Personal Info
John Morley Shrapnel
John Shrapnel
Acting
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. …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hamlet Within
King Charles III
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
as Narrator (Voice)
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
as Narrator - (Voice)
Hamlet
as Claudius/Ghost
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Camilo
OXI, an Act of Resistance
as Creon
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Duncan/Seyton/Old Man
Run.
as St. Peter
TV Shows
The Lions Rule
as Narrator (voice) · 3 ep.
Merlin
as The Sarrum · 1 ep.
Apparitions
as Cardinal Bukovak · 6 ep.
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Pompey · 1 ep.
New Tricks
as DAC John Felsham · 1 ep.
I Am Not an Animal
as Narrator (voice) · 6 ep.
Foyle's War
as Raymond Brooks · 1 ep.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Sergent Mike McCaffrey · 1 ep.
Waking the Dead
as John Christie · 2 ep.
The 10th Kingdom
as Governor of Prison · 5 ep.
