Acting · North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK · Born December 5, 1958
Shaun Prendergast (born 1958) is an English actor and writer, born in North Shields, educated at Collingwood School, Oswin terrace North Shields, Norham High and Tynemouth Sixth Form College and trained at Bretton Hall College (BA Hons). Predergast's first play Potter's Wheel, written when a student, won five awards at the 1980 National Student Drama Festival including Best New Play and was subsequently presented at the Old Vic as part of an NSDF showcase season. He is married to Niki Winterson (of Wintersons Talent Management) and has a stepson Domenic and a daughter, Molly. They live in London. He was an actor and playwright in residence for Northumberland Theatre Company before joining the BBC Radio Drama Company, and subsequently became a founder member of Kenneth Branagh's newly formed Renaissance Theatre Company. Awards include a Sony Award, a Writers Guild Award and a Time Out Award. Christmas of 2010 saw Shaun play the role of Sarah the Cook in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, directed by Steve Marmion.
MovieWicked
2024
as Shiz President
TVThe Good Ship Murder
2023
as Johnny Taylor
MovieTUGS: A Bigg Retrospective
2023
as Self
TVIndustry
2020
as George
TVTed Lasso
2020
as Paparazzi
MoviePeterloo
2018
as Magistrate Bolt
MovieLondon Unplugged
2018
as Bithem
TVDark Angel
2016
as Sgt Hutchinson
MovieI, Daniel Blake
2016
as At the Sawmill
MovieRemainder
2015
as DI Merril
MovieHarrigan
2013
as Atkins
TVWPC 56
2013
as Henry Fuller
TVWay to Go
2013
as Grant
TVFather Brown
2013
as George Murray
MovieFast Track: No Limits
2008
as Heinrich Glietsch
TVWaterloo Road
2006
as Robert Bain
MovieFrozen
2005
as Man in pub
TV55 Degrees North
2004
as Frank Galley
TVSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as Ned Hepworth
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Jerry Parnell
TVThe Basil Brush Show
2002
as David's Father
TVThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Sheehan
MovieAKA
2002
as Prison officer
TVThe Vanishing Man
1997
as Gimson
MovieThe Vanishing Man
1997
as Gimson
TVOur Friends in the North
1996
as Frankie
MovieIn the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Mule Train Man
MovieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Ship's Crew
TVMen of the World
1994
TVPie in the Sky
1994
as Quirke
TV(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Vic the Railwayman
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Trevor Sharpe
MovieWallpaper Warrior
1992
as D.C. Porter
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Ron Tidy
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as CSM George Marshall
TVWaiting for God
1990
as PC Wilkins
MovieHenry V
1989
as Bates
TVTUGS
1989
MovieTwelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Fabian
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