
John Shrapnel
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- 27 de abril de 1942 – 14 de febrero de 2020 · a los 77 años
- 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 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.
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Filmografía48
- 2017
King Charles IIIPelícula6.4
- 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TalePelícula7.7
- 2013
National Theatre Live: MacbethPelícula6.9
- 2011
- 2009
National Theatre Live: PhèdrePelícula7.8
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2004

New TricksSerie7.3
- 2002
Foyle's WarSerie7.9
K-19: The WidowmakerPelícula6.6
The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSerie7.4
- 2001
- 2000
GladiatorPelícula8.2

- 1999

Notting HillPelícula7.3
Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersPelícula7.2
- 1997
Jonathan CreekSerie7.6

- 1996
- 1995
Kavanagh Q.C.Serie7.3
- 1994

WycliffeSerie6.8
- 1993
Selling HitlerPelícula8.0
- 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSerie6.5
Between the LinesSerie5.5
- 1990
The ChiefSerie7.0
- 1989
- 1987
- 1985
Screen TwoSerie7.1
- 1984
Mr. Palfrey of WestminsterSerie5.7
- 1983
- 1981
Private SchulzSerie5.3
- 1978
Edward & Mrs. SimpsonPelícula10.0
- 1977
BBC2 Play of the WeekSerie7.0
- 1975
- 1971

JusticeSerie7.3
Elizabeth RSerie7.5
- 1967
OmnibusSerie7.2
ITV PlayhouseSerie7.0
- 1965
BBC Play of the MonthSerie5.2













