Cast & creator
Ian Shaw
1969-12-18 (age 56)IMDb
Best known for Casualty, Sharpe, Doctor Who
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.
Movies
15
film credits
Series
7
television credits
Career
20
1986–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (22)
Showing 22 of 22 credits
Series
★ 6.2
Casualty
Sean
1986
Series
★ 8.0
Sharpe
Lt. Ayres
1993
Series
★ 6.4
Doctor Who
Newsreader
2024
Series
★ 6.9
Soldier Soldier
Captain Anthony Gibson
1991
Movie
★ 6.3
Johnny English Reborn
Agent Number Two
2011
Series
★ 7.3
Watership Down
Hazel (voice)
1999
Movie
★ 5.8
The Contract
Michaels
2006
Movie
★ 7.5
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025
Series
★ 8.0
Ghosts
Captain Alex McClean
1995
Series
★ 5.8
Help! My House Is Haunted!
Narrator / Himself
2018
Movie
★ 3.2
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher
Narrator
2008
Movie
The Haunting in Wicker Park
Reverend Davis
Movie
★ 6.0
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Johnny
2003
Movie
★ 6.3
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
Self
2024
Movie
★ 6.7
Wuthering Heights
Hindley
1998
Movie
★ 8.8
National Theatre Live: War Horse
Friedrich Müller
2014
Movie
★ 6.5
Sharpe's Gold
Lieutenant Ayres
1995
Movie
★ 6.1
Moondance
Patrick
1995
Movie
★ 4.7
Slammer Girls
Original Music Composer
1987
Movie
★ 8.0
The Shark Is Broken
Robert Shaw
2025Movie
★ 8.0
The Shark Is Broken
Writer
2025
Movie
★ 5.1
Century
Meredith
1993