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Ian McShane
Ian McShane

Ian McShane

ActingBorn September 29, 1942 (age 83)Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McShane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025
Deep Cover

as Metcalfe

Movie
2025
Ballerina

as Winston

Movie
2025Movie
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4

as Tai Lung (voice)

Movie
2024
American Star

as Wilson

Movie
2023
ONE PIECE

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2023Movie
2022
My Father's Dragon

as Saiwa (voice)

Movie
2021Movie
2020Movie
2019
Deadwood: The Movie

as Al Swearengen

Movie
2019
Bolden

as Judge Perry

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Hellboy

as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Movie
2018
Age of Sail

as William Avery (voice)

Movie
2018
A Wizard's Tale

as The Grump (voice)

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Jawbone

as Joe Padgett

Movie
2017
American Gods

as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin

TV
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2

as Winston Scott

Movie
2016Movie
2016Movie
2016
Doctor Thorne

as Sir Roger Scatcherd

TV
2016
Grimsby

as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

Movie
2014
John Wick

as Winston

Movie
2014
The Kid

as Inglés

Movie
2014
Hercules

as Amphiarus

Movie
2014
Cuban Fury

as Ron Parfitt

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Ray Donovan

as Malcolm Finney

TV
2013
Ray Donovan

as Andrew Finney

TV
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer

as King Brahmwell

Movie
2011
American Horror Story

as Leigh Emerson

TV
2011Movie
2011
Game of Thrones

as Brother Ray

TV
2010
The Pillars of the Earth

as Waleran Bigod

TV
2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2009
44 Inch Chest

as Meredith

Movie
2009
Case 39

as Detective Mike Barron

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Kings

as King Silas Benjamin

TV
2009
Coraline

as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

Movie
2008
Death Race

as Coach

Movie
2008
Kung Fu Panda

as Tai Lung (voice)

Movie
2007
The Golden Compass

as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Hot Rod

as Frank Powell

Movie
2007
Shrek the Third

as Captain Hook (voice)

Movie
2006
We Are Marshall

as Paul Griffen

Movie
2006TV
2006
Scoop

as Joe Strombel

Movie
2005
Nine Lives

as Larry

Movie
2004
Deadwood

as Al Swearengen

TV
2003
Nemesis Game

as Jeff Novak

Movie
2003
Terror in Moscow

as Narrator

Movie
2003
Agent Cody Banks

as Brinkman

Movie
2003
Trust

as Alan Cooper-Fozard

TV
2002Movie
2002TV
2002
Man and Boy

as Marty Mann

Movie
2001Movie
2001
In Deep

as Jamie Lamb

TV
2001
Sexy Beast

as Teddy Bass

Movie
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team

as Oliver Maxwell

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Nikolai Ivanovich

TV
1998Movie
1997Movie
1996TV
1996
Madson

as John Madson

TV
1995
The Naked Truth

as Leland Banks

TV
1995
Soul Survivors

as Otis Cooke

Movie
1994
White Goods

as Ian Deegan

Movie
1993
GMTV

as Self

TV
1990
Chillers

as Steven Castle

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Artemis (voice)

TV
1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy

as David Cleveland

Movie
1989
Dick Francis: In the Frame

as David Cleveland

Movie
1989
Chain Letter

as The Messenger of Death

Movie
1989
Miami Vice: Freefall

as Gen. Manuel Borbon

Movie
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin

as Charles Chaplin Snr

TV
1988
War and Remembrance

as Philip Rule

TV
1988Movie
1987TV
1987TV
1987
Grand Larceny

as Flanagan

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Rocket to the Moon

as Willy Wax

Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Lovejoy

TV
1985
Braker

as Alan Roswell

Movie
1985
A.D.

as Sejanus

TV
1985
Evergreen

as Paul Lerner

TV
1984
Too Scared to Scream

as Vincent Hardwick

Movie
1984
Miami Vice

as Esteban Montoya

TV
1984
Miami Vice

as General Manuel Borbon

TV
1984
Ordeal by Innocence

as Philip Durant

Movie
1984
Torchlight

as Sidney

Movie
1983
Natural World

as Narrator

TV
1983
Exposed

as Greg Miller

Movie
1983
Bare Essence

as Niko Theophilus

TV
1983
Grace Kelly

as Prince Rainier of Monaco

Movie
1982
Marco Polo

as Alì Ben Youssuf

TV
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982
The Letter

as Geoff

Movie
1982
American Playhouse

as Willy Wax

TV
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her

as Dr. Alfred Sunshine

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as David Norman

TV
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Edwin Clutterbuck

TV
1980Movie
1980
High Tide

as Curtis

Movie
1979
Minder

as Jack Last

TV
1979
Yesterday's Hero

as Rod Turner

Movie
1979Movie
1978
The Pirate

as Rashid

Movie
1978
Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

Movie
1978
Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

TV
1978
Life of Shakespeare

as Christopher Marlowe

TV
1978
Will Shakespeare

as Christopher Marlowe

TV
1978
Dallas

as Don Lockwood

TV
1978TV
1977
The Pirate

as Rashid

TV
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head

as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

Movie
1977
Jesus of Nazareth

as Judas Iscariot

TV
1977
The Fantastic Journey

as Sir James Camden

Movie
1977
The Fantastic Journey

as Sir James Camden

TV
1977
Roots

as Sir Eric Russell

TV
1975Movie
1975
Matt Helm

as Paul

TV
1975
Space: 1999

as Anton Zoref

TV
1975Movie
1974
Ransom

as Ray Petrie

Movie
1974Movie
1973
The Last of Sheila

as Anthony Wood

Movie
1972
Sitting Target

as Birdy Williams

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Leland St. John

TV
1971
Villain

as Wolfe Lissner

Movie
1970Movie
1970Movie
1970
Performance.

as Noel (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Freelance

as Mitch

Movie
1969
Battle of Britain

as Sgt. Pilot Andy

Movie
1969Movie
1969TV
1969TV
1968
Funeral Games

as Caulfield

Movie
1967
Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Movie
1967
Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Caulfield

TV
1967TV
1967TV
1966
You Can't Win

as Joe Lunn

TV
1966Movie
1965
The Pleasure Girls

as Keith Dexter

Movie
1964
Redcap

as Sapper Russell

TV
1964TV
1962Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Geoffrey

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Roddy Cain

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 29, 1942
Place of BirthBlackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Popularity3.3