Ian is an award-winning actor and singer who has had a career spanning the last fifty years.
A prolific stage actor Ian has been nominated for 4 Olivier awards; Best Actor in a Musical for Mrs Henderson Presents (2016) and Into The Woods (1991) and for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for Half a Sixpence (2017) and Radio Times (1993.)
He recently received great acclaim playing Geoff Metcalfe in Coronation Street, from 2018 to 2021, winning many awards, including 2 Inside Soap Awards for Best Actor and Best Villain.
| Title | Role | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonka | Old Man | Paul King | Warner Bros |
| Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Bakker | Guy Ritchie | Guy Ritchie Films |
| Denial | Prof Roger Camden | Mick Jackson | Denial Ltd |
| Florence Nightingale | Sidney Herbert | Norman Stone | BBC |
| Esther Kahn | Norton | Arnaud Desplechin | British Screen Productions |
| Shiner | Man In a Baseball Cap | John Irvin | Wisecroft Ltd |
| Eisenstein | Pinkov | Renny Bartlett | Einstein Productions /Time Films |
| Half A Shave | The Man | Andrew Gunn | Network Ireland |
| Max And Helen | Magistrate | Phillip Saville | Citadel Films |
| Little Dorrit | Mr Pfeffer | Christine Edzard | Goldwyn |
| Prayer For The Dying | Kristou | Mike Hodges | Goldwyn |
| Breakout | Keith | Frank Godwin | CITF |
| Title | Role | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midsomer Murders | Frank Mulroney | Gill Wilkinson | ITV |
| Coronation Street | Geoff Matcalfe | Various | Tony Hammond for ITV |
| New Blood | Phillip Robinson | Anthony Philipson | BBC |
| Maigret | The Baron | Ashley Pearce | ITV |
| Marcella | Gerry | Charles Sturridge | Buccaneer Media |
| Camelot | Caltrain | Ciaran Donnelly | GK Films |
| South Riding | Gaius Drew | Diarmuid Lawrence | BBC |
| DCI Banks | Timothy Randall | Bill Anderson | ITV |
| Foyle's War | Dillon | Stuart Orme | Paddock Productions |
| The Accused | Steven Sullivan | Richard Laxton | RSJ Films Ltd |
| Holby Blue | Keith Sparrow | Menhaj Huda | BBC |
| Heartbeat | Russell Bryant | Judith Dine | Yorkshire Television |
| Thieves Like Us | Attwell | Ben Kellet | BBC |
| Empire | Cimber | Various | USA Networks |
| Open Wide | Ray | Julliet May | ITV |
| Pissed On The Job | Tube Manager | Paul Wilmshurst | Betty TV |
| William And Mary | Housing Inspector | Nicholas Laughland | Granada Television |
| Making Waves | William Lewis | Various | Carlton Televesion |
| Hardware | Suspect Man | Ben Kellet | Thames |
| Spooks | Daniel Wise | Andy Hay | BBC |
| Sunburn | Len Adams | Various | BBC |
| Casualty | Mick Milburn | Julian Holmes | BBC |
| The Echo | Anderson | Diarmuid Lawrence | BBc |
| Wycliffe | Mick Sennan | Dave Innes Edwards | HTV |
| Is It Legal? | Mr Beath | Martin Dennis | Hartswood |
| Sardines | Lionel | Charlie Hanson | TalkBack Productions |
| One For The Road | Scott | Steven Bawol | Altman International |
| Through The Cakehole | Various | Various | Channel 4 |
| Love Hurts | DI Payne | Various | BBC |
| Frank Stubbs | Colin Dillon | Richard Stendeven | Noel Gay Television |
| Blackheath Poisonings | Jenkins | Stuart Orme | Central TV |
| Thacker | Sgt Colin Creech | Richard Spence | BBC |
| Darling Buds Of May | Tommy Mason | David Giles | YTV |
| Screenplay | Actor | Diarmuid Lawrence | BBC |
| The Comic Strip Presents | Inspector | Stephen Frear | Channel 4 |
| Theatre Night | Fag | Elijah Moshinsky | BBC |
| The Professionals | Miller | Phil Mayheux | LWT |
| Crown Court | James MacPherson | Charles Kitchen | Granada Television |
| The Incredible Mr Tanner | Ron | Peter Frazer-Jones | Thames Television |
| The Good Companions | Milbrau | Leonard Lewis | Trident TV |
| Bergerac | Simon Gibbons | Ian Toynton | BBC |
| Rumpole of The Bailey | Mr Simmonds | Robert Knights | Thames Television |
| Follow The Star | Lofty | Wendy Toye | BBC |
| Rock Follies Of '77 | Punk Rock Group | Brian Farnham | Thames Television |
| Perfect Scoundrels (2 Series) | Inky | Various | TVS |
| Harry (2 Series) | Snappy | Various | Union/BBC |
| Ruth Rendell | Trevor/Stanley | Bruce MacDonald | Blue Heaven |
| Without Motive | Ronnie Stocks | Various | United Television |
| The Bill | Various | Various | Thames Television |
| New Tricks | Sam Tallis | Martyn Friend | BBC |
