Ian Shaw

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

Doctor Who

Soldier Soldier

Sharpe

Johnny English Reborn

Watership Down

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Help! My House Is Haunted!

All Movies (13)

• The Shark Is Broken2025 · as Robert Shaw
• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · as Self
• Jaws, a Monstrous Success2024 · as Self
• National Theatre Live: War Horse2014 · as Friedrich Müller
• Johnny English Reborn2011 · as Agent Number Two
• House of Usher2008 · as Narrator
• The Contract2006 · as Michaels
• The Boys & Girl from County Clare2003 · as Johnny
• Wuthering Heights1998 · as Hindley
• Sharpe's Gold1995 · as Lieutenant Ayres
• Moondance1995 · as Patrick
• Century1993 · as Meredith
• The Haunting in Wicker Park— · as Reverend Davis

All TV Shows (7)

• Doctor Who2024 · as Newsreader
• Help! My House Is Haunted!2018 · as Narrator / Himself
• Watership Down1999 · as Hazel (voice)
• Ghosts1995 · as Captain Alex McClean
• Sharpe1993 · as Lt. Ayres
• Soldier Soldier1991 · as Captain Anthony Gibson
• Casualty1986 · as Sean