Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw is an English actor who works on stage and screen, born in London to the actors Robert Shaw and Mary Ure. He studied American Studies at Sussex University, then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. His first television part came in 1993 on Casualty, and his film credits include The Contract (2006). On television he has appeared in Sharpe, EastEnders, Ghosts and Silent Witness, among other series. In the theater he played Friedrich in War Horse at the National Theatre and appeared at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in repertory, with West End work in Much Ado About Nothing. He co-wrote The Shark Is Broken with Joseph Nixon, a play about the filming of Jaws in which he portrayed his father. It was a hit at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, later reopened in London, and reviewers there singled out his performance.