Career: Jones quickly gained a reputation as a fine character actor while working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early TV roles came in Z Cars, The Baron and The Avengers. His first film was Marat/Sade in 1967. He and Dudley Sutton are the only actors to have appeared in the original and revamped versions of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Other TV work has come in the likes of Jackanory, Inspector Morse, The District Nurse and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. Jones has become a cult hero thanks to his film work for legendary studio Hammer (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and The Satanic Rites of Dracula) and director David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Dune, Wild at Heart, On the Air and Hotel Room). Jones has played Sandy in Emmerdale since 2005.

Career: Eight years after his first foray into TV and film, Ian played music icon John Lennon in Christopher Münch's The Hours and Times. His performance as the ill-fated Beatle was critically acclaimed and brought him to the attention of director Iain Softley who asked him to reprise the role in Backbeat. The 1994 movie proved a turning point in his career as he has worked consistently ever since on an eclectic body of work, from the dramatic Clockwork Mice and Wonderland to family favourite Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and big budget Hollywood offering Enemy of the State. Other major works include Boardwalk Empire, Agents of SHIELD, Bates of Motel and Klondike.