Ian Barford

Ian Barford is an American stage and television actor. He has appeared on Broadway in August: Osage County and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.^[1] He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony Awards for his performance in Linda Vista.

Ian Barford
Born	Bloomington, Indiana
Occupation(s)	Stage and television actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Anna D. Shapiro
Children	2

He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2007.^[2]

Personal life

The Bloomington, Indiana-born Barford is married to Chicagoan Anna D. Shapiro; they have two children and live in Evanston, Illinois.^[3][4]

Theatre

Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre

• The Minutes (2017)
• Linda Vista (2017) - Wheeler
• Mary Page Marlowe (2016) - Ray
• Endgame (2010) - Hamm^[5]
• Up (2009)^[6]
• August: Osage County (2007) - Little Charles
• Love Song by John Kolvenbach (2006)^[7]
• Lost Land
• The Libertine
• Three Days of Rain
• The Berlin Circle by Charles Mee (1998)^[8]
• As I Lay Dying
• Time of My Life
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1994) - Billy

Other theatre work

• Betrayal - Goodman Theatre, February 8, 2025 to March 16, 2025
• The Minutes - Broadway, February 25, 2020 to March 12, 2020, April 2, 2022 to July 10, 2022
• Linda Vista - Broadway, September 19, 2019 to November 10, 2019 (Tony Award nomination)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Broadway, September 10, 2014 to September 13, 2015
• August: Osage County - Broadway, October 30, 2007 to June 15, 2008
• Dead End - Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 2005^[9]
• Take Me Out - Geffen Playhouse, 2004^[10]
• God's Man in Texas - Los Angeles, 2002^[11]
• The Weir, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, 2001^[12]
• All the Rage and Design for Living - Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 1998^[13]
• Othello, Shakespeare Repertory, 1995^[14]
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - Broadway, May 1994
• Mad Forest, Remains Theatre, 1994

Filmography

Source: TCM^[15]

• U.S. Marshals (1998)
• Tick-Tock (2000)
• Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• The Last Rites of Joe May (2011)
• Catch Hell (2014)
• Return to Sender (2015)

Awards

Barford won the 1996 National Theatre Conference/Steppenwolf Theatre award.

Barford was nominated for best actor in a play at the 74th Tony Awards for his performance in Linda Vista.