Shaun Prendergast
Born: 1958-12-05 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Wicked as Shiz President
2023
- The Good Ship Murder as Johnny Taylor
- TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective as Self
2018
- Peterloo as Magistrate Bolt
- London Unplugged as Bithem
2017
- The Hole ... (Writer)
2016
- Dark Angel as Sgt Hutchinson
- I, Daniel Blake as At the Sawmill
2015
- Remainder as DI Merril
2013
- Father Brown as George Murray
- WPC 56 as Henry Fuller
- Harrigan as Atkins
2008
- Fast Track: No Limits as Heinrich Glietsch
2005
- Frozen as Man in pub
2004
- 55 Degrees North as Frank Galley
2003
- The Afternoon Play as Jerry Parnell
- Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as Ned Hepworth
2002
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Sheehan
- The Basil Brush Show as David's Father
- Cavegirl ... (Writer)
- AKA as Prison officer
1999
- My Parents Are Aliens ... (Writer)
1998
- Microsoap ... (Writer)
1997
- The Vanishing Man as Gimson
- The Vanishing Man as Gimson
1996
- Our Friends in the North as Frankie
1995
- In the Bleak Midwinter as Mule Train Man
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Quirke
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Vic the Railwayman
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Ship's Crew
- Men of the World
1993
- Peak Practice as Trevor Sharpe
1992
- Heartbeat as Ron Tidy
- Wallpaper Warrior as D.C. Porter
1991
- Soldier Soldier as CSM George Marshall
1990
- Waiting for God as PC Wilkins
1988
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Fabian