John McEnery (born 1 November 1943 in Birmingham, England) is a British actor and writer. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms

At age 20 he found his first stage work, spending three seasons with the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary He joined the British National Theatre Company in 1966. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England.

He appeared, most notably, co-starring to Jean-Pierre Cassel and Claude Jade in Gérard Brach's The Boat on the grass and as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. Jean-Pierre Cassel ( October 27 1932 - April 19 2007) was a French Actor. Claude Jade, byname of Claude Marcelle Jorré ( 8 October 1948 - 1 December 2006) was a French actress, best known Gérard Brach ( July 23, 1927 - September 9, 2006) was a French Film director and Screen writer who worked with Le Bateau sur l'herbe ( The Boat on the Grass) is a 1971 French film directed by Gérard Brach. Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. He was nominated for a BAFTA for the latter performance. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation

He has two daughters, Phoebe and Chloe, by his former wife, actress Stephanie Beacham. Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947 is an English actress. One brother is actor Peter McEnery, and another is photographer David McEnery. Peter McEnery (b 21 February 1940, Walsall, England, UK) is an English stage and film actor

He wrote a play, Merry Christmas, Mr. Burbage, in 1998 in honor of the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Globe Theatre. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)