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Ian Mercer is an English actor. He portrayed the Quartermaster in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Biography
Film career
Throughout his film career, Ian Mercer has been seen in the features Alex, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Lassie, The Boat That Rocked (aka Pirate Radio) and Creation. On stage, he's performed at the Royal Court Theatre in Under the Whaleback and The York Realist, the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Two Tracks and Text Me, the Leeds Playhouse in Chips With Everything, the Young Vic tour of Romeo and Juliet and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning at Nottingham Playhouse, among others. His television appearances have included Touch of Frost, Coronation Street, Shackleton, Donovan, The Street, The Chase, Waking the Dead, Holby, Shameless, Lewis and the acclaimed Red Riding Trilogy.
Pirates of the Caribbean
In 2010, Ian Mercer worked with director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer in portraying Quartermaster, one of Blackbeard's zombie officers in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the Pirates series.
