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.
Gladiator2000
Notting Hill1999
Troy2004
K-19: The Widowmaker2002
Alien Autopsy2006
The Body2001
How to Get Ahead in Advertising1989
Chemical Wedding2008
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters1999
The Awakening2011
National Theatre Live: Macbeth2013
Partition1987
Personal Services1987
Hamlet2015
Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007
Hennessy1975
England, My England1995
Fatherland1994
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale2015
King Charles III2017
Two Deaths1996
The Duchess2008
Testimony1988
101 Dalmatians1996
Mirrors2008
Nicholas and Alexandra1971
King Lear1982
Whistle2002
Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978
Pope Joan1972
National Theatre Live: Phèdre2009
Mary, Mother of Jesus1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1999
Shadow of the Sword2005
I Am Not an Animal2004
Natural World1983
Apparitions2008
Between the Lines1992
Waking the Dead2001
G.B.H.1991
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002
The 10th Kingdom2000
The Woman in White1982
Space: 19991975
Merlin2008
Elizabeth R1971- Edward and Mrs Simpson1978
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006
Jonathan Creek1997
Midsomer Murders1997
Justice1971
Invasion: Earth1998
Wycliffe1994- Midsomer Murders1997
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992
New Tricks2004- Between the Lines1992