John Shrapnel
Acting
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.…
Filmography
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Hamlet Within
2022
The Lions Rule
2017
King Charles III
2017
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
2017
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
Hamlet
2015
OXI, an Act of Resistance
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
2014
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
Run.
2013
The Awakening
2011
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
An Organization of Dreams
2009
Apparitions
2008
Merlin
2008
The Duchess
2008
Mirrors
2008
Chemical Wedding
2008
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
Alien Autopsy
2006
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
2005
Shadow of the Sword
2005
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
2004
Troy
2004
I Am Not an Animal
2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
2004
New Tricks
2004
The Race for Everest
2003
Wild Women of Viramba
Wild Women of Viramba
2003
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
Foyle's War
2002
Whistle
2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Claim
2002
Alone
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
The Gentleman Thief
2001
Animals of the Ocean Desert
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
2001
The Body
2001
Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes
2000
Gladiator
2000
The 10th Kingdom
2000
Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine
2000
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
Notting Hill
1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
Lion Queen
1998
Invasion: Earth
1998
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
Predators Killing for a Living
1997
Jonathan Creek
1997
Bodyguards
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
True Tilda
True Tilda
1997
101 Dalmatians
1996
Two Deaths
1996
Coogan's Run
1995
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
England, My England
1995
Fatherland
1994
Wycliffe
1994
Selling Hitler
1993
Hamlet
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Between the Lines
1992
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
1992
Selling Hitler
1991
G.B.H.
1991
For the Greater Good
1991
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
Centrepoint
Centrepoint
1990