Shaun Prendergast
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 5, 1958
- 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.
Filmography
Wicked 2024
as Shiz President
TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective 2023
as Self
Peterloo 2018
as Magistrate Bolt
London Unplugged 2018
as Bithem
The Hole 2017
Writer
I, Daniel Blake 2016
as At the Sawmill
Remainder 2015
as DI Merril
Harrigan 2013
as Atkins
Fast Track: No Limits 2008
as Heinrich Glietsch
Frozen 2005
as Man in pub
AKA 2002
as Prison officer
The Vanishing Man 1997
as Gimson
In the Bleak Midwinter 1995
as Mule Train Man
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994
as Ship's Crew
Wallpaper Warrior 1992
as D.C. Porter
Henry V 1989
as Bates
Twelfth Night, or What You Will 1988
as Fabian
Credits from TMDB.