Sebastian Shaw (May 3 1905 - December 23 1994) was a film and stage actor born in Holt, Norfolk, England.

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 fourty other productions.

Beginning the eighth decade of his career, he played Anakin Skywalker in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. For the 2004 DVD release the "ghost" of Anakin was replaced by Hayden Christensen, though Shaw still plays Anakin/Vader in the scene when Vader is unmasked.