Ian Patrick Midlane (born 1 February 1976) is an English actor, known for playing Al Haskey on the BBC soap opera Doctors. For his performance as Al, he won the award for Best Comedy Performance at the 2018 British Soap Awards.

Ian Patrick Midlane was born on 1 February 1976 in Bedford.^[1][2] He is in a relationship with fellow actress Caoimhe Farren.^[3]

In 2004, Midlane made his television debut in an episode of the ITV series The Last Detective as a fire officer.^[4] He then appeared in "Revenge of the Slitheen", a two part episode of the CBBC series The Sarah Jane Adventures.^[5] In 2011, Midlane made his film debut in Swinging with the Finkels.^[6] In 2012, Midlane began playing Al Haskey in the BBC soap opera Doctors.^[4] Before this, he appeared in an episode of Doctors in 2005, in the role of Brian Flannery. In 2018, he appeared in the film The Last Witness.^[7] Later that year, he won the award for Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards.^[8] Midlane also wrote four episodes of Doctors.^[9] In 2024, Doctors was cancelled by the BBC and Midlane remained in his role as Al until its final episode. Following his final appearance, Midlane was cast in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), as well as the upcoming series Young Sherlock.^[10]

• Ian Midlane at IMDb