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.

Filmography

• 2025The Shark Is Broken — Robert Shaw, Writer
• Doctor Who — Newsreader
• Help! My House Is Haunted! — Narrator / Himself
• 2014National Theatre Live: War Horse — Friedrich Müller
• 2011Johnny English Reborn — Agent Number Two
• 2008Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher — Narrator
• 2006The Contract — Michaels
• 2003The Boys & Girl from County Clare — Johnny
• Watership Down — Hazel (voice)
• 1998Wuthering Heights — Hindley
• Ghosts — Captain Alex McClean
• 1995Moondance — Patrick
• 1995Sharpe's Gold — Lieutenant Ayres
• 1993Century — Meredith
• Sharpe — Lt. Ayres
• Soldier Soldier — Captain Anthony Gibson
• 1987Slammer Girls — Original Music Composer
• Casualty — Sean
• The Haunting in Wicker Park — Reverend Davis

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self
• 2024Jaws, a Monstrous Success — Self