Michael Wood
Actor
- Born
- July 23, 1948 (age 78) · Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Known for
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
January 1, 1999
How China Got Rich
July 10, 2019
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
April 5, 2020
In Search of Myths and Heroes
January 1, 2005
Michael Wood on Beowulf
Christina: A Medieval Life
May 5, 2008
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
June 28, 2006
The Home Invaders
December 5, 2016
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
November 16, 2017
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
February 12, 2015
Acting11
- 2023Ancients
- 2020Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
- 2019How China Got Rich as Self - Presenter
- 2017Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor as Himself - Presenter
- 2016The Home Invaders as Victim
- 2015Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman as Himself - Presenter
- 2008Christina: A Medieval Life as Host
- 2006Gilbert White: the Nature Man as Presenter
- 2005In Search of Myths and Heroes as Narrator
- 1999Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail