Personal Info
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1942-04-27 (83 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
Also Known For
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Hamlet Within
|
2017 --
King Charles III
| Archbishop of Canterbury
2017 --
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
| Narrator (Voice)
2016 --
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
| Narrator - (Voice)
2015 --
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
| Camilo
2015 --
Hamlet
| Claudius/Ghost
2014 --
OXI, an Act of Resistance
| Creon
2014 --
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
| Narrator
2013 --
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
| Duncan, King of Scotland/Seyton, attendant to Macbeth/Old Man
2011 --
The Awakening
| Reverend Hugh Purslow
2009 --
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
| Théramène
2009 --
An Organization of Dreams
| Father
2008 --
The Duchess
| General Grey
2008 --
Mirrors
| Lorenzo Sapelli
2008 --
Chemical Wedding
| Crowley
2007 --
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
| Himself (Narrator)
2007 --
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
| Lord Howard
2006 --
Alien Autopsy
| Michael Kuhn
2005 --
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
| Narrator (English Version)
2005 --
Shadow of the Sword
| Archbishop
2004 --
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
| Narrator
2004 --
Troy
| Nestor
2004 --
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
| Narrator
2004 --
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
| Narrator
2003 --
The Race for Everest
| Narrator
2003 --
Wild Women of Viramba
| Narrator
2002 --
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
| Narrator (English Version)
2002 --
Whistle
| Paul
2002 --
K-19: The Widowmaker
| Admiral Bratyeev
2002 --
Claim
| Lex Vandenberg
2002 --
Alone
| Hannah
2001 --
The Gentleman Thief
| Monty Sinclair
2001 --
Animals of the Ocean Desert
| Narrator
2001 --
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
| Narrator
2001 --
The Body
| Moshe Cohen
2000 --
Supermassive Black Holes
| Narrator
2000 --
Gladiator
| Gaius
1999 --
Mary, Mother of Jesus
| Simon
1999 --
Notting Hill
| PR Chief
1999 --
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
| General Charette
1999 --
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
| Iwaszkiewicz
1997 --
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
| Narrator (English voice)
1996 --
101 Dalmatians
| Skinner
1996 --
Two Deaths
| Cinca
1995 --
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
|
1995 --
England, My England
| Samuel Pepys
1994 --
Fatherland
| General Globus
1992 --
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
| Narrator
1991 --
Selling Hitler
| Gerd Schulte-Hillen
1990 --
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
| BKA Police Chief
1989 --
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
| Psychiatrist
1988 --
Testimony
| Andre Zhdanov
1987 --
Partition
| General Flood
1987 --
Personal Services
| Lionel
1986 --
Theban Plays: Antigone
| Creon
1986 --
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
| Creon
1986 --
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
| Creon
1985 --
The Burston Rebellion
| Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
1985 --
Poppyland
| George Sims
1982 --
King Lear
| Earl of Kent
1981 --
Troilus & Cressida
| Hector
1981 --
Timon of Athens
| Alcibiades
1980 --
The Tom Machine
|
1979 --
Gossip from the Forest
| Matthias Erzberger
1978 --
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
| Maj. Alexander Hardinge
1978 --
Flayed
| Robert
1977 --
The Three Hostages
| Gaudian
1977 --
Professional Foul
| McKendrick
1976 --
Hitting Town
| Leonard Brazil (voice)
1975 --
Hennessy
| Tipaldi
1975 --
King Lear
| Duke of Cornwall
1972 --
Pope Joan
| Father James
1971 --
Nicholas and Alexandra
| Petya
1969 --
The Ha-Ha
| Jamie