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. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony Awards for his performance in Linda Vista.

He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2007.

Personal life The Bloomington, Indiana-born Barford is married to Chicagoan Anna D. Shapiro; they have two children and live in Evanston, Illinois.

Theatre Steppenwolf Theatre The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1994) as Billy As I Lay Dying (1995) Time of My Life (1995) The Libertine (1996) The Berlin Circle by Charles Mee (1998) as Mr. Market/Werner Three Days of Rain (1999) as Pip Lost Land (2005) Love Song by John Kolvenbach (2006) as Beane August: Osage County (2007) as Little Charles Up (2009) as Walter Endgame (2010) as Hamm Mary Page Marlowe (2016) as Ray The Minutes (2017) as Mr. Carp Linda Vista (2017) as Wheeler Amadeus (2025) as Antonio Salieri

Other theatre work Mad Forest (1994) – Remains Theatre The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1994) as Billy – Broadway, May 1994 Othello (1995) as Cassio – Shakespeare Repertory All the Rage and Design for Living (1998) – Goodman Theatre, Chicago The Weir (2001) as Brendan – Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles God's Man in Texas (2002) as Hugo Taney – Los Angeles Take Me Out (2004) as Toddy Koovitz – Geffen Playhouse Dead End (2005) – Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles August: Osage County (2007) as Little Charles – Broadway, October 30, 2007, to June 15, 2008 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2014) as Ed / Ensemble – Broadway, September 10, 2014, to September 13, 2015 Linda Vista (2019) as Wheeler – Broadway, September 19, 2019, to November 10, 2019 (Tony Award nomination) The Minutes (2020, 2022) as Mr. Carp – Broadway, February 25, 2020, to March 12, 2020, April 2, 2022, to July 10, 2022 Betrayal (2025) as Robert – Goodman Theatre, February 8, 2025, to March 16, 2025

Filmography Source: TCM 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.