Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld, December 31, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death for which he is also the lyricist. He has hosted The Rock Show on VH1 and has appeared on VH1's I Love the... series, Heavy: The Story of Metal, and SuperGroup. Ian is also the rhythm guitarist for the metal band the Damned Things, and played with experimental band Mr. Bungle for seven reunion shows in 2020.

Filmography

• 2026Anthrax - Hellfest 2026 — Guitar
• 2025Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas — The Gravedigger
• 2023Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar — Elite Tribunal Soldier / Fan (voice)
• 2020Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
• 2019Anthrax - Live Rock Hard Festival 2019 — Rhythm Guitar
• Evil — Butcher
• 2015Anthrax: Rock on the Range Festival 2015 — Guitars
• 2014Anthrax: Chile On Hell — Guitars
• 2013Anthrax: [2013] Wacken Open Air — Guitars
• Story of Metal — Scott Ian
• 2011Volbeat - Live From Beyond Hell/Above Heaven — Guest Guitars
• 2010Anthrax - The Big Four - Live from Sofia, Bulgaria — Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals
• 2010Anthrax: Live at Sonisphere — Scott Ian
• 2010The Big Four: Live in Sofia — Guitars
• 2009Anthrax: Oidivnikufesin (N.F.V.) - Live in London 1987
• The Great Debate
• 2006Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006 — Bass
• VH1 Rock Honors
• 2004Anthrax: Music of Mass Destruction - Live in Chicago — Scott Ian
• 2003Calendar Girls — Anthrax
• I Love the '70s
• 1998Anthrax: [1998] Detroit, Michigan — Guitars
• NewsRadio — Anthrax
• 1991Anthrax: Oidivnikufesin 1987 — Rhythm Guitar
• 1991Anthrax: [1991] Auburn Hills, MI — Guitars
• Married... with Children — Anthrax Band Member
• Old Time Radio: Dance With Me — Gravedigger

Appearances as themselves (31)

• 2026Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self
• 2026Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition — Self
• 2025Kreator - Hate & Hope — Self
• 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self
• 2022Metal Lords — Self
• 2021Anthrax: 40th Anniversary Livestream — Himself
• 2021Mean Man: The Story of Chris Holmes — Himself
• 2021The History of Metal and Horror — Self
• 2018Anthrax: Kings Among Scotland — Self / guitar
• 2017Sepultura Endurance — himself
• 2015Rammstein in Amerika — Self
• 2014Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Scott Ian: Swearing Words in Glasgow — Himself
• The Big 4 — Self
• 2010Lemmy — Self
• 100 Most Shocking Music Moments — Self
• 2008Anvil! The Story of Anvil — Self
• LA Ink — Self
• 2006Get Thrashed — Self
• 2006Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life — Self
• I Love the '70s: Volume 2 — Self
• Supergroup — Self
• 2004VH1's 40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs — Self
• 2002Run Ronnie Run — Self
• 2001S.O.D. - Speak English or Live — Himself (Guitar)
• 2001Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars' — Self
• 1992S.O.D. Live at Budokan — Himself
• 1991Hard 'N Heavy Volume 10 — Self
• 1988How to Break into Heavy Metal Without Getting Screwed — Self