John Shrapnel

Personal Info

Birthday

April 27, 1942

Day of Death

2020-02-14

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Also Known As

John 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 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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Space: 1999

Merlin

Foyle's War

Gladiator

Omnibus

BBC Play of the Month

Troy

Filmography

2017
King Charles III
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
as Narrator (Voice)
2016
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
as Narrator - (Voice)
2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Camilo
2014
OXI, an Act of Resistance
as Creon
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
Run.
as St. Peter
2011
The Awakening
as Reverend Hugh Purslow
2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Théramène
An Organization of Dreams
as Father
2008
The Duchess
as General Grey
Mirrors
as Lorenzo Sapelli
Chemical Wedding
as Crowley
2007
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
as Himself (Narrator)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Lord Howard
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)
Shadow of the Sword
as Archbishop
2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
as Narrator
Troy
as Nestor
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
as Narrator
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
as Narrator
2003
The Race for Everest
as Narrator
Wild Women of Viramba
as Narrator
2002
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
as Narrator (English Version)
Whistle
as Paul
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Admiral Bratyeev
Claim
as Lex Vandenberg
Alone
as Hannah
2001
The Gentleman Thief
as Monty Sinclair
Animals of the Ocean Desert
as Narrator
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
as Narrator
The Body
as Moshe Cohen
2000
Supermassive Black Holes
as Narrator
Gladiator
as Gaius
1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Simon
Notting Hill
as PR Chief
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as General Charette
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Iwaszkiewicz
1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
as Narrator (English voice)
1996
101 Dalmatians
as Skinner
Two Deaths
as Cinca
1995
England, My England
as Samuel Pepys
1994
Fatherland
as General Globus
1993
Selling Hitler
as Gerd Schulte-Hillen
1992
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as BKA Police Chief
1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Psychiatrist
1988
Testimony
as Andre Zhdanov
1987
Partition
as General Flood
Personal Services
as Lionel
1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Creon
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Creon
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Creon
1985
The Burston Rebellion
as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Poppyland
as George Sims
1982
King Lear
as Earl of Kent
1981
Troilus & Cressida
as Hector
Timon of Athens
as Alcibiades
1980
The Victim
as Vincent Craig
1979
Gossip from the Forest
as Matthias Erzberger
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Maj. Alexander Hardinge
Flayed
as Robert
1977
The Three Hostages
as Gaudian
Professional Foul
as McKendrick
1976
Hitting Town
as Leonard Brazil (voice)
1975
Hennessy
as Tipaldi
1972
Pope Joan
as Father James
1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Petya
1969
It's Called the Sugar Plum
as Wally Zuckerman
The Ha-Ha
as Jamie