
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.

Father Brown
TV • 2013

Peak Practice
TV • 1993

Heartbeat
TV • 1992

Heartbeat
TV • 1992

Ted Lasso
TV • 2020

Industry
TV • 2020

Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994

Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991

Wicked
MOVIE • 2024

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV • 2002

The Good Ship Murder
TV • 2023

The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV • 1994

Waiting for God
TV • 1990

Our Friends in the North
TV • 1996

WPC 56
TV • 2013

55 Degrees North
TV • 2004

The Vanishing Man
TV • 1997