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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 29, 1942
Place of Birth:
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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Ian McShane
Biography
Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is a Scottish-English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in Deadwood (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, and Mr. Wednesday in American Gods (2017–2021). For the original series of Deadwood, McShane won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer of the film, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
His film roles include Harry Brown in The Wild and the Willing (1962), Charlie Cartwright in If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Wolfe Lissner in Villain (1971), Teddy Bass in Sexy Beast(2000), Frank Powell in Hot Rod (2007), Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), and Winston Scott in the John Wick franchise (2014–present).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Deep Cover | Metcalfe |
| 2025 | Ballerina | Winston |
| 2025 | Wick Is Pain | Self |
| 2024 | American Star | Wilson |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Tai Lung (voice) |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Winston |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon | Saiwa (voice) |
| 2021 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Narrator |
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Winston |
| 2019 | Hellboy | Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm |
| 2019 | Bolden | Judge Perry |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Al Swearengen |
| 2019 | Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn | Self |
| 2019 | Master of Dark Shadows | Narrator |
| 2018 | A Wizard's Tale | The Grump (voice) |
| 2018 | Age of Sail | William Avery (voice) |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Winston |
| 2017 | Pottersville | Bart |
| 2017 | Jawbone | Joe Padgett |
| 2016 | The Hollow Point | Leland |
| 2016 | Grimsby | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Umayya (voice) |
| 2014 | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt |
| 2014 | Hercules | Amphiarus |
| 2014 | The Kid | Inglés |
| 2014 | John Wick | Winston |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | King Brahmwell |
| 2013 | How We Used to Live | Narrator |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Beith |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach |
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith |
| 2009 | Coraline | Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) |
| 2009 | Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Death Race | Coach |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Tai Lung (voice) |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Merriman Lyon |
| 2007 | Hot Rod | Frank Powell |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Captain Hook (voice) |
| 2006 | Scoop | Joe Strombel |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall | Paul Griffen |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Larry |
| 2003 | Nemesis Game | Jeff Novak |
| 2003 | Terror in Moscow | Narrator |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Brinkman |
| 2002 | Man and Boy | Marty Mann |
| 2002 | Bollywood Queen | Frank |
| 2001 | The Making of Sexy Beast | Self |
| 2000 | Sexy Beast | Teddy Bass |
| 1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Oliver Maxwell |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Robert Bryson |
| 1997 | Traders of the Lost Scrolls | Narrator |
| 1995 | Soul Survivors | Otis Cooke |
| 1994 | White Goods | Ian Deegan |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Andre Marchand |
| 1989 | Chain Letter | The Messenger of Death |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: Twice Shy | David Cleveland |
| 1989 | Miami Vice: Freefall | Gen. Manuel Borbon |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell |
| 1987 | Grand Larceny | Flanagan |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police |
| 1986 | Rocket to the Moon | Willy Wax |
| 1985 | Torchlight | Sidney |
| 1985 | Braker | Alan Roswell |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream | Vincent Hardwick |
| 1984 | Ordeal by Innocence | Philip Durant |
| 1983 | Exposed | Greg Miller |
| 1983 | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco |
| 1982 | The Letter | Geoff |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep Her | Dr. Alfred Sunshine |
| 1980 | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | The Brain (Bert) |
| 1980 | High Tide | Curtis |
| 1979 | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet |
| 1979 | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner |
| 1978 | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1978 | The Pirate | Rashid |
| 1977 | Code Name: Diamond Head | Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Sir James Camden |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Banat |
| 1975 | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Saunders |
| 1974 | Ransom | Ray Petrie |
| 1974 | What Would You Do? | Derek |
| 1973 | The Last of Sheila | Anthony |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | Birdy Williams |
| 1971 | Villain | Wolfe Lissner |
| 1970 | Performance | Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Freelance | Mitch |
| 1970 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Fred C. Dobbs |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Tom Lynn |
| 1970 | A Sound from the Sea | Tom |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Sgt. Pilot Andy |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Charlie Cartwright |
| 1968 | Funeral Games | Caulfield |
| 1967 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff |
| 1966 | Sky West and Crooked | Roibin |
| 1965 | The Pleasure Girls | Keith Dexter |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Harry Brown |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ONE PIECE | Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2017 | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday / God Odin |
| 2016 | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Malcolm Finney |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Andrew Finney |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Leigh Emerson |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Brother Ray |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Waleran Bigod |
| 2009 | Kings | King Silas Benjamin |
| 2007 | The Dame Edna Treatment | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2004 | Deadwood | Al Swearengen |
| 2003 | Trust | Alan Cooper-Fozard |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Chandler |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self |
| 2001 | In Deep | Jamie Lamb |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Nikolai Ivanovich |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Toby Moore |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Madson | John Madson |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth | Leland Banks |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self |
| 1990 | Chillers | Steven Castle |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Artemis (voice) |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin | Charles Chaplin Snr |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Philip Rule |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Marbury |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Lovejoy |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Paul Lerner |
| 1985 | A.D. | Sejanus |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Esteban Montoya |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | General Manuel Borbon |
| 1983 | Bare Essence | Niko Theophilus |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Alì Ben Youssuf |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Willy Wax |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | David Norman |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Edwin Clutterbuck |
| 1979 | Minder | Jack Last |
| 1978 | Dallas | Don Lockwood |
| 1978 | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1978 | Life of Shakespeare | Christopher Marlowe |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Curtis |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Sir James Camden |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Judas Iscariot |
| 1977 | Roots | Sir Eric Russell |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Paul |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Anton Zoref |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Leland St. John |
| 1967 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff |
| 1966 | You Can't Win | Joe Lunn |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | |
| 1964 | Redcap | Sapper Russell |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Geoffrey |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |