Biography
Shaun Prendergast is an English actor and writer. Born in North Shields, Northumberland, he holds a BA (Hons) from Bretton Hall College. He began his career as an actor and playwright in residence with the Northumberland Theatre Company, later joining the BBC Radio Drama Company and becoming a founder member of Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company.
His film roles include Bates in Henry V (1989), a ship's crew member in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), At the Sawmill in I, Daniel Blake (2016), Magistrate Bolt in Peterloo (2018) and the Shiz President in Wicked (2024). On television he has appeared in Ted Lasso (2020), Industry (2020), Father Brown (2013) and Waterloo Road. He has also written extensively for television, radio and theatre, and published the novel Benny Blue Eyes in 2020. His awards include a Sony Award, a Writers' Guild Award and a Time Out Award.
