Simon Shepherd
{{short description|English actor (born 1956)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Simon Sheppard (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Simon Shepherd
| birth_name = Simon Stephen Shepherd
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1972–present
| known_for = Dr Will Preston in Peak Practice
| spouse = {{marriage|Alexandra Byrne|1980}}
| children = 4
}}
Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will Preston in eight series of ITV's Peak Practice and Doctor Jonathan Barling in Casualty.
Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.
As well as his television appearances he has had many notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.{{Cite web | url=http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/index.php?id=1845 |title = Bristol Old Vic Theatre|date = 4 October 2019}}
In popular culture
Simon Shepherd was regularly mentioned in the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom's crush and appeared as himself in an episode of each series.{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ikxuax/gimme-gimme-gimme-season-3/ | title=Gimme Gimme Gimme Season 3 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/simon_shepherd/ | title=Simon Shepherd | website=British Comedy Guide }}
He played Patrick Simmons in the 1984 Miss Marple TV-adaptation of A Murder is Announced.{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-lstsxb/miss-marple-a-murder-is-announced/ | title=Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced (TV Series) }} In 1989 he appeared in Henry V and in 1990 in Chancer.{{cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35bb54f | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024230044/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35bb54f | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 October 2020 | title=Simon Shepherd }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/simon-shepherd/bio/3030204126/ | title=Simon Shepherd }} He played Edgar Linton in the 1992 Wuthering Heights.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wuthering-heights-v154158/cast-crew | title=Wuthering Heights (1992) - Peter Kosminsky, Andrea Arnold | Cast and Crew | AllMovie }} In 1993 he appeared in Poirot (“Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan”) as Andrew Hall and in Peak Practice. In 1999 he appeared in Catherine Cookson’s Tilly Trotter and Rogue Trader. In 2008 he appeared in Agatha Christie’s Poirot (“Mrs McGinty’s Dead”) as Dr. Rendell. He appeared in the 2022 Midsomer Murders “The Scarecrow Murders”.{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/midsomer-murders-itv-cast/ | title=Meet the cast of Midsomer Murders }} He played Chief Inspector Dermott Craddock in the 2019 “The Mirror Crack’d” (stage play).{{cite web | url=https://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/whats-on/mirror-crackd | title=THE MIRROR CRAck'd | Cambridge Arts Theatre }}
On 16 February 2011 Simon Shepherd guest-starred in the 2000th episode of the BBC TV Drama Doctors.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/10/doctors.shtml | title=BBC - Press Office - Ian Lavender and Simon Shepherd join BBC One's Doctors 2000th episode }}
He played the role of Sir Norman Cavendish in the play The Duck House by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash,{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24108600 | title=The Duck House: MPs' expenses satire heads for West End | publisher=BBC News | work=bbc.co.uk/news | date=16 September 2013 | accessdate=16 September 2013}} starring alongside Ben Miller and Diana Vickers.{{cite web | url=http://playbill.com/news/article/182147-Political-Comedy-The-Duck-House-Will-Play-Londons-Vaudeville-Cast-Announced | title=Political Comedy The Duck House Will Play London's Vaudeville; Cast Announced | publisher=Playbill | work=playbill.com | date=16 September 2013 | accessdate=20 September 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925153332/http://playbill.com/news/article/182147-Political-Comedy-The-Duck-House-Will-Play-Londons-Vaudeville-Cast-Announced | archivedate=25 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }} The show is a political farce based on the UK parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009 and played a five-week tour in October 2013 before transferring to London's Vaudeville Theatre through spring 2014.
