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Shaun Prendergast

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Shaun Prendergast

Born December 5, 1958 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK15 films

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.

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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.

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I, Daniel Blake posterFirst watchI, Daniel Blake20167.7as At the SawmillA 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

15 films as actor
  1. 2024WickedShiz President
  2. 2018PeterlooMagistrate Bolt
  3. 2018London UnpluggedBithem
  4. 2016I, Daniel BlakeAt the Sawmill
  5. 2015RemainderDI Merril
  6. 2013HarriganAtkins
  7. 2008Fast Track: No LimitsHeinrich Glietsch
  8. 2005FrozenMan in pub
  9. 2002AKAPrison officer
  10. 1997The Vanishing ManGimson
  11. 1995In the Bleak MidwinterMule Train Man
  12. 1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinShip's Crew
  13. 1992Wallpaper WarriorD.C. Porter
  14. 1989Henry VBates
  15. 1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillFabian