---
name: "Waen Shepherd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/waen-shepherd"
fi1m_id: "waen-shepherd"
imdb_id: "nm1508314"
tmdb_id: 1496267
wikidata_id: "Q7959393"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 October 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-03T00:15:00.997474+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."
---

# Waen Shepherd

## Identity

Waen Shepherd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/waen-shepherd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** waen-shepherd
- **IMDb ID:** nm1508314
- **TMDB ID:** 1496267
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7959393
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waen_Shepherd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7959393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1496267

Composer. Born 23 October 1971 in Castleford.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 October 1971, Castleford
- **Active:** 2008–2017
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waen_Shepherd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7959393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1496267

## Biography

Waen Shepherd is an English actor, comedian and composer. Born in Castleford in 1971, he studied at Oriel College, Oxford, and performed with the Oxford Revue.

Shepherd is known for television roles including Captain Helix in the BBC series *Hyperdrive* (2006–2007) and John Kennedy in *The Inbetweeners* (2009–2010). He appeared as Gav and composed the music for the film *The Ghoul* (2017). He created comedy characters such as Gary Le Strange and won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer in 2003.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Ghoul* (2017), Fi1m 68, as Gav — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghoul.md)
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), Fi1m 84, as John Kennedy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *The Diary of My Broken Vagina* (2019), Music
- *The Ghoul* (2017), as Gav · Music — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghoul.md)
- *The Monster* (2015), as Compositor
- *The Baron* (2013), Music
- *The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!* (2013), series, as Club Singer
- *The Last Summer on Earth* (2013), as Dad
- *This Christmastime* (2010), Actor
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), series, as John Kennedy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)
- *Hyperdrive* (2006), series, as Captain Helix

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