Acting
John Shrapnel
- Titles
- 77movies49TV shows
- Career
Active from 1969 to 2017, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 32top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Edward & Mrs. Simpson87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Satire & Parody3.2average 2.3
- Nostalgia4.6average 3.7
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Social Commentary5.6average 4.9
- Uncanny3.1average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.4, average 3.0
- Adrenaline3.9, average 4.9
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Intriguing Plot 2
- Dark Satire 2
- Nature Documentary 2
- Visually Stunning 2
- Period Piece 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Educational & Informative 2
- Mystery 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Political Thriller 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Terence RigbyActorEngland, My England, Testimony, The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Michael KitchenActorFatherland, King Lear, Hamlet
Tony PalmerDirectorEngland, My England, Testimony, The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Vernon DobtcheffActorThe Body, Testimony
Miriam MargolyesActorThe Ha-Ha, Alone
Mick FordActorHow to Get Ahead in Advertising, Hitting Town
Peter VaughanActorFatherland, Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Simon CallowActorChemical Wedding, England, My England
Isla BlairActorTrue Tilda, Poppyland
Penelope WiltonActorKing Lear, The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Bernard HillActorThe Burston Rebellion, Professional Foul
Richard WilsonActorHow to Get Ahead in Advertising, Poppyland
Movies and TV shows
1242010s
11 titles · average score 72
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Archbishop of Canterbury
as Narrator (Voice)
as Narrator - (Voice)
as Claudius/Ghost
as Creon
as St. Peter
as Duncan/Seyton/Old Man
as Reverend Hugh Purslow
2000s
35 titles · average score 62
as Crowley
TV show · as Cardinal Bukovak
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Nestor
as Narrator
as Admiral Bratyeev
as Hannah
as Lex Vandenberg
as Moshe Cohen
as Monty Sinclair
as Gaius
as Narrator
1990s
31 titles · average score 67
as General Charette
as Simon
as Iwaszkiewicz
as PR Chief
TV show · as Commander Alan MacIntyre
TV show · as Leo Clarke / Max Jennings
TV show · as Prof. Lance Graumann
as Skinner
TV show · as Narrator
as General Globus
as Claudius
1980s
23 titles · average score 68
as Psychiatrist
as Andre Zhdanov
as General Flood
as Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
TV show · as Heiger / Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
TV show · as Thomas Roland
TV show · as Narrator
TV show · as Sir Percival Glyde
as Earl of Kent
TV show · as German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
as Vincent Craig
1970s
19 titles · average score 67
as Matthias Erzberger
as Maj. Alexander Hardinge
TV show · as Major Alexander Hardinge
TV show · as Vincent Craig
as McKendrick
TV show · as McKendrick / Robert
as Leonard Brazil (voice)
TV show · as Jack Tanner
as Tipaldi
TV show · as Earl of Sussex
as Petya
TV show · as Roger Anderson
1960s
5 titles · average score 66
as Wally Zuckerman
as Jamie
TV show · as Zborowski
TV show · as Schoner
TV show · as Viktor Myshlaevsky / Duke of Cornwall