Michael Shaeffer
Actor
- Born
- January 21, 1975 (age 51) · Brockley, London, England, UK
Michael Shaeffer is an English television and stage actor. He is especially known for his role as "Longcross" in the BBC political-thriller television series Bodyguard (2018).
He has also appeared in the television series Black Mirror (2013), The ABC Murders (2018) and The Salisbury Poisonings (2020), as well as the 2000 film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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He has also played smaller roles in television shows, including Game of Thrones and Chernobyl, and films such as Kingdom of Heaven and Rogue One.
Known for
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
December 14, 2016
Kingdom of Heaven
May 3, 2005
Kraven the Hunter
December 11, 2024
Anna Karenina
September 6, 2012
Trance
March 27, 2013
Shelter
January 28, 2026
All the Old Knives
April 8, 2022
London Fields
September 20, 2018
Broken
August 22, 2012
London Road
June 12, 2015
Jesus Christ Superstar
October 16, 2000
Oasis
March 17, 2017
Acting18
- 2026National Theatre at Home: London Road as Alfie
- 2026Molly vs. THE MACHINES as Senior Coroner
- 2026Shelter as Uncle
- 2024Kraven the Hunter as Lead Poacher
- 2024National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath as Uncle John
- 2022All the Old Knives as Treble
- 2018London Fields as Tony De Taunton
- 2017Oasis as Phelps
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as General Corssin
- 2016Fire