Former industrial chemist from north-east England turned, rock-poet, singer/songwriter and actor in the 1970’s, Shaun has since appeared in more than 50 film and TV roles, from Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession (1981) to Oskar Roehler’s Elementarteilchen (2005) as well as numerous theatre appearances, from Peter Gill’s legendary ‘Cherry Orchard’ production at London’s Riverside Studio, (1977) via Robert Wilson’s equally legendary ‘Death, Destruction & Detroit’ (1979) at Berlin’s Schaubühne Theater, to the hugely successful Giles Havergal adaptation of Graham Greene’s ‘Travels With My Aunt’ at the English Theatre Berlin. His own play ‘Desperado Corner’ enjoyed huge success at Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre (1981) with Francis Barber, Jim Cartwright, Mark Rylance and Gary Oldman playing leading roles. He is also a well-known voice artist. Most recently he has been acting in Shanghai in the John Rabe film (The Rape of Nanjing 1937) as Reverend John G. Magee.