Shaun Prendergast

Shaun Prendergast (born 1958) is an English actor and writer. He was born in North Shields and holds a BA Hons from Bretton Hall College. Prendergast has appeared in various TV shows including The Bill, EastEnders, Holby City, Hotel Babylon, The Lightning Kid, Heartbeat, New Tricks, Emmerdale, Collision, Tracy Beaker Returns, Casualty, Doctors, WPC 56, Father Brown, and Waterloo Road. He has also worked as an actor and playwright in residence for Northumberland Theatre Company and was a founder member of Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company. Prendergast has received awards such as a Sony Award, a Writers' Guild Award, and a Time Out Award. In addition to his acting career, he published his first novel, Benny Blue Eyes, in 2020.