John McEnery

Biography

​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.

Most Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Colonel Curtiss

Great Performances

Silent Witness

BBC Play of the Month

as Golitsyn

Waking the Dead

as Danny Server

Peak Practice

as Ken Willett

The Bill

New Tricks

as Tony (No Ticket) Hale

Wallander

as Lars Magnusson

Wycliffe

as Ephraim Gardner

Dalziel & Pascoe

Merlin

as Lord Ardente

Gulag

as Diczek

Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

Poppyland

as Algernon Swinburne

Prince of Shadows

as Walter

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Polydektes

Precious Bane

as Wizard Beguildy

Thacker

as Reg Faulkner

Elizabeth I

as Jesuit Priest