| Endeavour | Albert Mullion | Geoff Sax | ITV |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Inky | Various | BBC |
| Minder | Ralphy/ Keith Wendell | Diarmuid Lawrence | Euston Films |
| Harry | Snappy | Various | Union / BBC |
| Title | Role | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner With Groucho | Groucho | Loveday Ingram | B*Spoke Theatre Company LTD |
| Half A Sixpence (Musical) | Chitterlow | Rachel Kavanaugh | Noel Coward Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre |
| The Funfair | Billy Smoke | Walter Meierjohann | Home: Manchester |
| Mrs Henderson Presents (Musical) | Vivian Van Damm | Terry Johnson | Bath Theatre Royal/ Noel Coward Theatre |
| Shakespeare in Love | Tilney | Declan Donellan | Noel Coward Theatre |
| Richard III | Richard | Loveday Ingham | Nottingham Playhouse & York Theatre Royal |
| Oh! What a Lovely War (Musical) | Hague and Various | Terry Johnson | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| Follow the Star | Lofty | Wendy Toye | Chichester Festival |
| A Night in Old Peking | Jack | Martin Duncan | Lyric Hammersmith |
| School for Scandal | Joseph Surface | Phyllida Lloyd | Royal Exchange |
| Sleeping Beauty (Musical) | Helpful 2 | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford |
| School for Clowns | Weasle | Martin Duncan | Lillian Baylis |
| Servant of 2 Masters | Truffaldino | Martin Duncan | Cambridge Theatre |
| Diary of a Somebody | Kenneth Halliwell | Jonathan Myerson | Kings Head Theatre |
| Skullduggery | Chris | Philip Davis | Old Red Lion |
| Cinderella (Musical) | Buttoms | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford |
| Kooney Waka Hoy | Nijinsky | Robert Longdon | Old Red Lion |
| Winter Darkness | Boysey | Susan Hogg | New End Theatre |
| Pravda | Doug Phantom | David Hare | National Theatre |
| Futurists | Bruichkov | Richard Eyre | National Theatre |
| The Government Inspector | Dobchinsky | Richard Eyre | National Theatre |
| Schweyk in the 2nd World War | Soldier & Others | Richard Eyre | National Theatre |
| Guys and Dolls (Musical) | Society Max | Richard Eyre | National Theatre |
| The Beggars Opera (Musical) | Ben Budge | Richard Eyre | National Theatre |
| Mayakovsky: Slanting Rain | Mayakovsky | Warren Hooper | Edinburgh Festival |
| Winding the Ball | Deemer | Greg Hersov | Royal Exchange |
| Into the Woods (Musical) | The Baker | Richard Jones | Phoenix Theatre |
| Radio Times | Wilf | David Gilmore | Queen's Theatre |
| The Grapes of Wraph | Jim Casey | Michael Rudman | Crucible, Sheffield |
| Dead Funny | Nick | Terry Johnson | No1 Tour/Savoy Theatre |
| Tommy | Uncle Ernie | Des McAnuff | Shaftesbury Theatre |
| The Illusion | Matamor | Matthew Lloyd | Royal Exchange |
| The Front Page | Sheriff | Sam Mendes | Donmar Warehouse |
| The Iceman Cometh | Jimmy Tomorrow | Howard Davies | Almeida/Old Vic |
| Twelfth Night | Feste | Michael Grandage | Crucible, Sheffield |
| Tons of Money | Allington | Ian Hastigs | Bristol Old Vic |
| King Lear | The Fool | Greg Hersov | Royal Exchange |
| Hysteria | Freud | Loveday Ingram | Chichester, Minerva |
| Guys and Dolls (Musical) | Nathan Detroit | Rachel Kavanaugh | Crucible, Sheffield |
| Servant of Two Masters | Panteloni | Tim Supple | RSC/ATG |
| Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Loveday Ingram | RSC/ATG |
| The Crucible | Danforth | Anna Mackmin | Crucible, Sheffield |
| Who's Virginia Woolf? | George | Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Playhouse |
| Season's Greeting | Bernard | Nikolai Foster | Liverpool Playhouse |
| Assassins | Guiteau | Nikolai Foster | Sheffield Crucible |
| Mirandolina | Count Albafiorita | Johnathan Munby | Royal Exchange |
| Take Flight | Putnam | Sam Buntrock | Meiner Chocolate Factory |
| Widowers Houses | Lickcheese | Greg Hersov | Royal Exchange |
| The Power of Yes | Hammond | Angus Jackson | National Theatre |
| Pygmalion | Alfred Doolittle | Greg Hersov | Royal Exchange |
| Mogadishu | Chris | Matthew Dunster | RE/Lyric Hammersmith |
| As You Like It | Touchstone | Greg Hersov | Royal Exchange |
| Resistible...Arturo UI | Arturo Ui | Walter Meierjohann | Notts & Liverpool Playhouse |
| The Alchemist | Subtle | Robert Icke | Liverpool Playhouse |
| A Christmas Fair | The Caretaker | Nick Bagnall | The Milton Rooms |
