Carl Prekopp

Carl James Prekopp (born Sheffield, 1979)[1] is a British actor.[2][3] He played Richard III at the Riverside Studios (2010) and originated the part of Lawrence in Tim Firth's stage adaptation of Calendar Girls. He has appeared in BBC Radio 4 adaptations of Terry Pratchett's Mort (as the title character), Small Gods (as Brutha) and Night Watch (as young Sam Vimes). He was also a supporting actor in the 2007 British feature film I Want Candy with Mackenzie Crook, He directed the Afternoon Play Taken by Suzanne Heathcote for BBC Radio 4,[4] and is a singer/songwriter and founding member of folk/rock band The Fircones featuring The Likely Lads actress Brigit Forsyth on cello.. In 2015–16, Prekopp appeared as William III of England and Daniel Defoe in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Helen Edmundson's Queen Anne.[5]

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
13 May 2002Meet Mr. Mulliner: The Smile that WinsA Small Bitter / AdrianNed ChailletBBC Radio 4
3 June 2002Meet Mr. Mulliner: Mulliner's Buck-U-UppoA Small Bitter / AugustineNed ChailletBBC Radio 4
24 December 2002Madame Maigret's Own Case[6]Ned ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
2004Mort[7]MortClaire GroveBBC Radio 4
5 May 2005Stone Baby[8]Stone BabyToby SwiftBBC Radio 3 The Wire
5 December 200530 December 2005David CopperfieldTraddlesJeremy MortimerBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
18 February 2007Hooligan Nights[9]HarryToby SwiftBBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
28 December 2007A Warning to the Furious[10]GuyFiona McAlpineBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
1 August 2008One Chord Wonders: This is the Modern World[11]HippieToby SwiftBBC Radio 4 Friday Play
27 August 2011Life After Life[12]Toby SwiftBBC World Service BBC World Drama
6 May 2012The Tempest[13]ArielJeremy MortimerBBC Radio 3 Shakespeare on 3
17 December 201221 December 2012Modesty Blaise - A Taste for DeathWillie GarvinKate McAllBBC Radio 4 15 Minute Drama

References

  1. GRO Births, Apr-Jun 1979, vol 3, page 1720
  2. Lyn Gardner (5 February 2010). "Richard III, Riverside Studios, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2010. It has a Richard, played by Carl Prekopp, who is the office joke and so manages to achieve a boardroom takeover almost without anyone noticing.
  3. Gillian Reynolds (28 February 2006). "Radio choices". The Independent. Retrieved 28 December 2010. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld glorious satirical adventure, dramatised by Robin Brooks, directed by Gordon House. Gods swarm like herring here and one of them speaks to Brutha (Carl Prekopp).
  4. "Afternoon Play – Taken". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. "Queen Anne: Cast and creative". Royal Shakespeare Company. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Series 1, Maigret - BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  7. "BBC : The Wire : A new wave of dramaStone Baby By Sean Buckley". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  8. "BBC - (none) - Drama on 3 : Hooligan Nights". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  9. "A Warning to the Furious, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  10. "This Is the Modern World, One Chord Wonders, Friday Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  11. "Life After Life, BBC World Drama - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  12. "Shakespeare's The Tempest, Shakespeare on 3, Drama on 3 - BBC Radio 3". BBC. Retrieved 30 September 2017.


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