Shaun Prendergast

Shaun Prendergast

Known for
Acting
Born
December 5, 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Number 10

Number 10

TV · 6 eps

2024
Wicked poster

Wicked

Movie · as Shiz President

2023
TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective poster

TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2023
The Good Ship Murder poster

The Good Ship Murder

TV · as Johnny Taylor · 1 ep

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Paparazzi · 3 eps

2020
Industry poster

Industry

TV · as George · 1 ep

2018
Peterloo poster

Peterloo

Movie · as Magistrate Bolt

2018
London Unplugged poster

London Unplugged

Movie · as Bithem

2016
I, Daniel Blake poster

I, Daniel Blake

Movie · as At the Sawmill

2016
Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

TV · as Sgt Hutchinson · 2 eps

2015
Remainder poster

Remainder

Movie · as DI Merril

2013
Harrigan poster

Harrigan

Movie · as Atkins

2013
WPC 56 poster

WPC 56

TV · as Henry Fuller · 1 ep

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as George Murray · 1 ep

2013
Way to Go poster

Way to Go

TV · as Grant · 1 ep

2008
Fast Track: No Limits poster

Fast Track: No Limits

Movie · as Heinrich Glietsch

2006
Waterloo Road poster

Waterloo Road

TV · as Robert Bain · 7 eps

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Daniel · 1 ep

2005
Frozen poster

Frozen

Movie · as Man in pub

2004
55 Degrees North poster

55 Degrees North

TV · as Frank Galley · 1 ep

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Jerry Parnell · 1 ep

2003
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World poster

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

TV · as Ned Hepworth · 1 ep

2002
AKA poster

AKA

Movie · as Prison officer

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Sheehan · 1 ep

2002
The Basil Brush Show poster

The Basil Brush Show

TV · as David's Father · 1 ep

1997
The Vanishing Man poster

The Vanishing Man

Movie · as Gimson

1997
The Vanishing Man poster

The Vanishing Man

TV · as Gimson · 1 ep

1996
Our Friends in the North poster

Our Friends in the North

TV · as Frankie · 1 ep

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter poster

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie · as Mule Train Man

1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie · as Ship's Crew

1994
Men of the World poster

Men of the World

TV · 1 ep

1994
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

TV · as Quirke · 1 ep

1994
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front poster

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front

TV · as Vic the Railwayman · 2 eps

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Trevor Sharpe · 12 eps

1992
Wallpaper Warrior poster

Wallpaper Warrior

Movie · as D.C. Porter

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Ron Tidy, Harry Marvin · 1 ep

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as CSM George Marshall · 3 eps

1990
Waiting for God poster

Waiting for God

TV · as PC Wilkins · 1 ep

1989
Henry V poster

Henry V

Movie · as Bates

1989
TUGS poster

TUGS

TV · as Sunshine / Zak (voice) · 13 eps

1988
Twelfth Night, or What You Will poster

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Movie · as Fabian