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name: "Shaun Prendergast"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shaun-prendergast"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 December 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:07.418880+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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# Shaun Prendergast

Actor. Born 5 December 1958 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 December 1958, North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–present

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Shiz President — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, as George — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, as Paparazzi — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), Fi1m 82, as At the Sawmill — [page](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md)
- *Our Friends in the North* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Frankie — [page](https://film.one/tv/our-friends-in-the-north.md)

## Also known for

- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Ship's Crew
- *Henry V* (1989), Bates
- *Peterloo* (2018), Magistrate Bolt
- *Father Brown* (2013), George Murray
- *Fast Track: No Limits* (2008), Heinrich Glietsch
- *In the Bleak Midwinter* (1995), Mule Train Man
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), Sheehan
- *Remainder* (2015), DI Merril

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