
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (2002)
Narrator (English Version)
Whistle (2002)
Paul