John Shrapnel
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Hamlet Within
2022
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
2017
as Narrator (Voice)
King Charles III
2017
as Archbishop of Canterbury
The Lions Rule
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
2016
as Narrator - (Voice)
Hamlet
2015
as Claudius/Ghost
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Camilo
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
as Creon
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
2014
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
as Duncan/Seyton/Old Man
Run.
2013
as St. Peter
The Awakening
2011
as Reverend Hugh Purslow
An Organization of Dreams
2009
as Father
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
as Théramène
Chemical Wedding
2008
as Crowley
The Duchess
2008
as General Grey
Mirrors
2008
as Lorenzo Sapelli
Apparitions
2008
as Cardinal Bukovak
Merlin
2008
as The Sarrum
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Lord Howard
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
2007
as Himself (Narrator)
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
as Billy Palmer
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Michael Kuhn
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Pompey
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
2005
as Narrator (English Version)
Shadow of the Sword
2005
as Archbishop
Troy
2004
as Nestor
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
2004
as Narrator
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
2004
as Narrator
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
2004
as Narrator
I Am Not an Animal
2004
as Narrator (voice)
New Tricks
2004
as DAC John Felsham
Wild Women of Viramba
2003
as Narrator
The Race for Everest
2003
as Narrator
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Admiral Bratyeev
Alone
2002
as Hannah
Claim
2002
as Lex Vandenberg
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
as Narrator (English Version)
Whistle
2002
as Paul
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Sergent Mike McCaffrey
Foyle's War
2002
as Raymond Brooks
The Body
2001
as Moshe Cohen
Animals of the Ocean Desert
2001
as Narrator
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
2001
as Narrator
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Monty Sinclair
The Misfit and the Matterhorn
2001
as Narrator
Waking the Dead
2001
as John Christie
Gladiator
2000
as Gaius
Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes
2000
as Narrator
Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine
2000
as Self - Narrator
The 10th Kingdom
2000
as Governor of Prison
Notting Hill
1999
as PR Chief
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as General Charette
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Simon
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Iwaszkiewicz
Lion Queen
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Solo Shuttle
1998
as Cain
Invasion: Earth
1998
as Air Marshal Bentley
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (English voice)
Bodyguards
1997
as Commander Alan MacIntyre
Predators Killing for a Living
1997
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Prof. Lance Graumann
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Max Jennings
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Leo Clarke
True Tilda
1997
as Reverand Glasson
Two Deaths
1996
as Cinca
101 Dalmatians
1996
as Skinner
Alien Empire
1996
as Narrator
England, My England
1995
as Samuel Pepys
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Mr. Justice Griffin
Coogan's Run
1995
as Douglas Crown
Fatherland
1994
as General Globus
Wycliffe
1994
as Dr. Sam Malvern
Selling Hitler
1993
as Gerd Schulte-Hillen
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
1992
as Narrator
Hamlet
1992
as Claudius
Between the Lines
1992
as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning
Between the Lines
1992
as D.C.C. Dunning
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
G.B.H.
1991
as Dr Jacobs
For the Greater Good
1991
as Norman May-Boys MP
Selling Hitler
1991
as Gerd Schülte-Hillen
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
as BKA Police Chief
Centrepoint
1990
as Claud Wareing
The Chief
1990
as Dan Cheyney
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Psychiatrist
About Face
1989
Blackeyes
1989
as Detective Blake
Testimony
1988
as Andre Zhdanov
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Thomas Mann
Partition
1987
as General Flood
Personal Services
1987
as Lionel
Vanity Fair
1987
as Lord Steyne
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Creon
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Creon
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
1986
as Creon
Poppyland
1985
as George Sims
The Burston Rebellion
1985
as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Screen Two
1985
as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Screen Two
1985
as Heiger
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Adrian Vyner
Sorrell and Son
1984
as Thomas Roland
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
King Lear
1982
as Earl of Kent
The Woman in White
1982
as Sir Percival Glyde
Timon of Athens
1981
as Alcibiades
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Hector
Private Schulz
1981
as German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
The Tom Machine
1980
The Victim
1980
as Vincent Craig
Gossip from the Forest
1979
as Matthias Erzberger
Screenplay
1979
as Matthias Erzberger
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Maj. Alexander Hardinge
Flayed
1978
as Robert
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Major Alexander Hardinge
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Vincent Craig
Professional Foul
1977
as McKendrick
The Three Hostages
1977
as Gaudian
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as McKendrick
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Robert
Hitting Town
1976
as Leonard Brazil (voice)
Plays for Britain
1976
as Voice of Leonard Brazil
Hennessy
1975
as Tipaldi
King Lear
1975
as Duke of Cornwall
Space: 1999
1975
as Jack Tanner
Good Girl
1974
as Christopher Wimple
Pope Joan
1972
as Father James
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Petya
Elizabeth R
1971
as Earl of Sussex
Justice
1971
as Roger Anderson
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Jamie
It's Called the Sugar Plum
1969
as Wally Zuckerman
Omnibus
1967
as Zborowski
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Schoner
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Duke of Cornwall
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Viktor Myshlaevsky