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Ian Bohen

Ian Stuart Bohen (born 1976, Carmel, California), American actor known as Peter Hale in MTV's Teen Wolf (2011–2017) and Ryan in Yellowstone (2018–2024); also Mad Men, Wind River, Lioness.

Ian Buchanan

Ian Buchanan (born 1957, Hamilton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor known as Duke Lavery on General Hospital, James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful (1997 Daytime Emmy), and Dick Tremayne in Twin Peaks; not the Deleuze scholar or the banker of the same name.

Ian Cardoni

Ian Cardoni (born 1990) is an American actor from the Boston area and the voice of Rick Sanchez on Rick and Morty since Season 7, chosen after a six-month search to replace Justin Roiland.

Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael, full name Ian Gillett Carmichael, was an English actor noted for amiable fools in 1950s British comedies and for playing Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey.

Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson (1949–1990), Scottish stage and film actor known as Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire and Rev. Charlie Andrews in Gandhi; acclaimed 1989 National Theatre Hamlet, died of AIDS at 40, namesake of the Ian Charleson Awards.

Ian Chesterton

Ian Chesterton, Doctor Who science teacher companion played by William Russell (also William Russell Enoch), First Doctor companion from An Unearthly Child (1963) to The Chase (1965), returned via Dalek time capsule, later Cambridge professor in lore.

Ian Gallagher

Ian Gallagher is the third Gallagher sibling in Shameless, played by Gerard Kearns in the UK series (2004-2013) and Cameron Monaghan in the US remake (2011-2021), known for the Mickey Milkovich romance and bipolar storyline.

Ian Gomez

Ian Gomez (born 1964, New York City) is an American comic character actor, a Second City alumnus, known for Javier on Felicity, Larry Almada on The Drew Carey Show, Andy Torres on Cougar Town, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Ian Hallard

Ian Hallard (born 1974, Birmingham) is an English actor and writer, husband of Mark Gatiss; starred in The Boys in the Band, wrote and starred in Adventurous and The Way Old Friends Do.

Ian Hart

Ian Hart (born 1964, Liverpool; birth name Ian Davies) is an English character actor, three-time John Lennon portrayer (The Hours and Times, Backbeat, Snodgrass), Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter, and star of Ken Loach's Land and Freedom and The Last Kingdom.

Ian Hendry

Ian Hendry (Ian Mackendrick Hendry, 1931–1984), English actor, original star of The Avengers (1961) as Dr David Keel after Police Surgeon; films include Get Carter, Repulsion, The Hill; died Christmas Eve 1984.

Ian Holm

Sir Ian Holm (1931–2020), English RSC star and film character actor; Ash in Alien, Oscar-nominated in Chariots of Fire, Tony winner for The Homecoming, Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings.

Ian James Corlett

Ian James Corlett (born 1962, Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian voice actor, creator of Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon, and the original English voice of Goku, Mega Man, Cheetor, and Marvel Rivals' Mr. Fantastic.

Ian Jones-Quartey

Ian Jones-Quartey (born 1984), also known as Ian JQ, is an American animator, showrunner, and voice actor, creator of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and supervising director of Steven Universe, married to Rebecca Sugar.

Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais (born 7 January 1937, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is an English comedy writer who, with Dick Clement, created The Likely Lads, Porridge, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and The Commitments, winning a BAFTA and an Annie Award.

Ian Lavender

Ian Lavender (Arthur Ian Lavender, 1946–2024) was an English actor, Private Frank Pike in BBC's Dad's Army (1968–1977) and Derek Harkinson in EastEnders; last surviving main cast member of Dad's Army.

Ian Marter

Ian Marter (1944–1986), English actor and writer who played companion Harry Sullivan in Doctor Who (1974–75) opposite Tom Baker, then wrote nine Target novelisations and the original novel Harry Sullivan's War before dying at 42.

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid (born 1944, Carnoustie, Scotland) is a Tony and Olivier-winning Scottish actor, Almeida Theatre joint artistic director 1990-2002, and the portrayer of Emperor Palpatine from Return of the Jedi (1983) through the prequels, The Rise of Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Ian McKellen

Sir Ian McKellen (born 25 May 1939, Burnley) is an English actor, knighted in 1991, known for Shakespearean stage roles, Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, Magneto in X-Men, two Oscar nominations, a Tony, six Olivier Awards, and co-founding Stonewall UK.

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice (born 1950, Basingstoke) is an English character actor, RSC-trained, known as Baron Harkonnen in the Dune miniseries, Bert Large in Doc Martin, the Rome Newsreader, and Doctor Who's Winston Churchill.

Ian McShane

Ian McShane (born 1942, Blackburn, England) is a British actor famous for Lovejoy, Al Swearengen in HBO's Deadwood (Golden Globe winner), Mr. Wednesday in American Gods, and Winston in the John Wick films.

Ian Mune

Sir Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand actor, screenwriter, and director, OBE and 2024 KNZM, known for co-writing Sleeping Dogs and Goodbye Pork Pie and directing Came a Hot Friday and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.

Ian Nelson (actor, born 1995)

Ian Nelson, full name Ian Michael Nelson, is an American actor born in 1995, known for The Hunger Games (2012) and his recurring role on Teen Wolf.

Ian Ogilvy

Ian Ogilvy (born 1943, Woking, Surrey) is an English actor, playwright, and novelist, best known as Simon Templar in Return of the Saint (1978–1979), taking the role from Roger Moore; also author of the Measle Stubbs children's books.

Ian Ousley

Ian Ousley (born 2002, College Station, Texas) is an American actor and former Taekwondo competitor who plays Sokka in Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender; earlier roles include 13 Reasons Why, Physical, and Big Shot, amid a 2022 heritage controversy.

Ian Puleston-Davies

Ian Puleston-Davies (born 1958, Flint, Wales) is a Welsh actor, writer, and director, known as Owen Armstrong in Coronation Street (2010–2015), co-writer of Dirty Filthy Love, and director of Bolan's Shoes.

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson (1934–2007), Scottish classical actor and founding Royal Shakespeare Company member, best known as Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy, winning a 1991 BAFTA; also Marat/Sade, Brazil, Dark City.

Ian Shaw (actor)

Ian Shaw (born 1969) is a British actor and writer, son of Robert Shaw and Mary Ure, known for The Shark Is Broken, the Jaws backstage play he co-wrote with Joseph Nixon and in which he plays his own father; distinct from the jazz singer Ian Shaw born 1962.

Ian Somerhalder

Ian Somerhalder, American actor born 1978 in Covington, Louisiana; played Boone Carlyle on Lost and Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017); retired from acting after Netflix's V Wars (2019) to run Brother's Bond Bourbon and advocate regenerative agriculture.

Ian Tracey

Ian Tracey (born 1964) is a Canadian actor and director from British Columbia, best known as Detective Mick Leary on CBC's Da Vinci's Inquest and as Jimmy Reardon in Intelligence; Gemini Award winner for Milgaard.