Michael Shaeffer Explained

Michael Shaeffer
Birth Date:1975 1, df=y
Birth Place:Brockley, London, England
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2000–present
Alma Mater:Rose Bruford College
Television:Bodyguard
The ABC Murders
The Salisbury Poisonings

Michael Shaeffer (born 21 January 1975) is an English actor, known for his roles as "Longcross" in the BBC political-thriller television series Bodyguard (2018),[1] Sergeant Yelland in the BBC mystery thriller The ABC Murders (2018)[2] and Stephen Kemp in the BBC fact-based drama The Salisbury Poisonings (2020).[3]

In Summer 2023, Shaeffer was cast in ‘Grenfell’, author and playwright Gillian Slovo’s verbatim theatre project with the community and survivors about the fire disaster, staged at the National Theatre, London’s Dorfman Theatre.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Great PerformancesAnnasJesus Christ Superstar
2002The SandwichNickShort Film
2005Kingdom of HeavenYoung Sergeant
2009M.I. HighButchEpisode: Dark Star
2011Silent WitnessJason BodleEpisode: A Guilty Mind: Part 1 & 2
2012BrokenDesk Sergeant
2012Game of ThronesStark SoldierEpisode: Valar Morghulis
2012Anna KareninaDoorkeeper
2012Mrs BiggsPolice InspectorEpisode: #1.1
2012Parade's EndRSMEpisode: #1.2
2013Black MirrorRoyEpisode: The Waldo Moment
2013TranceSecurity Guard #1
2013LutherGordon MurrayEpisode: #3.3
2015Foyle's WarJack DaveyEpisode: Trespass
2015The VoteGerry HendersonTV movie
2015London RoadSimon Newton
2015New TricksDCI Martin AckroydEpisode: Last Man Standing
2015The Girl in the DressVicar
2015FireRanger (Mark)
2016GrantchesterEric WhitakerEpisode: #2.3
2016Rogue OneGeneral Corssin
2017TabooDoctor PowellEpisode: #1.1
2017SS-GBDavidEpisode: #1.5
2017VeraIan HollandEpisode: Broken Promise
2017RellikSteven Mills[4] [5]
2018BodyguardLongcross
2018The ABC MurdersSergeant Yelland
2019ChernobylBlond Man
2020The Salisbury PoisoningsStephen Kemp
2020The LiberatorPop BullockTV miniseries
2022Neil Ritchie
2023BodiesHayden HarkerTV limited series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleWriterDirectorVenue
2014The Beautiful Game[6] Thomas[7] Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben EltonRobert CarsenCambridge Theatre, London
2014Mr BurnsSam, Mr.Burns[8] Anne WashburnRobert IckeAlmeida Theatre, London
2014Little RevolutionTony[9] [10] [11] Alecky BlytheJoe Hill-GibbinsAlmeida Theatre, London
2015How to Hold Your BreathJarron[12] [13] [14] Zinnie HarrisVicky FeatherstoneRoyal Court Theatre, London
2017Girl From The North CountryReverend Marlowe[15] Conor McPhersonLucy HindThe Old Vic, London
2017All About My MotherLola[16] [17] Pedro AlmodovarSamuel AdamsonThe Old Vic, London
2019A Very Expensive PoisonAndrei Lugovoi/Dr Gent/Gorbachev[18] [19] Lucy PrebbleJohn CrowleyThe Old Vic, London

Notes and References

  1. News: Bodyguard: The unanswered questions from the final episode, 24 September 2018 . BBC News . 24 September 2018 . 16 June 2020.
  2. News: Michael Schaeffer. 16 June 2020 . The Home of Agatha Christie.
  3. Web site: Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings, 6 June 2020 . Radio Times . 16 June 2020.
  4. Web site: A major 6 x 60 thriller series, Rellik tells the story of a serial killer in reverse, 5 September 2017 . BBC . 16 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Rellik recap: episode one – step right up for the gothic murder moonwalk, 11 September 2017 . The Guardian . 11 September 2017 . 16 June 2020.
  6. Web site: The Beautiful Game . The Beautiful Game . 21 June 2020.
  7. Web site: Elton and Lloyd Webber's game of two halves, 28 September 2000 . The Guardian . 27 September 2000 . 21 June 2020.
  8. News: Mr Burns: 'It's not a play about The Simpsons', 13 June 2014 . BBC News . 13 June 2014 . 19 June 2020.
  9. Web site: Little Revolution review – reading of the riots captures rifts but not the rage, 4 September 2014 . The Guardian . 4 September 2014 . 21 June 2020.
  10. Web site: Critics mixed over Almeida's Little Revolution, 5 September 2014 . WhatsOnStage . 21 June 2020.
  11. Web site: Little Revolution review – Hackney riots from the sidelines, 7 September 2014 . The Guardian . 6 September 2014 . 21 June 2020.
  12. Web site: How to Hold Your Breath at the Royal Court, 10 February 2015 . BBC . 19 June 2020.
  13. Web site: How to Hold Your Breath review – magnetic Maxine Peake is bedevilled in morality play, 11 February 2015 . The Guardian . 11 February 2015 . 19 June 2020.
  14. News: How to Hold Your Breath, Royal Court, 15 February 2015 . The Sunday Times . 19 June 2020. Hart . Christopher .
  15. Web site: REVIEW: Girl From The North Country, Old Vic Theatre, 28 July 2017 . British Theatre . 20 June 2020.
  16. Web site: ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, 27 August 2014 . The Old Vic . 19 June 2020.
  17. Web site: Old Vic's mother superior, 5 September 2017 . Evening Standard . 10 April 2012 . 19 June 2020.
  18. Web site: A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON, 20 August 2019 . The Old Vic . 21 June 2020.
  19. Web site: A Very Expensive Poison review – Lucy Prebble's Litvinenko drama fascinates, 6 September 2019 . The Guardian . 6 September 2019 . 21 June 2020.

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