Ian Lyons(I)
- Actor
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.
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.
