Ian Irmisch founded the Tartan Terrors with his late sister Ellen in 1996. He has an extensive career in the professional arts and sports worlds. At the age of five, he performed in the prestigious Great Hall of Hamilton Place and hasn't looked back since! 

Ian holds credentials with ACTRA, CAEA, and the AFM and has appeared in the Spirit of a Nation Tour, Charlottetown Festival, Ross Petty Productions Robin Hood, 42nd Street, Hamilton Theatre Inc, Brigadoon, Drury Lane Productions and across the UK. He has appeared in numerous film and television productions including Death to Smoochy, Superstar, Road to Avonlea, and The Santa Clause. 

As a child, he trained at his mother's dance school, Sundance Studios in Burlington. He went on to Ryerson University and Sheridan College, and worked across New York City. In 1996, the Wilkes-Irmisch siblings formed Tartan Terrors and Celtic performances haven't been the same since. Ian has been lucky enough to have performed his way through Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. 

He now resides in Muskoka, Ontario, where he's an avid collector of advertising signs and gas/car memorabilia. Follow him on Instagram @iantartanterrors.