Acting
Shaun Prendergast
EN cinema · 17 credits
Born
5 December 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
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
Wicked
as Shiz President
Peterloo
as Magistrate Bolt
London Unplugged
as Bithem
The Hole
Writer
I, Daniel Blake
as At the Sawmill
Remainder
as DI Merril
Harrigan
as Atkins
Fast Track: No Limits
as Heinrich Glietsch
Frozen
as Man in pub
AKA
as Prison officer
The Vanishing Man
as Gimson
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Mule Train Man
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Ship's Crew
Wallpaper Warrior
as D.C. Porter
Henry V
as Bates