Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 23, 1948 (age 78)
Place of Birth
Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Michael Wood
Biography
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Known For - Movies
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Christina: A Medieval Life
as Host
Michael Wood on Beowulf
as Presenter
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
as Presenter
How China Got Rich
as Self - Presenter
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
as Himself - Presenter
The Home Invaders
as Victim
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
as Himself - Presenter
In Search of Myths and Heroes
as Narrator
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Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
as Narrator
Known For - TV Shows
In Search of Shakespeare
as Himself - Host
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
In Search of the Trojan War
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
Conquistadors
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
as Self - Presenter
中国改革开放的故事
as Self - Presenter
The Great British Story: A People's History
as Presenter
In Search of the Dark Ages
The Story of China
as Self - Presenter