---
name: "Sebastian Shaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sebastian-shaw"
fi1m_id: "sebastian-shaw"
imdb_id: "nm0789970"
tmdb_id: 28235
wikidata_id: "Q532184"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 May 1905"
died: "23 December 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:14:28.723169+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sebastian Shaw

## Identity

Sebastian Shaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sebastian-shaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sebastian-shaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0789970
- **TMDB ID:** 28235
- **Wikidata ID:** Q532184
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Shaw_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28235

Actor. Born 29 May 1905 in Holt, Norfolk, England, UK. Died 23 December 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 May 1905, Holt, Norfolk, England, UK
- **Died:** 23 December 1994
- **Also known as:** Sebastian Lewis Shaw
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Shaw_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28235

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Return of the Jedi*](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md) (75)

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## Biography

Sebastian Shaw (born Sebastian Lewis Shaw) was an English actor, theatre director, novelist, playwright and poet. Born on 29 May 1905 in Holt, Norfolk, he made his stage debut as a child and trained at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked primarily on the London stage, with a Broadway debut in 1929, and appeared in more than 40 film and television productions from 1930 onwards.

Shaw was particularly noted for his Shakespearean roles. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and remained with it for a decade. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force. His film credits include *The Spy in Black* (1939) and, most prominently for later audiences, the role of Anakin Skywalker in *Return of the Jedi* (1983), both unmasked in the climactic scene and as a Force ghost in the original theatrical release. He also wrote a novel, *The Christening* (1975). Shaw died on 23 December 1994 in Brighton, Sussex.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, starwars.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Fi1m 75, as Anakin Skywalker — [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Story of Star Wars* (2004), as Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)
- *Monkey Boy* (1992), as Dr. Liawski
- *Chimera* (1991), series, as Dr. Liawski
- *Chernobyl: The Final Warning* (1991), as Grandpa
- *The Master Builder* (1988), as Knut Brovik
- *High Season* (1987), as Sharp
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Charles Howlett — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957* (1985), as Yeats (voice)
- *The Weather in the Streets* (1983), as Mr. Curtis
- *Reilly: Ace of Spies* (1983), series, as Reverend Thomas
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), as Anakin Skywalker — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)
- *A Bit of Singing and Dancing* (1982), as Uncle Cecil
- *Timon of Athens* (1981), as Old Athenian
- *Fothergill* (1981), as Crusty Old Party
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (1979), series, as Grandfather
- *Liza* (1978), as Carl Fiodorich
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Carl Fiodorich
- *A Choice of Evils* (1977), as Abbot General
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Mr. Justice Skelton
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Crusty Old Party
- *Dead of Night* (1972), series, as Powys Jubb
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1968), as Quince
- *All's Well That Ends Well* (1968), as King of France
- *Walk's End* (1966), as Major Gregory
- *It Happened Here* (1966), as Dr. Richard Fletcher
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as The Judge
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Major Gregory
- *The Great War* (1964), series, Actor
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Actor
- *Armchair Mystery Theatre* (1960), series, Writer
- *Laxdale Hall* (1953), as Hugh Marvell, M.P.
- *Landfall* (1949), as Wing Commander Dickens
- *The Glass Mountain* (1949), as Bruce McLeod
- *Journey Together* (1945), as Squadron Leader Marshall
- *East of Piccadilly* (1941), as Tamsie Green
- *The Flying Squad* (1940), as Inspector Bradley
- *Bulldog Sees It Through* (1940), Actor
- *Three Silent Men* (1940), as Sir James Quentin
- *Now You're Talking* (1940), as Charles Hampton
- *The Spy in Black* (1939), as Ashington
- *Prison Without Bars* (1939), Actor
- *Julius Caesar* (1938), as Marcus Brutus
- *The Squeaker* (1937), as Frank Sutton
- *Farewell Again* (1937), as Capt. Gilbert Reed
- *Men Are Not Gods* (1936), as Edmund Davey
- *Tomorrow We Live* (1936), as Eric Morton
- *Birds of a Feather* (1936), as Jack Wortle
- *Jury's Evidence* (1936), as Philip
- *Department Store* (1935), as John Goodman Johnson
- *The Way of Youth* (1935), as Lieut. Alan Marmon
- *Adventure Ltd.* (1935), as Bruce Blandford
- *Three Witnesses* (1935), as Roger Truscott
- *The Lad* (1935), as Jimmy
- *The Ace of Spades* (1935), as Trent
- *Brewster's Millions* (1935), as Frank
- *Little Miss Nobody* (1933), as Pat Carey
- *Caste* (1930), as Hon. George d'Alroy

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