Sebastian Shaw was a film and stage actor. He was born on May 3, 1905, in Holt, Norfolk, England, and died December 23, 1994.

He began performing in 1913, and graduated to leading roles on stage in the late 1920s. He made his first film appearance in the 1930 movie Caste, and has appeared in over forty other productions.

In the fifth decade of his career, he played Anakin Skywalker in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi.