Michael Shaeffer
Born (1975-01-21) 21 January 1975 (age 48)
Brockley, London, England
Alma materRose Bruford College
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
TelevisionBodyguard
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

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Great Performances Annas Jesus Christ Superstar
2002 The Sandwich Nick Short Film
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Young Sergeant
2009 M.I. High Butch Episode: Dark Star
2011 Silent Witness Jason Bodle Episode: A Guilty Mind: Part 1 & 2
2012 Broken Desk Sergeant
2012 Game of Thrones Stark Soldier Episode: Valar Morghulis
2012 Anna Karenina Doorkeeper
2012 Mrs Biggs Police Inspector Episode: #1.1
2012 Parade's End RSM Episode: #1.2
2013 Black Mirror Roy Episode: The Waldo Moment
2013 Trance Security Guard #1
2013 Luther Gordon Murray Episode: #3.3
2015 Foyle's War Jack Davey Episode: Trespass
2015 The Vote Gerry Henderson TV movie
2015 London Road Simon Newton
2015 New Tricks DCI Martin Ackroyd Episode: Last Man Standing
2015 The Girl in the Dress Vicar
2015 Fire Ranger (Mark)
2016 Grantchester Eric Whitaker Episode: #2.3
2016 Rogue One General Corssin
2017 Taboo Doctor Powell Episode: #1.1
2017 SS-GB David Episode: #1.5
2017 Vera Ian Holland Episode: Broken Promise
2017 Rellik Steven Mills[4][5]
2018 Bodyguard Longcross
2018 The ABC Murders Sergeant Yelland
2019 Chernobyl Blond Man
2020 The Salisbury Poisonings Stephen Kemp
2020 The Liberator Pop Bullock TV miniseries
2022 SAS: Rogue Heroes Neil Ritchie

Theatre

Year Title Role Writer Director Venue
2014 The Beautiful Game[6] Thomas[7] Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton Robert Carsen Cambridge Theatre, London
2014 Mr Burns Sam, Mr.Burns[8] Anne Washburn Robert Icke Almeida Theatre, London
2014 Little Revolution Tony[9][10][11] Alecky Blythe Joe Hill-Gibbins Almeida Theatre, London
2015 How to Hold Your Breath Jarron[12][13][14] Zinnie Harris Vicky Featherstone Royal Court Theatre, London
2017 Girl From The North Country Reverend Marlowe[15] Conor McPherson Lucy Hind The Old Vic, London
2017 All About My Mother Lola[16][17] Pedro Almodovar Samuel Adamson The Old Vic, London
2019 A Very Expensive Poison Andrei Lugovoi/Dr Gent/Gorbachev[18][19] Lucy Prebble John Crowley The Old Vic, London

References

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

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