Person
Ian Shaw
Acting · Born 1969-12-18
Biography
Ian Shaw is a British stage, film and television actor and playwright. The son of Robert Shaw, he co-wrote with Joseph Nixon the play The Shark Is Broken about the making of Jaws which his father starred in. The play made its debut in 2019 with Shaw playing his father.
Known for
Casualty
Sean
Doctor Who
Newsreader
Soldier Soldier
Captain Anthony Gibson
Sharpe
Lt. Ayres
Johnny English Reborn
Agent Number Two
Help! My House Is Haunted!
Narrator / Himself
Watership Down
Hazel (voice)
The Contract
Michaels
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Ghosts
Captain Alex McClean
Filmography
- 2025The Shark Is BrokenRobert Shaw
- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf
- 2024Jaws, a Monstrous SuccessSelf
- 2024Doctor WhoNewsreader
- 2018Help! My House Is Haunted!Narrator / Himself
- 2014National Theatre Live: War HorseFriedrich Müller
- 2011Johnny English RebornAgent Number Two
- 2008House of UsherNarrator
- 2006The ContractMichaels
- 2003The Boys & Girl from County ClareJohnny
- 1999Watership DownHazel (voice)
- 1998Wuthering HeightsHindley
- 1995Sharpe's GoldLieutenant Ayres
- 1995GhostsCaptain Alex McClean
- 1995MoondancePatrick
- 1993CenturyMeredith
- 1993SharpeLt. Ayres
- 1991Soldier SoldierCaptain Anthony Gibson
- 1987Slammer GirlsOriginal Music Composer
- 1986CasualtySean
- —The Haunting in Wicker ParkReverend Davis
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