David Shackleton
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 67 - 77
- Height
- 5' 8" (1m 73cm)
- Weight
- 11st. 9lb. (74kg)
- Hair Colour
- White
- Eye Colour
- Grey
- Build
- Medium
Audio
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audio file10. Voice reel - Ident
Agent
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CCM ActorsAgent
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0207 183 3425Contact
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My Contact Number:
0115 950 2489
Links
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |
King Lear
Theatre |
King Lear David Rowan / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
St. John's College, Cambridge |
| 2017 |
Polonius
Theatre |
Hamlet David Salter / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
St. John's College, Cambridge |
| 2017 |
To be disclosed on release date in 2018
Film |
Holmes & Watson Ethan Coen / Rose Line Productions |
Shepperton Studios |
| 2016 |
Father Christmas
Commercials & Industrials |
Father Christmas Mark Griffin / Griffin Historical |
Osterley Park |
| 2016 |
Old Man with Aggressive-stage Alzheimer's
Commercials & Industrials |
Exercise Phoenix Brian Mitchell / CrisisCast |
London City Airport |
| 2016 |
Provost of Eton College
Online & Multimedia |
The Crown Philip Martin / LBP The Crown Series 2 Limited |
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| 2016 |
Charles Saatchi
Television |
Hill on Hurst Russell Barnes / Clearstory (for Sky Arts) |
New Cross, London |
| 2016 |
Lonely Old Man
Film |
NEVER Jo Burke |
Lee Green, London |
| 2016 |
General Dyer
Video |
Big Funk Corporation / Transaction Declined Andrew Wood-Mitchell / Big Funk Corporation |
Holloway |
| 2016 |
Herbert Einstein
Film |
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped out on the Bill and Disappeared Felix and Måns Herngren / NICE FLX PICTURES AB |
Filmed in Budapest |
| 2016 |
Edward Frobisher
Theatre |
Kindly Leave the Stage Adam Morley / Baroque Theatre |
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| 2015 |
Santa Claus
Commercials & Industrials |
Green Santa Claus None / Griffin Historical |
Wimpole Hall and Leeds Castle |
| 2015 |
Model
Modeling |
Getty Images Tim Macpherson / Mac-I Ltd |
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| 2015 |
William Wright
Film |
Scallywags Daisy Long / Met Film School |
Chelsea Harbour |
| 2015 |
Herbert
Film |
The Dark Below Stewart Sparke / Glass Cannon |
York and Hull |
| 2015 |
Leonard (Lead)
Film |
Mould Josh Ormerod / Bear Bait Films |
Nottingham and Birmingham |
| 2015 |
Churchwarden
Film |
Vicars Sabrina Salome / London Film Academy |
St. Mary's Church, Paddington |
| 2014 |
Green Santa Claus
Commercials & Industrials |
Alternative Victorian Christmas Griffin Historical |
Wakefield Museum |
| 2014 |
Pope Clement VII
Film |
Spymasters Bruce Burgess / Griffin Historical |
Kentwell Hall, Suffolk |
| 2014 |
Whiteley Tolson
Film |
Loss and Legacy: The Tolson Story Stewart Sparke / Glass Cannon |
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| 2014 |
Smoking Man
Film |
Gholam Mitra Tabrizian / Aimimage Ltd |
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| 2014 |
Duke, Salerio, Launcelot
Theatre |
Merchant of Venice Guy Evans / Ashrow Theatre |
Derby Guildhall Theatre |
| 2014 |
Museum Curator
Film |
The Liberator Ben Lettieri / Improvise Films Ltd |
Southend-on-Sea |
| 2014 |
Henry
Commercials & Industrials |
Distance learning video Patrick West / The Skills Network |
The Skills Network, Selby |
| 2014 |
Welch
Film |
Holmganga Stewart Sparke / Glass Cannon |
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| 2013 |
Solicitor
Television |
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies Roger Michell / Carnival Productions Limited |
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| 2013 |
Maurice
Theatre |
Home Duty Sarah Myott-Meadows / Duckdown Theatre |
Park Theatre |
| 2013 |
Lee
Theatre |
Directing Hamlet Tracey-Anne Liles / SCRATCH OFF |
Tommyfield Pub |
| 2013 |
Frantisek
Theatre |
Poker Face Becka McFadden / Legal Aliens |
RADA Studios, Chenies St., WC1 |
| 2013 |
Dr. Cyril Straskiss
Film |
Not Gay Dominic Lamb / Brain Blink Productions |
Barrow-in-Furness |
| 2013 |
Edward Frobisher
Theatre |
Kindly Leave the Stage Adam Morley / Baroque Theatre |
Venues in England & Ireland (March to June) |
| 2013 |
Lord Augustus
Theatre |
Lady Windermere's Fan Adam Morley / Turn of the Wheel |
Bridewell Theatre, London |
| 2012 |
Herbert Einstein
Film |
The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared Felix Herngren / NICE FLX PICTURES AB |
Filmed in Budapest |
| 2012 |
King Lear
Theatre |
King Lear Simon Bell / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
King's College, Cambridge |
| 2012 |
Cobbler, Lepidus, Poet & others
Theatre |
Julius Caesar David Rowan / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
Robinson College, Cambridge |
| 2012 |
Pumblechook, Aged Parent
Theatre |
Great Expectations Adam Morley / Baroque Theatre |
National tour - Feb to June |
| 2011 |
Major Lacey
Theatre |
Rebecca Maggie Andrew / Nottingham Arts Theatre |
Arts Theatre, Nottingham |
| 2011 |
Duncan, Porter, 2nd Murderer, Doctor and others
Theatre |
Macbeth David Salter / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 2011 |
Time, Cleomenes & Shepherd
