John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Acting

Born April 27, 1942 · Birmingham, England, UK

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 Nat…

Known for

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Merlin

Merlin

2008

Natural World

Natural World

1983

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

Acting(130)

2022Hamlet Within

2017The Lions RuleNarrator (voice)

2017King Charles IIIArchbishop of Canterbury

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2017Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside StoryNarrator (Voice)

2016The Return of the Flying ScotsmanNarrator - (Voice)

2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TaleCamilo

2015HamletClaudius/Ghost

2014OXI, an Act of ResistanceCreon

2014Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the MountainNarrator

2013National Theatre Live: MacbethDuncan/Seyton/Old Man

2013Run.St. Peter

2011The AwakeningReverend Hugh Purslow

2009National Theatre Live: PhèdreThéramène

2009An Organization of DreamsFather

2008ApparitionsCardinal Bukovak

2008MerlinThe Sarrum

2008The DuchessGeneral Grey

2008MirrorsLorenzo Sapelli

2008Chemical WeddingCrowley

2007Hindenburg: Titanic of the SkiesHimself (Narrator)

2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeLord Howard

2007Once Upon a Time on the WestwayBilly Palmer

2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpirePompey

2006Alien AutopsyMichael Kuhn

2005Wachau - Valley of Golden MagicNarrator (English Version)

2005Shadow of the SwordArchbishop

2004Seven Wonders of Ancient GreeceNarrator

2004I Am Not an AnimalNarrator (voice)

2004Seven Wonders of Ancient EgyptNarrator

2004Seven Wonders of Ancient RomeNarrator

2004New TricksDAC John Felsham

2003The Race for EverestNarrator

2003Wild Women of VirambaNarrator

2002Schönbrunn - Well of BeautyNarrator (English Version)

2002Foyle's WarRaymond Brooks

2002WhistlePaul

2002K-19: The WidowmakerAdmiral Bratyeev

2002ClaimLex Vandenberg

2002AloneHannah

2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSergent Mike McCaffrey

2001The Gentleman ThiefMonty Sinclair

2001Animals of the Ocean DesertNarrator

2001Waking the DeadJohn Christie

2001Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2Narrator

2001The BodyMoshe Cohen

2000Horizon: Supermassive Black HolesNarrator

2000GladiatorGaius

2000The 10th KingdomGovernor of Prison

2000Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and IrvineSelf - Narrator

1999Mary, Mother of JesusSimon

1999Notting HillPR Chief

1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersGeneral Charette

1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaIwaszkiewicz

1998Lion QueenNarrator (voice)

1998Invasion: EarthAir Marshal Bentley

1997St. Stephen's: The Living CathedralNarrator (English voice)

1997Predators Killing for a Living

1997Jonathan CreekProf. Lance Graumann

1997BodyguardsCommander Alan MacIntyre

1997Midsomer MurdersMax Jennings

1997True TildaReverand Glasson

1996101 DalmatiansSkinner

1996Two DeathsCinca

1996Alien EmpireNarrator

1995Coogan's RunDouglas Crown

1995King Arthur: His Life and Legends

1995Kavanagh Q.C.Mr. Justice Griffin

1995England, My EnglandSamuel Pepys

1994FatherlandGeneral Globus

1994WycliffeDr. Sam Malvern

1993Selling HitlerGerd Schulte-Hillen

1992HamletClaudius

1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesClaudius / The Ghost (voice)

1992Between the LinesDeputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning

1992SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard HeydrichNarrator

1991Selling HitlerGerd Schülte-Hillen

1991G.B.H.Dr Jacobs

1991For the Greater GoodNorman May-Boys MP

1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryBKA Police Chief

1990CentrepointClaud Wareing

1990The ChiefDan Cheyney

1989BlackeyesDetective Blake

1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingPsychiatrist

1988TestimonyAndre Zhdanov

1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersThomas Mann

1987Vanity FairLord Steyne

1987PartitionGeneral Flood

1987Personal ServicesLionel

1986Theban Plays: AntigoneCreon

1986Theban Plays: Oedipus at ColonusCreon

1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingCreon

1985The Burston RebellionRev. Charles Tucker Eland

1985PoppylandGeorge Sims

1985Screen TwoRev. Charles Tucker Eland

1984Sorrell and SonThomas Roland

1984Mr. Palfrey of WestminsterAdrian Vyner

1983Natural WorldNarrator

1982King LearEarl of Kent

1982The Woman in WhiteSir Percival Glyde

1981Troilus & CressidaHector

1981Private SchulzGerman Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)

1981Timon of AthensAlcibiades

1980The Tom Machine

1980The VictimVincent Craig

1979ScreenplayMatthias Erzberger

1979Gossip from the ForestMatthias Erzberger

1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonMajor Alexander Hardinge

1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonMaj. Alexander Hardinge

1978FlayedRobert

1978Armchair ThrillerVincent Craig

1977The Three HostagesGaudian

1977Professional FoulMcKendrick

1977BBC2 Play of the WeekMcKendrick

1976Hitting TownLeonard Brazil (voice)

1976Plays for BritainVoice of Leonard Brazil

1975HennessyTipaldi

1975Space: 1999Jack Tanner

1975King LearDuke of Cornwall

1974Good GirlChristopher Wimple

1972Pope JoanFather James

1971Nicholas and AlexandraPetya

1971JusticeRoger Anderson

1971Elizabeth REarl of Sussex

1969It's Called the Sugar PlumWally Zuckerman

1969The Ha-HaJamie

1967OmnibusZborowski

1967ITV PlayhouseSchoner

1965BBC Play of the MonthDuke of Cornwall