Ian Shaw trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, having obtained a BA in American Studies at Sussex University. He premiered The Shark is Broken for a 3-day run in Brighton, which, followed by a run at the Edinburgh Fringe y transferred to The Ambassadors Theatre in the West End in 2021. The show received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and ran at Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, before transferring to Broadway’s John Golden Theatre in 2023.Other theatre includes: War Horse y Common (National Theatre); Widowers’ Houses, The Importance of Being Earnest, Nude with Violin, The Philadelphia Story, y The Brothers Karamazov(Manchester Royal Exchange); Tres hermanas (Nuffield and Theatre Royal Bath); Vidas privadas y Closer (Birmingham Rep); los rivales (Derby Playhouse and Philadelphia Walnut St); La tempestad(SRT) and Mucho ruido y pocas nueces in London’s West End.
Television includes: Sharpe; Soldier, Soldier; Medics; Wuthering Heights; The Queen; Ghost Hour;Silent Witness; Cambridge Spies and the Emmy award-winning Hiroshima. Film includes: Century;Moondance; The Boys and Girl from County Clare; The Contract y Johnny English Reborn.