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 Dalmat
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Known For Acting
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Gender Male
Birthday 1942-04-27
Place of Birth Birmingham, England, UK
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John Shrapnel 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, I . . . . Read More moss
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King Charles III as Archbishop of Canterbury 2017
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 2015
Hamlet as Claudius/Ghost 2014
OXI, an Act of Resistance as Creon 2014
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain as Narrator 2013
National Theatre Live: Macbeth as Duncan/Seyton/Old Man 2011
The Awakening as Reverend Hugh Purslow 2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Théramène 2009
An Organization of Dreams as Father 2008
The Duchess as General Grey 2008
Mirrors as Lorenzo Sapelli 2008
Chemical Wedding as Crowley 2007
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies as Himself (Narrator) 2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Lord Howard 2007
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) 2005
Shadow of the Sword as Archbishop 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece as Narrator 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt as Narrator 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome as Narrator 2003
The Race for Everest as Narrator 2003
Wild Women of Viramba as Narrator 2002
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty as Narrator (English Version) 2002
K-19: The Widowmaker as Admiral Bratyeev 2002
Claim as Lex Vandenberg 2001
The Gentleman Thief as Monty Sinclair 2001
Animals of the Ocean Desert as Narrator 2001
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2 as Narrator 2001
The Body as Moshe Cohen 2000
Supermassive Black Holes as Narrator 1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus as Simon 1999
Notting Hill as PR Chief 1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as General Charette 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Iwaszkiewicz 1998
Lion Queen as Narrator (voice) 1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral as Narrator (English voice) 1996
101 Dalmatians as Skinner 1995
King Arthur: His Life and Legends as 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 1987
Personal Services as Lionel 1986
Theban Plays: Antigone as Creon 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus as Creon 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Creon 1985
The Burston Rebellion as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland 1985
Poppyland as George Sims 1982
King Lear as Earl of Kent 1981
Troilus & Cressida as Hector 1981
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 1977
The Three Hostages as Gaudian 1977
Professional Foul as McKendrick 1976
Hitting Town as Leonard Brazil (voice) 1975
King Lear as Duke of Cornwall 1972
Pope Joan as Father James 1971
Nicholas and Alexandra as Petya 1969
It's Called the Sugar Plum as Wally Zuckerman
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Earl of Sussex
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Cardinal Bukovak
Coming Soon (5 episode) as Major Alexander Hardinge
Coming Soon (7 episode) as Commander Alan MacIntyre
Coming Soon (10 episode) as Narrator
Coming Soon (13 episode) as
Coming Soon (13 episode) as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning
Coming Soon (1 episode) as DAC John Felsham
Coming Soon (2 episode) as John Christie
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Dr Jacobs
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Prof. Lance Graumann
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Mr. Justice Griffin
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Max Jennings
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Sergent Mike McCaffrey
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Roger Anderson
Coming Soon (5 episode) as Governor of Prison
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Air Marshal Bentley
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Claud Wareing
Coming Soon (5 episode) as Sir Percival Glyde
Coming Soon (1 episode) as D.C.C. Dunning
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Dr. Sam Malvern
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Jack Tanner
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Leo Clarke
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Vincent Craig
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Thomas Mann
Coming Soon (1 episode) as The Sarrum
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Zborowski
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Pompey
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Raymond Brooks
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Reverand Glasson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Duke of Cornwall
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Viktor Myshlaevsky
Coming Soon (1 episode) as McKendrick
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Robert
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Dan Cheyney
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Adrian Vyner
Coming Soon (5 episode) as Lord Steyne
Coming Soon (3 episode) as German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland 
