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.
2024Wicked as Shiz President
2023TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective as Self
2020Industry (1 Episode) as George
2020Ted Lasso (3 Episodes) as Paparazzi
2018Peterloo as Magistrate Bolt
2018London Unplugged as Bithem
2016Dark Angel (2 Episodes) as Sgt Hutchinson
2016I, Daniel Blake as At the Sawmill
2015Remainder as DI Merril
2013Harrigan as Atkins
2013WPC 56 (1 Episode) as Henry Fuller
2013Father Brown (1 Episode) as George Murray
2008Fast Track: No Limits as Heinrich Glietsch
2005Frozen as Man in pub
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (1 Episode) as Sheehan
2002AKA as Prison officer
1997The Vanishing Man as Gimson
1996Our Friends in the North (1 Episode) as Frankie
1995In the Bleak Midwinter as Mule Train Man
1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Ship's Crew
1994Men of the World (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Pie in the Sky (1 Episode) as Quirke
1994(All Quiet on the) Preston Front (2 Episodes) as Vic the Railwayman
1993Peak Practice (12 Episodes) as Trevor Sharpe
1992Wallpaper Warrior as D.C. Porter
1992Heartbeat (1, 1 Episode) as Ron Tidy, Harry Marvin
1991Soldier Soldier (3 Episodes) as CSM George Marshall
1990Waiting for God (1 Episode) as PC Wilkins
1989Henry V as Bates
1989Tugs (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1988Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Fabian
2017The Hole ... Writer
2002Cavegirl (1 Episode) ... Writer
1999My Parents Are Aliens (1 Episode) ... Writer
1998Microsoap (2 Episodes) ... Writer
1991Soldier Soldier (1 Episode) ... Writer