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John Shrapnel‌

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John Shrapnel

Birmingham, England, UK

John Shrapnel

Birmingham, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1942-04-27

Popularity

star8.2

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 characters, in Death in Chorus and Written in Blood. Shrapnel appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek as Professor Lance Graumann in the episode The Omega Man. He appears in Chemical Wedding alongside Simon Callow, telling the tale of the resurrection of occultist Aleister Crowley. Shrapnel also has experience in the field of BBC radio drama through such characters as Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and William Gibson's Neuromancer. He is the son-in-law of Deborah Kerr through his 1975 marriage to her younger daughter Francesca Ann Bartley. They have three sons, the actors Lex Shrapnel (b.1979), Tom Shrapnel (b.1981) and the writer Joe Shrapnel (b.1976). They live in Highbury, north London.

Movie Credits

Gladiator

Gladiator‌
star8.2
calendar 2000

Notting Hill

Notting Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1999

Troy

Troy‌
star7.2
calendar 2004

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker‌
star6.5
calendar 2002

Alien Autopsy

Alien Autopsy‌
star5.6
calendar 2006

The Body

The Body‌
star5.4
calendar 2001

Hamlet Within

Hamlet Within‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Alone

Alone‌
star4.6
calendar 2002

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising‌
star6.3
calendar 1989

Chemical Wedding

Chemical Wedding‌
star4.4
calendar 2008

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters‌
star7.1
calendar 1999

Claim

Claim‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Wild Women of Viramba

Wild Women of Viramba‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Hitting Town

Hitting Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Awakening

The Awakening‌
star6.4
calendar 2011

OXI, an Act of Resistance

OXI, an Act of Resistance‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

An Organization of Dreams

An Organization of Dreams‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

The Ha-Ha

The Ha-Ha‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth‌
star7.0
calendar 2013

Animals of the Ocean Desert

Animals of the Ocean Desert‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Partition

Partition‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Selling Hitler

Selling Hitler‌
star7.0
calendar 1991

Personal Services

Personal Services‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Shadow of the Sword

Shadow of the Sword‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

The Tom Machine

The Tom Machine‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Professional Foul

Professional Foul‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story‌
star6.5
calendar 1990

Hamlet

Hamlet‌
star8.2
calendar 2015

The Return of the Flying Scotsman

The Return of the Flying Scotsman‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Fatherland

Fatherland‌
star6.2
calendar 1994

Gossip from the Forest

Gossip from the Forest‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt‌
star10.0
calendar 2004

The Three Hostages

The Three Hostages‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age‌
star6.7
calendar 2007

Hennessy

Hennessy‌
star4.7
calendar 1975

England, My England

England, My England‌
star5.0
calendar 1995

Lion Queen

Lion Queen‌
star9.0
calendar 1998

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale‌
star7.7
calendar 2015

Supermassive Black Holes

Supermassive Black Holes‌
star7.6
calendar 2000

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies‌
star7.0
calendar 2007

King Charles III

King Charles III‌
star6.3
calendar 2017

Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida‌
star8.0
calendar 1981

Two Deaths

Two Deaths‌
star5.4
calendar 1996

Testimony

Testimony‌
star5.7
calendar 1988

The Duchess

The Duchess‌
star7.0
calendar 2008

101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians‌
star5.9
calendar 1996

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King‌
star2.0
calendar 1986

Theban Plays: Antigone

Theban Plays: Antigone‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Mirrors

Mirrors‌
star6.3
calendar 2008

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

King Lear

King Lear‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

Whistle

Whistle‌
star6.1
calendar 2002

Poppyland

Poppyland‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Edward & Mrs. Simpson‌
star10.0
calendar 1978

King Arthur: His Life and Legends

King Arthur: His Life and Legends‌
star10.0
calendar 1995

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Pope Joan

Pope Joan‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre‌
star9.5
calendar 2009

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Mary, Mother of Jesus‌
star4.4
calendar 1999

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

The Race for Everest

The Race for Everest‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Burston Rebellion

The Burston Rebellion‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich‌
star4.5
calendar 1992

Tv Credits

I Am Not an Animal

I Am Not an Animal‌
star8.6
calendar 2004

Elizabeth R

Elizabeth R‌
star7.4
calendar 1971

Apparitions

Apparitions‌
star7.3
calendar 2008

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson‌
star6.2
calendar 1978

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Bodyguards

Bodyguards‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Natural World

Natural World‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Predators Killing for a Living

Predators Killing for a Living‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

New Tricks

New Tricks‌
star7.4
calendar 2004

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
star7.3
calendar 2001

About Face

About Face‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

G.B.H.

G.B.H.‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek‌
star7.4
calendar 1997

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.6
calendar 1997

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries‌
star7.1
calendar 2002

Justice

Justice‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

The 10th Kingdom

The 10th Kingdom‌
star7.6
calendar 2000

Invasion: Earth

Invasion: Earth‌
star6.1
calendar 1998

Centrepoint

Centrepoint‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

The Woman in White

The Woman in White‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

Wycliffe

Wycliffe‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Space: 1999

Space: 1999‌
star7.1
calendar 1975

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.6
calendar 1997

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales‌
star6.8
calendar 1992

Armchair Thriller

Armchair Thriller‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Merlin

Merlin‌
star7.9
calendar 2008