1942Born, Birmingham
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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…
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GladiatorGaius
TroyNestor
Notting HillPR Chief
101 DalmatiansSkinner
MirrorsLorenzo Sapelli2022Hamlet WithinMovie
2017The Lions RuleNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2017King Charles IIIArchbishop of CanterburyMovie
2017Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside StoryNarrator (Voice)Movie
2016The Return of the Flying ScotsmanNarrator - (Voice)Movie
2015Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's TaleCamiloMovie
2015HamletClaudius/GhostMovie
2014OXI, an Act of ResistanceCreonMovie
2014Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the MountainNarratorMovie
2013National Theatre Live: MacbethDuncan/Seyton/Old ManMovie
2013Run.St. PeterMovie
2011The AwakeningReverend Hugh PurslowMovie
2009National Theatre Live: PhèdreThéramèneMovie
2009An Organization of DreamsFatherMovie
2008ApparitionsCardinal Bukovak · 6 episodesShow
2008MerlinThe Sarrum · 1 episodeShow
2008The DuchessGeneral GreyMovie
2008MirrorsLorenzo SapelliMovie
2008Chemical WeddingCrowleyMovie
2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeLord HowardMovie
2007Once Upon a Time on the WestwayBilly PalmerMovie
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpirePompey · 1 episodeShow
2006Alien AutopsyMichael KuhnMovie
2005Shadow of the SwordArchbishopMovie
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient GreeceNarratorMovie
2004TroyNestorMovie
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient EgyptNarratorMovie
2004Seven Wonders of Ancient RomeNarratorMovie
2004New TricksDAC John Felsham · 1 episodeShow
2003The Race for EverestNarratorMovie
2003Wild Women of VirambaNarratorMovie
2002Foyle's WarRaymond Brooks · 1 episodeShow
2002WhistlePaulMovie
2002K-19: The WidowmakerAdmiral BratyeevMovie
2002ClaimLex VandenbergMovie
2002AloneHannahMovie
2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSergent Mike McCaffrey · 1 episodeShow
2001The Gentleman ThiefMonty SinclairMovie
2001Animals of the Ocean DesertNarratorMovie
2001Waking the DeadJohn Christie · 2 episodesShow
2001Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2NarratorMovie
2001The BodyMoshe CohenMovie
2001The Misfit and the MatterhornNarratorMovie
2000Horizon: Supermassive Black HolesNarratorMovie
2000GladiatorGaiusMovie
2000The 10th KingdomGovernor of Prison · 5 episodesShow
1999Mary, Mother of JesusSimonMovie
1999Notting HillPR ChiefMovie
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersGeneral CharetteMovie
1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaIwaszkiewiczMovie
1998Solo ShuttleCainMovie
1998Lion QueenNarrator (voice)Movie
1998Invasion: EarthAir Marshal Bentley · 6 episodesShow
1997Predators Killing for a Living13 episodesShow
1997Jonathan CreekProf. Lance Graumann · 1 episodeShow
1997BodyguardsCommander Alan MacIntyre · 7 episodesShow
1997True TildaReverand Glasson · 6 episodesShow
1996101 DalmatiansSkinnerMovie
1996Two DeathsCincaMovie
1996Alien EmpireNarrator · 6 episodesShow
1995Coogan's RunDouglas Crown · 1 episodeShow
1995King Arthur: His Life and LegendsMovie
1995Kavanagh Q.C.Mr. Justice Griffin · 1 episodeShow
1995England, My EnglandSamuel PepysMovie
1994FatherlandGeneral GlobusMovie
1994WycliffeDr. Sam Malvern · 1 episodeShow
1993Selling HitlerGerd Schulte-HillenMovie
1992HamletClaudiusMovie
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesClaudius / The Ghost (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1992Between the LinesDeputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning, D.C.C. Dunning · 13 episodesShow
1992SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard HeydrichNarratorMovie
1991Selling HitlerGerd Schülte-Hillen · 1 episodeShow
1991G.B.H.Dr Jacobs · 3 episodesShow
1991For the Greater GoodNorman May-Boys MP · 2 episodesShow
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryBKA Police ChiefMovie
1990CentrepointClaud Wareing · 4 episodesShow
1990The ChiefDan Cheyney · 1 episodeShow
1989BlackeyesDetective Blake · 3 episodesShow
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