Michael Bertenshaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 15, 1945
- Place of birth
- Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
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).
Movies with Michael Bertenshaw
- The Da Vinci Code 2006 · ★ 6.7
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008 · ★ 7.4
- The Lost World 2001 · ★ 6.2
- Bellman and True 1987 · ★ 6.7
- Paper Mask 1990 · ★ 5.6
- Intimate Relations 1996 · ★ 5.4
- Another Life 2001 · ★ 5.7
- All's Well That Ends Well - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 2012 · ★ 7.2
- Carla 2003 · ★ 4.3
- Giving Tongue 1996 · ★ 3.3
- John Wycliffe: The Morning Star 1984 · ★ 9.0
- Bust 2002 · ★ 8.0
- Summer in the Suburbs 2000 · ★ 8.0
- Taming of the Shrew 2013 · ★ 5.0
- The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 2016
- Maxxx 2017
- Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe 2004