Actor profile

Ian Shaw

18th December 1969 Acting

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.

12 Movies 7 TV Shows 20 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Shark Is Broken poster

The Shark Is Broken 16th October 2025 as Robert Shaw

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story poster

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 20th June 2025 as Self

Jaws, a Monstrous Success poster

Jaws, a Monstrous Success 16th December 2024 as Self

National Theatre Live: War Horse poster

National Theatre Live: War Horse 27th February 2014 as Friedrich Müller

Johnny English Reborn poster

Johnny English Reborn 15th September 2011 as Agent Number Two

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher poster

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher 8th May 2008 as Narrator

The Contract poster

The Contract 5th April 2006 as Michaels

The Boys & Girl from County Clare poster

The Boys & Girl from County Clare 12th September 2003 as Johnny

Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights 11th September 1998 as Hindley

Sharpe's Gold poster

Sharpe's Gold 1st April 1995 as Lieutenant Ayres

Moondance poster

Moondance 1st January 1995 as Patrick

Century poster

Century 31st December 1993 as Meredith

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 11th May 2024 as Newsreader

Help! My House Is Haunted! poster

Help! My House Is Haunted! 13th July 2018 as Narrator / Himself

Watership Down poster

Watership Down 28th September 1999 as Hazel (voice)

Ghosts poster

Ghosts 21st January 1995 as Captain Alex McClean

Sharpe poster

Sharpe 5th May 1993 as Lt. Ayres

Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier 10th June 1991 as Captain Anthony Gibson

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Sean