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name: "Michael Shaeffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-shaeffer"
roles: []
born: "21 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T15:30:17.907246+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Shaeffer

Actor. Born 21 January 1975 in Brockley, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 January 1975, Brockley, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 41 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18030626, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1563431

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Bodyguard*](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md) (77)

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## Biography

Michael Shaeffer is an English television and stage actor. He was born on 21 January 1975 in Brockley, London, and trained at Rose Bruford College.

He is known for playing Richard Longcross in the BBC series *Bodyguard* (2018). Other television credits include roles in *Black Mirror* (2013), *The ABC Murders* (2018), *The Salisbury Poisonings* (2020), *Game of Thrones* (2011) and *Chernobyl* (2019). Film appearances include *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005), *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016) and the 2000 adaptation of *Jesus Christ Superstar*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, conwayvangeldergrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fi1m 41, as Lead Poacher — [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md)
- *Bodyguard* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Longcross — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre at Home: London Road* (2026), as Alfie
- *Molly vs. THE MACHINES* (2026), as Senior Coroner
- *Shelter* (2026), as Uncle
- *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), as Lead Poacher — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md)
- *National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath* (2024), as Uncle John
- *Bodies* (2023), series, as Hayden Harker
- *SAS Rogue Heroes* (2022), series, as Lt. General Ritchie
- *Karen Pirie* (2022), series, as Weird Mackie Snr
- *All the Old Knives* (2022), as Treble
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Blond Man — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *London Fields* (2018), as Tony De Taunton
- *Bodyguard* (2018), series, as Longcross — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *Trauma* (2018), series, as Lee Ransen
- *Rellik* (2017), series, as Steven Mills
- *Oasis* (2017), series, as Phelps
- *Oasis* (2017), as Phelps
- *Taboo* (2017), series, as Dr. Powell
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), as General Corssin
- *Fire* (2016), as Ranger (Mark)
- *London Road* (2015), as Simon Newton
- *The Vote* (2015), as Gerry Henderson
- *Trance* (2013), as Security Guard #1
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), as Doorkeeper
- *Mrs Biggs* (2012), series, as Police Inspector
- *Broken* (2012), as Desk Sergeant
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Roy — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Ian Holland — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Stark Soldier — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Gordon Murray — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005), as Young Sergeant
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Jack Davey
- *Jesus Christ Superstar* (2000), as Annas
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Jason Bodle, Jason Bodie
- *Bluebird*, as Mark

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