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Personal Info

Birth date

1958-12-05 (66 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK

Also known as

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Shaun Prendergast

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting

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

Writing

2017The Hole ... Writer

2002Cavegirl (1 Episode) ... Writer

1999My Parents Are Aliens (1 Episode) ... Writer

1998Microsoap (2 Episodes) ... Writer

1991Soldier Soldier (1 Episode) ... Writer