John McEnery

Known for ActingBorn 1943-11-01Died 2019-04-12Birmingham, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McEnery (1943-2019) was a British actor and writer. At age 20 he found his first stage work, spending three seasons with the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He joined the British National Theatre Company in 1966. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He starred alongside Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Cassel in Gérard Brach's bittersweet The Boat on the Grass about a girl between two friends and appeared as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. He was nominated for a BAFTA for the latter performance. He also appeared in the film Nicholas and Alexandra. In 2008, he appeared in a guest role in Sidetracked, the first episode of Wallander. In 1998 he wrote the play Merry Christmas, Mr. Burbage in honour of the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Globe Theatre. McEnery is survived by two daughters, Phoebe and Chloe, by his former wife, actress Stephanie Beacham. One of his brothers is actor Peter McEnery, and another is photographer David McEnery. Description above from the Wikipedia article John McEnery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Will Shakespeare

Sleep is Lovely

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

The Fool

Origins of the Mafia

The Scarlet Pimpernel

One Russian Summer

Silent Witness

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Wallander

Precious Bane

New Tricks

Pope John Paul II

Elizabeth I

Waking the Dead

Abraham

Dramarama

Romeo and Juliet

Abraham

The Duellists

Screen Two

Der Blinde

Merlin

Poppyland

Our Mutual Friend

Wycliffe

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Black Beauty

Nicholas and Alexandra

The Bill

Hamlet

Peak Practice

Dalziel and Pascoe

Bartleby

Little Dorrit

Chiller

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Othello

Much Ado About Nothing

The Krays

The Buddha of Suburbia

Galileo

Great Performances

When Saturday Comes