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Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Acting1942Blackburn, 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).

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Acting History

2025
Deep Cover
as Metcalfe
Ballerina
as Winston
The One Show
TVas Self1 eps
2024
American Star
as Wilson
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Tai Lung (voice)
2023
ONE PIECE
TVas Narrator (voice)1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self2 eps
2022
My Father's Dragon
as Saiwa (voice)
2021
The Simpsons
TVas Artemis (voice)1 eps
2019
Hellboy
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Bolden
as Judge Perry
Deadwood: The Movie
as Al Swearengen
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TVas Self1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Toby Moore1 eps
Deadwood: The Movie
Executive Producer
2018
A Wizard's Tale
as The Grump (voice)
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Winston Scott
Jawbone
as Joe Padgett
American Gods
TVas Mr. Wednesday / God Odin26 eps
2016
Grimsby
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Game of Thrones
TVas Brother Ray1 eps
Doctor Thorne
TVas Sir Roger Scatcherd
2015
Ray Donovan
TVas Andrew Finney2 eps
2014
Hercules
as Amphiarus
The Kid
as Inglés
Cuban Fury
as Ron Parfitt
John Wick
as Winston
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
as King Brahmwell
2012
American Horror Story
TVas Leigh Emerson2 eps
2011
2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
as Narrator (voice)
The Pillars of the Earth
TVas Waleran Bigod8 eps
2009
Case 39
as Detective Mike Barron
44 Inch Chest
as Meredith
Coraline
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Kings
TVas King Silas Benjamin13 eps
44 Inch Chest
Executive Producer
2008
Death Race
as Coach
Kung Fu Panda
as Tai Lung (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee1 eps
2007
Shrek the Third
as Captain Hook (voice)
The Golden Compass
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Hot Rod
as Frank Powell
2006
Scoop
as Joe Strombel
We Are Marshall
as Paul Griffen
2005
Nine Lives
as Larry
Real Time with Bill Maher
TVas Self1 eps
2004
Deadwood
TVas Al Swearengen36 eps
2003
Terror in Moscow
as Narrator
Nemesis Game
as Jeff Novak
Agent Cody Banks
as Brinkman
Trust
TVas Alan Cooper-Fozard6 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Chandler1 eps
2002
Man and Boy
as Marty Mann
The West Wing
TVas Nikolai Ivanovich1 eps
2001
Sexy Beast
as Teddy Bass
In Deep
TVas Jamie Lamb
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Oliver Maxwell
1998
1997
The Naked Truth
TVas Leland Banks2 eps
1996
1994
Natural World
TVas Narrator3 eps
1993
GMTV
TVas Self
1992
Going Live!
TVas Self2 eps
Lovejoy
TVDirector4 eps
1990
Columbo
TVas Leland St. John1 eps
Chillers
TVas Steven Castle
1989
Dallas
TVas Don Lockwood12 eps
Minder
TVas Jack Last1 eps
Miami Vice
TVas General Manuel Borbon1 eps
1988
War and Remembrance
TVas Philip Rule12 eps
1987
1986
American Playhouse
TVas Willy Wax1 eps
Lovejoy
TVas Lovejoy73 eps
1985
Braker
as Alan Roswell
A.D.
TVas Sejanus5 eps
1984
Too Scared to Scream
as Vincent Hardwick
Ordeal by Innocence
as Philip Durant
Torchlight
as Sidney
1983
Grace Kelly
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
Exposed
as Greg Miller
1982
The Letter
as Geoff
Magnum, P.I.
TVas David Norman / Edwin Clutterbuck1 eps
Wogan
TVas Self
Marco Polo
TVas Alì Ben Youssuf
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
1980
1979
1978
The Pirate
as Rashid
Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
Armchair Thriller
TVas Curtis4 eps
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
Roots
TVas Sir Eric Russell1 eps
Jesus of Nazareth
TVas Judas Iscariot4 eps
The Fantastic Journey
TVas Sir James Camden1 eps
1975
Matt Helm
TVas Paul1 eps
Space: 1999
TVas Anton Zoref1 eps
1974
Ransom
as Ray Petrie
1973
The Last of Sheila
as Anthony Wood
1972
Sitting Target
as Birdy Williams
1971
Villain
as Wolfe Lissner
1970
The Performers
as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
Freelance
as Mitch
1967
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
1965
The Pleasure Girls
as Keith Dexter
1962

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/29/1942(83 years old)
Place of Birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK