John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1942-04-27
Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, UK
Also Known As: John Morley Shrapnel

Movies List of John Shrapnel

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Gladiator

2000 Movie
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Notting Hill

1999 Movie
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Troy

2004 Movie
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K-19: The Widowmaker

2002 Movie
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Alien Autopsy

2006 Movie
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The Body

2001 Movie
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Hamlet Within

2022 Movie
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Alone

2002 Movie
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Chemical Wedding

2008 Movie
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Claim

2002 Movie
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Wild Women of Viramba

2003 Movie
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Hitting Town

1976 Movie
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The Awakening

2011 Movie
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The Ha-Ha

1969 Movie
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Partition

1987 Movie
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Selling Hitler

1991 Movie
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Personal Services

1987 Movie
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Shadow of the Sword

2005 Movie
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The Tom Machine

1980 Movie
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Professional Foul

1977 Movie
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Hamlet

2015 Movie
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Fatherland

1994 Movie
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Timon of Athens

1981 Movie
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The Three Hostages

1977 Movie
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Hennessy

1975 Movie
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England, My England

1995 Movie
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Lion Queen

1998 Movie
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King Charles III

2017 Movie
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Troilus & Cressida

1981 Movie
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Two Deaths

1996 Movie
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Testimony

1988 Movie
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The Duchess

2008 Movie
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101 Dalmatians

1996 Movie
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Mirrors

2008 Movie
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King Lear

1982 Movie
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Whistle

2002 Movie
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Poppyland

1985 Movie
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978 Movie
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Pope Joan

1972 Movie
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Mary, Mother of Jesus

1999 Movie
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The Race for Everest

2003 Movie
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The Burston Rebellion

1985 Movie
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Flayed

1978 Movie