Ian Shaw
Birthday: Born in 1969-12-18 in
Deathday: Alive
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.
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Help! My House Is Haunted!
Character: Narrator / Himself
A team of paranormal experts travel the UK looking into instances of paranormal activity in the homes of ordinary people....
Casualty
Character: Sean
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Soldier Soldier
Character: Captain Anthony Gibson
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers....
Doctor Who
Character: Newsreader
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes....
Watership Down
Character: Hazel (voice)
Follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill called Watership Down, where they begin a new warren. However, they face various threats and are soon forced to defend their home and lives....
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The Contract
Character: Michaels
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer....
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Character: Johnny
In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival....
House of Usher
Character: Narrator
Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger....
Moondance
Character: Patrick
The close relationship between two fun-loving brothers comes under threat when a beautiful, sensitive girl arrives on the scene. As the younger brother comes of age, the inevitable jealousy, confusion, rivalry and lust place their brotherly love in jeopardy....
National Theatre Live: War Horse
Character: Friedrich Müller
Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France....
Century
Character: Meredith
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science....
The Haunting in Wicker Park
Character: Reverend Davis
The “terrifying true story” of the first televised exorcism on NBC in 1971. Millions around the country watched the program that was recorded in Chicago. The NBC news segment was a success, the exorcism was not. Instead, it made things worse for the Becker family who lived there. Much worse....
Johnny English Reborn
Character: Agent Number Two
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and ...
Wuthering Heights
Character: Hindley
Gipsy boy Heathcliffe is adopted by a god-fearing landowner in northern England and grows up as the soul-mate of the daughter, Cathy Earnshaw. When father dies, stern son Hindley returns and bans Heathcliffe to the stables; when they spy upon their upper class neighbors, Edgar Linton sends the dogs upon them and chases Heath but starts an affair -love comes only from him- with her. When Hindley's socialite wife Frances dies in childbirth, he is completely embittered, becomes a drunk unable to ca...
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Character: Self
The authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews with acclaimed Hollywood directors alongside Steven Spielberg, top shark scientists, and conservationists, the film uncovers the behind-the-scenes chaos and how the film launched the summer blockbuster, inspired a new wave of filmmakers, and paved the way for shark conservation that continues today....
The Shark Is Broken
Character: Robert Shaw
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed…again. The lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all....
Les dents de la mer: Un succès monstre
Character: Self
In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin and an unmistakable two-note main theme composed by John Williams. With the horror from the deep, a man-eating, gigantic great white shark, the film of the same name became a similarly traumatic reference as Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": it triggered lasting primal fears across generations. On the beaches of the world, there was clearly a "before" and...