Ian Anderson

ActorDirectorSound Aug 10 (age 79) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK 1961–2026 (65 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Ian Scott Anderson MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Wh…

Known For

Film

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

Self - Flute, Lead Vocals

Film

The Ritchie Blackmore Story

Self

Film

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Self - Jethro Tull

Film

Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003

Lead Vocal

Film

Jethro Tull: Living With The Past

Lead Vocals, Flute

Film

A World Without Beethoven?

Self

Film

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick Live In Iceland

Himself

Film

Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre

Vocals, Guitar, Flute

Filmography

Acting (45)

Movies (42)

StrongHer

2026

Jethro Tull: The Christmas Album Fresh Snow at Christmas

2024

A World Without Beethoven?

as Self

Melody Makers

ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of Freedom

2019

as Self

9.0

Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition)

2019

as Himself

Jethro Tull: This Was (50th Anniversary Edition)

2018

as Himself

The Ritchie Blackmore Story

2015

as Self

7.5

Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition)

2015

as Himself

A Venue For The End Of The World

2014

as Himself

6.0

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick Live In Iceland

as Himself

Acoustic at the BBC

as Self

Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden 1978

as Himself

Butcher House

as Robotnik 2

Prog Rock at the BBC

as Self

Jethro Tull Live at AVO Session Basel

2008

as Himself

3.8

Jethro Tull Their Fully Authorized Story

2008

5.6

Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in Germany

2008

as Himself

7.0

Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003

2007

as Lead Vocal

7.2

Jethro Tull: Bethlehem, PA 9 August 2003

2007

as Himself

The Moody Blues: Classic Artists

2006

as Self

Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005

2005

as Guitar

1.0

Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull

2005

4.2

Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

2005

as Self

5.8

Ian Anderson & A. Griminelli - Da Bach Ai Jethro Tull - Concerto Di Natale 2004

2005

as self

Jethro Tull A New Day Yesterday

2004

3.8

Let it Rock: Volume 1

2003

as Self - Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull: Living With The Past

2002

as Lead Vocals, Flute

8.5

Uriah Heep: Acoustically Driven

2001

as Self - Flute

5.0

The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One

2001

as Self

Och Around the Clock

1998

as Self (Archive footage)

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

1996

as Self - Flute, Lead Vocals

7.4

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

1996

as Self - Jethro Tull

6.8

Jethro Tull: 20 Years Of Jethro Tull

1988

as Himself

7.0

Say Yes

1986

as Crewman

Jethro Tull - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA

1984

as himself

Jethro Tull: Slipstream

1981

as Himself

6.5

Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre

1977

as Vocals, Guitar, Flute

8.5

Jethro Tull: Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles

1973

Participation

1971

as Self (archive footage)

Jethro Tull - Tullavision

as Himself

Television (3)

Back Beat

2016

as Himself

7.0

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

1966

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.8

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in Germany

2008

Director

7.0

Jethro Tull: Living With The Past

2002

Sound Mixer

8.5