John Shrapnel
Ülke: United Kingdom
Cinsiyet: M
Doğum günü: 1942-04-27
Öldü: 2020-02-14
Biyografi
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.
Aktör:
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1. Horizon (1964), dizisi...Self - Narrator
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2. Hennessy (1975), film...Tipaldi
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3. Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978), dizisi
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4. Timon of Athens (1981), film...Alcibiades
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5. King Lear (1982), film...Earl of Kent
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6. Doğal Dünya (1983), dizisi...Self - Narrator
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7. Wagner (1983), dizisi...Semper
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8. Personal Services (1987), film...Lionel
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...Psychiatrist
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10. Young Catherine (1991), film...Archimandrite Todorsky
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11. Secret History (1991), dizisi...Self - Narrator
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12. Fatherland (1994), film...General Globus
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13. 101 dalmaçyali (1996), film...Skinner
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14. Ask Engel tanimaz (1999), film...PR Chief
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15. Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), film...Simon
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16. Gladyatör (2000), film...Gaius
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17. Gizemli Keşif (2001), film...Moshe Cohen
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18. Claim (2002), film...Lex Vandenberg
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19. K-19 - Tehlikeli saatler (2002), film...Admiral Bratyeev
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20. Alone (2002), film...Hannah
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21. Truva (2004), film...Nestor
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22. Shadow of the Sword (2005), film...Archbishop
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23. Shadow of the Sword (2005), film...Archbishop
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24. Alien Autopsy (2006), film...Michael Kuhn
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25. Elizabeth: Altın çağ (2007), film...Lord Howard
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26. Sparkle (2007), film...Bernie
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27. Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies (2007), film...Self - Narrator (voice)
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28. Aynalar (2008), film...Lorenzo Sapelli
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29. Düşes (2008), film...General Grey
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30. Apparitions (2008), dizisi...Cardinal Bukovak
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31. Öbür Dünyadan (2011), film...Reverend Hugh Purslow
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32. Hamlet (2015), film...Claudius / Ghost
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33. Kral Charles III (2017), film...Archbishop of Canterbury
Anlatıcı:
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1. Timewatch (1982), dizisi
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2. Biography (1987), dizisi
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3. Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (2003), film
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4. Treasure Quest (2009), dizisi
