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John Shrapnel
Acting

John Shrapnel
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-04-27,Birmingham, England, UK
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

8.216

Gladiator
2000-05-04

7.264

Notting Hill
1999-05-21

7.2

Troy
2004-05-13

K-19: The Widowmaker

6.5

K-19: The Widowmaker
2002-07-19

5.6

Alien Autopsy
2006-04-07

5.5

The Body
2001-04-13

0

Hamlet Within
2022-05-21

4.6

Alone
2002-04-11

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

6.3

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989-05-05

Chemical Wedding

4.4

Chemical Wedding
2008-05-04

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

7.1

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999-04-02

5.5

Claim
2002-07-16

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

0

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997-12-23

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

0

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
2005-06-08

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

0

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002-12-19

Wild Women of Viramba

0

Wild Women of Viramba
2003-01-15

0

Hitting Town
1976-04-26

6.4

The Awakening
2011-08-17

OXI, an Act of Resistance

0

OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014-10-09

An Organization of Dreams

0

An Organization of Dreams
2009-01-02

0

The Ha-Ha
1969-08-25

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

7

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013-07-19

Animals of the Ocean Desert

0

Animals of the Ocean Desert
2001-06-21

5

Partition
1987-08-19

7

Selling Hitler
1991-06-11

Personal Services

6

Personal Services
1987-02-12

Shadow of the Sword

5.7

Shadow of the Sword
2005-05-12

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

7

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
2017-05-03

The Tom Machine

0

The Tom Machine
1980-11-20

Professional Foul

6

Professional Foul
1977-09-21

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

6.5

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990-12-09

8.2

Hamlet
2015-03-23

The Return of the Flying Scotsman

0

The Return of the Flying Scotsman
2016-03-06

6.2

Fatherland
1994-11-26

Gossip from the Forest

0

Gossip from the Forest
1979-07-28

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt

10

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
2004-02-17

Timon of Athens

7

Timon of Athens
1981-04-16

The Three Hostages

0

The Three Hostages
1977-12-27

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

6.723

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007-09-09

4.7

Hennessy
1975-12-31

England, My England

5

England, My England
1995-01-01

9

Lion Queen
1998-06-01

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

7.7

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015-11-30

Supermassive Black Holes

7.6

Supermassive Black Holes
2000-11-30

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

7

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
2007-09-17

King Charles III

6.3

King Charles III
2017-05-10

Troilus & Cressida

8

Troilus & Cressida
1981-11-07

5.4

Two Deaths
1996-06-14

5.7

Testimony
1988-11-01

7

The Duchess
2008-09-05

5.9

101 Dalmatians
1996-11-27

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

2

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

0

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
1986-09-17

Theban Plays: Antigone

0

Theban Plays: Antigone
1986-09-19

6.3

Mirrors
2008-08-15

Nicholas and Alexandra

6.9

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971-11-29

6

King Lear
1982-09-19

6.1

Whistle
2002-08-22

0

Poppyland
1985-01-13

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

10

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978-11-06

King Arthur: His Life and Legends

10

King Arthur: His Life and Legends
1995-09-18

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

0

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
2004-01-01

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

0

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
2004-06-01

6.2

Pope Joan
1972-08-16

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

9.5

National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009-06-25

Mary, Mother of Jesus

4.4

Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999-11-14

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

7

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
2001-05-31

The Race for Everest

0

The Race for Everest
2003-05-27

The Burston Rebellion

0

The Burston Rebellion
1985-02-24

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

0

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999-01-01

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

0

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
2014-01-01

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

4.5

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
1992-01-01

0

Flayed
1978-02-22

I Am Not an Animal

8.6

I Am Not an Animal
2004-05-10

7.4

Elizabeth R
1971-02-17

7.2

Apparitions
2008-11-13

Edward and Mrs Simpson

6.2

Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978-11-08

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

7.3

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006-09-21

0

Bodyguards
1997-05-01

7

Natural World
1983-10-30

Predators Killing for a Living

0

Predators Killing for a Living
1997-09-03

Between the Lines

5.6

Between the Lines
1992-09-04

7.4

New Tricks
2004-01-01

Waking the Dead

7.2

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

5

About Face
1989-11-06

6.3

G.B.H.
1991-06-06

7.4

Jonathan Creek
1997-05-09

6.6

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995-01-03

Midsomer Murders

7.554

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

7.1

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002-04-08

6

Justice
1971-10-08

The 10th Kingdom

7.561

The 10th Kingdom
2000-02-27

Invasion: Earth

6.1

Invasion: Earth
1998-05-08

6

Centrepoint
1990-10-08

The Woman in White

5

The Woman in White
1982-04-14

Between the Lines

5.6

Between the Lines
1992-09-04

6

Wycliffe
1994-07-24

7.1

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

Midsomer Murders

7.554

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

6.846

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992-11-09

Armchair Thriller

4.2

Armchair Thriller
1978-02-21

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

0

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988-01-10

7.851

Merlin
2008-09-20

Inspector Morse

7.8

Inspector Morse
1987-01-06

9

The Lions Rule
2017-09-20