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.
16 movies · 23 shows
Wicked
2024·6.9
TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective
2023·0.0
Peterloo
2018·6.8
London Unplugged
2018·4.4
I, Daniel Blake
2016·7.7
Remainder
2015·5.4
Harrigan
2013·4.7
Fast Track: No Limits
2008·5.9
Frozen
2005·5.9
AKA
2002·5.7
The Vanishing Man
1997·7.0
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995·7.1
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994·6.4
Wallpaper Warrior
1992·0.0
Henry V
1989·7.1
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988·7.4