In 2017 he appeared in the BBC series Father Brown as Edward Reese in episode 5.11 "The Sins of Others".{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088ndn8 | title=BBC One - Father Brown, Series 5, the Sins of Others }}
On 25 March 2017 he starred in BBC1's Casualty as Dr. Jonathan Barling in the episode 'Five Days.'{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l4031 | title=BBC One - Casualty, Series 31, Five Days }} He reprised the role on 4 August 2018.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bffy0j | title=BBC One - Casualty, Series 32, Episode 44 }}
Personal life
He married the costume designer Alexandra Byrne in 1980 and they have four children. Shepherd supports several charities, especially those involving the well-being of children (Barnardo's, Tearfund BOPS and Save the Children).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1983
| Senior | |
| 1985
| Harding | |
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| Murder on Line One | Marty Jones | |
| Henry V
| Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester | |
| 1990
| Alexander | |
| 1992
| |
| 1997
| Doctor | |
| 1999
| Peter Norris | |
| 2001
| Two Days, Nine Lives | Rupert | |
| 2003
| Carmen | Magistrado | |
| 2012
| Frail | Newton | |
| 2019
| Bait | Tim Leigh | |
| 2021
| Giles Hobday | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1973
| Prince Fortunatus | Episode: "The Magician's Heart" |
| 1978
| Lillie | 2 episodes |
| 1979
| The House on Garibaldi Street | Nickalous | Television film |
| 1979–1982
| 2 episodes |
| 1980
| Company and Co | Otto Bokova | Episode: "In Concert" |
| 1981
| My Father's House | Jake Staveley | 3 episodes |
| 1982
| Cradall | Episode: "A Little Prep" |
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| The Blue Dress | Adam | Television film |
| Jackanory
| Prince Zorn | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| Second Lieutenant | Episode: "The Towers of Silence" |
| Sorrell and Son
| Duncan Scott | Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| 1984–1985
| Alan-a-Dale / Robert of Huntington (voices) | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced | Patrick Simmons | 3 episodes |
| Time and the Conways
| Robin Conway | Television film |
| Time for Murder
| Lawrence Penwarden | Episode: "This Lightning Always Strikes Twice" |
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| Peter Travis | Television film |
| Lytton's Diary
| TV Interviewer | Episode: "National Hero" |
| 1989
| The Dark Angel | Captain Oakley | 2 episodes |
| 1989–2000
| Stephen Devenish / Ivor Fairfax Swan | 4 episodes |
| 1990
| Sunday Pursuit | Mr. Gerald | Television film |
| 1990–1991
| Chancer | Piers Garfield-Ward | 20 episodes |
| 1991–2018
| Casualty | John Ferris / Dr. Jonathan Barling | 4 episodes |
| 1992
| Cluedo | Clive Moxton | Episode: "Deadly Dowry" |
| 1993
| It's Your Choice: Selection Skills for Managers | Interviewee #3 | Video |
| 1993–2002
| Dr. Will Preston | 81 episodes |
| 1993–2008
| Poirot | Dr. Rendell / Andrew Hall | 2 episodes |
| 1994
| Chris Bentley | Episode: "A Shot in the Dark" |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| Bliss | Sam Bliss | Television film |
| Beyond Reason
| Duncan McAllister | Television film |
| 1996
| Narrator | Segment: "The Insatiable Mrs Kirsch" |
| 1998
| A Life for a Life | Taylor | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| Mark Sopwith | 4 episodes |
| Warriors
| Major 'Brick' Stone | TV series |
| 1999−2001
| Himself | 3 episodes |
| 2006
| Simon | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| Peter Rackham | Episode: "Episode #1.3" |
| Heartbeat
| Edward Wilson | Episode: "Danse Macabre" |
| 2010
| Tom Viner | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| Doctors | George Liston | Episode: "Quarantine" |
| Holby City
| Tony Valentine | Episode: "In Between Days" |
| 2014
| Jacob Doran | Episode: "Political Suicide" |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Edward Reese | Episode: "The Sins of Others" |
| Riviera
| Alan Morgan | Episode: "Faussaires / Counterfeiters" |
| 2019
| Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators | Frederick Greenwood | Episode: "The Envious Court" |
| 2020–2021
| Sir David Friend | 3 episodes |
| 2021
| Reverend Oscar Hayden | Episode: "Scarecrow Murders" |
=Short films=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Trip - A Mythology | Jack Kerouac Character | |
| 2002
| Pas de Trois | Toby | |
| 2009
| Luke & the Void | George | |
| 2011
| David Rose | Doctor | |
| 2020
| Returning | Ed | |
| 2021
| On Island West | Hector | |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0791871|name=Simon Shepherd}}
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Category:Male actors from Bristol
Category:People educated at Clifton College
Category:Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male musical theatre actors
Category:English male Shakespearean actors