Originally from Wigan, near Manchester, England, Ian Gregson is a
Vancouver based actor and musician.
Ian performed the role of "Cyrus Clayton" an amputee ghost in the Emmy
Award winning RL Stine's "The Haunting Hour" [Season 4 EP 01] "The
Seance". See article in the Vancouver Province newspaper.
Ian started work in Vancouver in 1992 as a specialty skills background
performer in Diagnosis Murder with Dick van Dyke. Throughout the 90's
Ian worked as background performer in many Vancouver productions
including Highlander, X-Files, Millenium and The Sentinnel. In 1998 he
acted as an amputee stunt double in the Leslie Neilsen movie
"Wrongfully Accused".
A chance meeting with his hometown hero Sir Ian McKellan in November
2002 inspired Ian to re-think the movie business. After working in
post-secondary education for a few more years, Ian returned to the
industry in 2009 and has subsequently appeared in many local
productions including Falling Skies, V, Psych, Stargate Universe, Human
Target, Caprica, Life Unexpected, Smallville, Fringe, Supernatural,
Hellcats, Fairly Legal and Shattered. Feature work includes A-Team,
Rise of the Apes, Diary of a Wimpy Kid [1,2&3] and The Company You
Keep.
Ian is also a professional musician and has worked on numerous
productions including "This Means War" with Chris Pine, Reece
Witherspoon and Tom Hardy. Ian has full professional equipment setup
including amplifiers, guitars and keyboards.
Ian has been a single right leg amputee since the age of 15; he is able
to perform both amputee and non amputee roles. Ian is a full UBCP
member.
