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Ian Lyons(I)

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Ian Lyons
Including scenes from Fox's The Resident, Showtime's Dexter: New Blood, Showtime's George & Tammy, Hulu's Mike, HBO's That Damn Michael Che, CW's Dynasty, CBS' FBI: Most Wanted, Marvel's Luke Cage...
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Born Ian Franz Anderson in Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA to Judith and Frank Anderson. His mother a local journalist and regional theater director and his father a struggling stage actor. Ian and his two brothers, Christian (a successful Broadway actor and puppeteer) and Damian (who sadly passed away in 2007) were raised by their single mother in Madison, Connecticut. Since his father hadn't been in the picture for several years, at age fifteen, Ian legally took his mother's maiden name "Lyons," to carry on her family name.

The arts were always a priority in their household. Movies quickly became Ian's first love. The escapism of cinema brought him the stability his home life lacked. Ian knew he had to get involved in the visual arts, so he went off to study film at Emerson College, where he met his wife Capucine, who was studying television.

Ian and Capucine married in New York City's Central Park in 1998, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue their entertainment careers. After a few years behind the scenes, working on shows like Party Of Five, All That, Scrubs, Sabrina The Teenage Witch.., Ian was given the opportunity to audition for a bit role on Sabrina - which he booked. Suddenly, Ian caught the acting bug, after having resisted the family business for so long. There was something about screen acting that felt like the right fit.

Now two children (Elliot and Oliver), a stint living in Belgium, two life saving open-heart surgeries, nearly twenty-five years married and about forty credits later, Ian finally feels comfortable enough to say he's an actor.
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The Resident ep 613 - "All Hands On Deck"
As Alan Dershowitz in Hulu’s MIKE
Recruiting Luke Cage
As Paul Richey in George & Tammy
As "Colin Mitchell" reuniting with his daughter (Iphy Murphy) he hasn't seen for 7 years. Madam Secretary season 3 episode 21 "The Seventh Floor"
as GUARD in GOTHAM episode 221
The Resident ep 613 - "All Hands On Deck"
Ian Lyons
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Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
The Resident
7.8
TV Series
  • Wade
Mike Colter in Luke Cage (2016)
Luke Cage
7.3
TV Series
  • John Epps
Michael C. Hall in Dexter: New Blood (2021)
Dexter: New Blood
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Hotel Clerk
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
George & Tammy
7.6
TV Series
  • Paul Richey

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  • Boston Strangler
    • Completed
  • The Holdovers
    • In Production
  • The Witching Hour
    • Post-production
  • Possum Trot
    • Post-production
  • Rick
    • Post-production
  • The Mrs. Chocolate Milk Men
    • Pre-production
  • Pathos
    • Pre-production
  • Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
    The Resident
  • Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
    George & Tammy
  • Mike (2022)
    Mike
  • Debra Gavlak, Jeremy Shanok, Nathan John Beale, Gregory E. Steen, Gina McTeague, Palmer Scott, Andrew Orefice, John Orefice, Travis Doane, Austin Rich, Daniel J. Harmon, and Henry Orefice in Bubble Bubble Bubble Meows (2022)
    Bubble Bubble Bubble Meows
  • Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (2022)
    Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
  • Caliovas (2022)
    Caliovas
  • Spem in Alium (2022)
    Spem in Alium
  • Michael C. Hall in Dexter: New Blood (2021)
    Dexter: New Blood
  • The Wonder Years (2021)
    The Wonder Years
  • Our Kind of People (2021)
    Our Kind of People
  • Grant Show, Daniella Alonso, Robert Christopher Riley, Elizabeth Gillies, Rafael de la Fuente, and Sam Adegoke in Dynasty (2017)
    Dynasty
  • Michael Che in That Damn Michael Che (2021)
    That Damn Michael Che
  • Julian McMahon in FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
    FBI: Most Wanted
  • Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Laura Osnes, Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, and Bradley Rose in One Royal Holiday (2020)
    One Royal Holiday
  • Across the Pacific (2020)
    Across the Pacific
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    • September 11
    • Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA
    • Capucine LyonsApril 11, 1998 - present (2 children)
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    At Ian's callback audition for "Colin Mitchell" in CBS' Madam Secretary, casting director Mark Saks told Ian to perform his emotional role to executive producer (actor) Eric Stoltz - meaning Eric would be Colin's wife.. It was a stretch, but luckily Ian got the part.
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    The opportunity (the audition) is the cake. Anything beyond that is simply the icing (the callback, the booking, the paycheck, the residuals, the nomination, the award...). Needless to say, the more icing there is, the sweeter it is, but I'm more than willing to take my icingless cake and eat it too.

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