Darwin Shaw

Darwin Shaw is a British stage, film and television actor, and director. Formerly practicing as a medical doctor, he retrained as an actor at LAMDA in 2004 after studying theatre in New York City. Shaw, the eldest of two boys, was born in Brampton, Cumbria, England. Shaw comes from a background of mixed culture, religion and experiences - his father was born in Amritsar (his paternal grandparents were from Kashmir and Afghanistan) and his mother is British (his maternal grandfather was the local vicar, a relation of Orde Wingate). Shaw grew up in Leeds and later studied at King's College London where he graduated as a medical doctor. Shaw worked as a doctor at King's College Hospital before retraining in classical theatre at LAMDA. His first professional role was in Deborah Warner's production of Julius Caesar at the Barbican Theatre with a cast which included Ralph Fiennes, Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale. His first feature film role was as Fisher, James Bond's first kill, in the opening of 2006's Casino Royale that introduced Daniel Craig as the new 007, and was directed by Martin Campbell.