Ian went to Taunton School in Somerset and then had two years at the Salisbury Playhouse as an Acting A.S.M. before going to L.A.M.D.A. 1971-74. The next few years were spent in theatre including 4 years with R.S.C. ending with "Nicholas Nickleby" on Broadway. His TV breakthrough was as Harcourt in the B.A.F.T.A award wining series Edge of Darkness. His American screen breakthrough was playing opposite Jim Carrey as Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.
McNeice's three children - Travers, Angus, and Maisie - live in the Bush, in Botswana, Africa. They have written a book called "The Lion Children" (to be published by Orion Books in September 2001). The book is about their life in the Bush with their mother and step father, who are lion researchers. Has been in one episode each of both British historical fiction military characters Richard Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower.