Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
June 15, 1945 (80 years old)
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK
Michael Bertenshaw
Biography
Born 1945 and raised in North of England (Lancashire and Yorkshire) but attended public school in Cambridge from age 13 to 18.
BA (hons) in English and Fine Art Combined from University of Leeds (1967)
Lectured in General Studies, English and Art at College of Further Education for eight years.
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Won first prize in two consecutive New Writer competitions for BBC (one Radio and one TV).
Entered RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) as Acting Student on scholarship (1975).
Left RADA as Ronson Award Winner (Most Promising Actor of Year)(1977).
1977-1980: Member of RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company).
1980-1990: mainly leading roles in major regional theatres with occasional minor TV appearances.
1990 onwards: mainly television and film appearances with some London theatre work (primarily letting loose as dame or villain in the famous Stratford Theatre Royal's traditional pantomimes).
Known For
Acting
Grace
2021
The Crown
2016
Murderland
2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
The Da Vinci Code
2006
Foyle's War
2002
Foyle's War
2002
The Lost World
2001
Murphy's Law
2001
Messiah
2001
Oliver Twist
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
Intimate Relations
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Pie in the Sky
1994
A Touch of Frost
1992
Paper Mask
1990
Bellman and True
1987
Inspector Morse
1987
Lovejoy
1986
The Bill
1984
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Professionals
1977