Theatre |
The Winter's Tale Simon Bell / Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |
Downing College, Cambridge |
| 2011 |
Husband
Modeling |
Greene King brewery rebranding campaign Adam Smyth / Adam Smyth Photography |
Bury St. Edmunds |
| 2011 |
George Sloman
Voiceover |
George Thomas Morris / White Tiger Productions |
Lincoln University |
| 2011 |
Grandfather
Film |
This Way Up Christopher Bevan / YSP Media |
Derby University |
| 2011 |
Everett Baker
Theatre |
Crazy for You Bob Wildgust / COS |
Nottingham Playhouse |
| 2010 |
German-speaking COPD patient
Commercials & Industrials |
COPD Medical Roleplays Roleplay UK |
Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Hamburg |
| 2010 |
Pat Glass
Theatre |
Secret Boulevard Manolis Emmanouel / Act 1 Productions |
Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton |
| 2010 |
Dapper man
Video |
The Mighty Hoax / Wait for Me Ben Murray / Bullion Productions |
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| 2010 |
Hector
Theatre |
The History Boys John Lonsdale / USS Theatre |
Cheshire + Edinburgh Fringe |
| 2010 |
Co-chairman
Television |
Birding Barry Ferns / Leisure Virus |
Highgate, London |
| 2010 |
Talking Book
Voiceover |
Title: Mirrors of the Unseen - Journeys in Iran RNIB |
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| 2010 |
Cardinal Wolsey + Archb. Cranmer
Theatre |
A Man for All Seasons Rob Goll / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2010 |
Albert (lead)
Film |
A Shining Light Luke McLelland Smith / Sabrewing Films Ltd |
Derby & Nottingham |
| 2010 |
German-speaking follicular lymphoma patient
Commercials & Industrials |
Doctor/patient interview simulations Branding Science |
Tulse Hill, London |
| 2010 |
Abusive father
Film |
Reverie Jamie Havill / kidswithcrayons |
Pen-y-Lan, Ruabon, N. Wales |
| 2010 |
Harvey
Commercials & Industrials |
Espionage Cosmo Wallace / Chemistry Digital, Nottingham |
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| 2010 |
German-speaking glaucoma patient
Commercials & Industrials |
Doctor-patient role play Michael Browne Associates |
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| 2009 |
George (lead)
Film |
Locked Claire Gellard / Met Film School |
South Ealing |
| 2009 |
Polish-speaking barman
Film |
The Downbeat James Hills / London Film School |
12 Bar Club, Denmark Street |
| 2009 |
Harry
Theatre |
Edge Nicholas Kempsey / Practical Productions |
The Rose Theatre, Bankside |
| 2009 |
Old Dr. Watson
Film |
Sherlock Holmes Rachel Goldenberg / The Institution LLC |
Vaynol Hall, Bangor, North Wales |
| 2009 |
Testimonial to camera
Commercials & Industrials |
Clean & Protect Leather Care Kit Ian Copestake / JML |
Brent Cross Shopping Centre |
| 2009 |
The Cleaner (co-lead)
Film |
Another Night Zaira Brilhante / University of Westminster |
Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn |
| 2009 |
Dr. Einstein
Theatre |
Arsenic and Old Lace John Constable / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2009 |
Victor Velasco
Theatre |
Barefoot in the Park Rob Goll / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2009 |
Gentleman
Theatre |
King Lear James Pacey / 2B Theatre |
Sandfield Theatre, Nottingham |
| 2009 |
Brabantio + Montano
Theatre |
Othello Nicholas Kempsey / Carpe Diem Theatre |
The Rose Theatre, Bankside [Aug + Dec] |
| 2008 |
School Pianist
Theatre |
Daisy Pulls It Off Maggie Andrew / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2008 |
Pantalone
Theatre |
Servant of Two Masters David Supper / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2007 |
Lord Chamberlain
Theatre |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves John Uttley / Arts Theatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
| 2007 |
Baines, the butler
Theatre |
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Maggie Andrew / ArtsTheatre |
Nottingham Arts Theatre |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Additional Dialogue Recording / Automatic Dialogue Replacement | SyncOrSwim |
| 2011 | Greek Tragedy | LAMDA |
| 2011 | Duologues - Modern texts | LAMDA |
| 2009 | Shakespeare - verse speaking | LAMDA |
| 2008 | Audition skills | LAMDA |
| 2008 | Chekhov | LCTS |
| 2007 | Stanislawski, Improvisation, Character building | London Centre for Theatre Studies (LCTS) |
| 1974 | MA in General Linguistics | Reading University |
| 1969 | MA in Modern Languages | Jesus College, Oxford |
About me
Multillingual character actor with lead actor experience. Main languages are German and French and have acted convincingly in German, French, Polish and Old Norse.Additional skills:
Accomplished pianist specialising in classical music.
Additional information:
Currently (Jan and Feb 2017) filming as Albert Einstein in 'Holmes & Watson' (Dir Etan Cohen) for Rose Line Productions - and have twice played his fictitious brother Herbert (2013 and 2016) for Nice FLX Pictures (dir Felix Herngren).
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Languages Spoken | Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish |
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| Accents/Dialects | American - General, English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, French (Standard International), German, Polish, Welsh |
| Vocal Types | Baritone |
| Musical Skills | Piano/Keyboards |