Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best
known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will
Preston in five series of ITV's Peak Practice and Doctor Jonathan
Barling in Casualty in Five Days.Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went
to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the
director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended
Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.As well as his
television appearances, such as playing Patrick Simmons in the 1984
Miss Marple adaptation 'A Murder is Announced', he has had many
notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in
the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.
known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will
Preston in five series of ITV's Peak Practice and Doctor Jonathan
Barling in Casualty in Five Days.Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went
to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the
director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended
Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.As well as his
television appearances, such as playing Patrick Simmons in the 1984
Miss Marple adaptation 'A Murder is Announced', he has had many
notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in
the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.
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