Prendergast was born in North Shields, educated at Collingwood School, Norham High and Tynemouth Sixth Form College and trained at Bretton Hall College (BA Hons). Predergast's first play Potter's Wheel, written when a student, won five awards at the 1980 National Student Drama Festival including Best New Play and was subsequently presented at the Old Vic as part of an NSDF showcase season. He is married to Niki Winterson (of Global Artists) and has a stepson Domenic and a daughter, Molly. They live in London.
He was an actor and playwright in residence for Northumberland Theatre Company before joining the BBC Radio Drama Company, and subsequently became a founder member of Kenneth Branagh's newly formed Renaissance Theatre Company. Awards include a Sony Award, a Writers Guild Award and a Time Out Award.
2006-2007 - The Bill, Eastenders, Holby City, Hotel Babylon, The Lightning Kid, Heartbeat, New Tricks. Currently plays Greg in Emmerdale.
Prendergast was the voice of Sunshine and Zak in the animated series TUGS.
2006-2007 - The Stepdad
A Going Concern art Hampstead Theatre Club.
Other theatre includes Grace, Twelfth Night, Candida, (NTC) , Dracula, Spot the Lady, A View from the Bridge, Strippers, (Newcastle Playhouse), Twelve Tales of Tyneside (Live Theatre), Sisterly Feelings (Manchester Library Theatre), As You Like it (Nottingham Playhouse), The Miser (Salisbury).
Radio Westway, The Goldfish Bowl, Phoenix England, The Bee-keeper’s Apprentice and he Little World of Don Camillo, and over two hundred individual plays.
2006-2007 Multi-episodes of The Roman Mysteries, Rocket Man (BBC) as well as The Lightning Kid (BBC) Other: Multi- episodes of - My Parents Are Aliens (GRANADA), Eastenders (BBC), Grafters (CENTRAL) , Equinox (BBC) , Microsoap (BBC), Soldier, Soldier (CENTRAL).
Rebel Zone (BBC Films)
Potter’s Wheel, The Firefawn Trilogy, A Fine and Private Place, Distinguished Service, Little Victories, The Green Eyed Monster of Ecrovid, The Witches’ Kitchen, Twelve Tales of Tyneside, Poles Apart, Come and Make Eyes at me, Karl Marx Live in Concert, The True History of the Tragic Life and triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World, The False Corpse and The Biggest Adventure in the World.
Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Giant Prince, The Three Musketeers, The Canterville Ghost and The Day of the Triffids.
The Lightning Kid, Rocket Man, Soldier, Soldier, Eastenders, Grafters, Equinox, My parents Are Aliens and Microsoap.
Open Mike, Kiss Me Quick, Only the Good Die Young, Phoenix England, A Fake’s Progress, Travellin' Light The Bee-Keepers Apprentice and The Goldfish Bowl.
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