Ian McShane
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 29, 1942 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 166
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
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Brother Ray
John Wick
2014Movie
Winston
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017Movie
Winston Scott
Kung Fu Panda
2008Movie
Tai Lung (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019Movie
Winston
Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025Movie
Blackbeard (voice)
Deep Cover
2025Movie
Metcalfe
Ballerina
2025Movie
Winston
Wick Is Pain
2025Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024Movie
Tai Lung (voice)
American Star
2024Movie
Wilson
ONE PIECE
2023TV
Narrator (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023Movie
Winston
My Father's Dragon
2022Movie
Saiwa (voice)
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021Movie
Narrator
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020Movie
(archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019Movie
Self
Deadwood: The Movie
2019Movie
Al Swearengen
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019Movie
Winston
Bolden
2019Movie
Judge Perry
Master of Dark Shadows
2019Movie
Narrator
Hellboy
2019Movie
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Age of Sail
2018Movie
William Avery (voice)
A Wizard's Tale
2018Movie
The Grump (voice)
Pottersville
2017Movie
Bart
Jawbone
2017Movie
Joe Padgett
American Gods
2017TV
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017Movie
Winston Scott
The Hollow Point
2016Movie
Leland
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016Movie
Umayya (voice)
Doctor Thorne
2016TV
Sir Roger Scatcherd
Grimsby
2016Movie
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
John Wick
2014Movie
Winston
The Kid
2014Movie
Inglés
Hercules
2014Movie
Amphiarus
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Cuban Fury
2014Movie
Ron Parfitt
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
How We Used to Live
2013Movie
Narrator
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Malcolm Finney, Andrew Finney
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013Movie
King Brahmwell
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012Movie
Beith
American Horror Story
2011TV
Leigh Emerson
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Brother Ray
The Pillars of the Earth
2010TV
Waleran Bigod
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010Movie
Narrator (voice)
44 Inch Chest
2009Movie
Meredith
Case 39
2009Movie
Detective Mike Barron
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kings
2009TV
King Silas Benjamin
Coraline
2009Movie
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Death Race
2008Movie
Coach
Kung Fu Panda
2008Movie
Tai Lung (voice)
The Golden Compass
2007Movie
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007Movie
Merriman Lyon
Hot Rod
2007Movie
Frank Powell
Shrek the Third
2007Movie
Captain Hook (voice)
The Dame Edna Treatment
2007TV
We Are Marshall
2006Movie
Paul Griffen
The One Show
2006TV
Self
Scoop
2006Movie
Joe Strombel
Nine Lives
2005Movie
Larry
Deadwood
2004TV
Al Swearengen
Nemesis Game
2003Movie
Jeff Novak
Terror in Moscow
2003Movie
Narrator
Agent Cody Banks
2003Movie
Brinkman
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
Trust
2003TV
Alan Cooper-Fozard
Bollywood Queen
2002Movie
Frank
The Twilight Zone
2002TV
Chandler
Man and Boy
2002Movie
Marty Mann
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
The Making of Sexy Beast
2001Movie
Self
In Deep
2001TV
Jamie Lamb
Sexy Beast
2001Movie
Teddy Bass
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999Movie
Oliver Maxwell
The West Wing
1999TV
Nikolai Ivanovich
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Toby Moore
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998Movie
Robert Bryson
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997Movie
Narrator
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Madson
1996TV
John Madson
The Naked Truth
1995TV
Leland Banks
Soul Survivors
1995Movie
Otis Cooke
White Goods
1994Movie
Ian Deegan
GMTV
1993TV
Self
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990Movie
Andre Marchand
Chillers
1990TV
Steven Castle
The Simpsons
1989TV
Artemis (voice)
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989Movie
David Cleveland
Dick Francis: In the Frame
1989Movie
David Cleveland
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989Movie
Chain Letter
1989Movie
The Messenger of Death
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989Movie
Gen. Manuel Borbon
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989TV
Charles Chaplin Snr
War and Remembrance
1988TV
Philip Rule
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988TV
Roger Bushell
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988Movie
Roger Bushell
Going Live!
1987TV
Self
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987TV
Marbury
Grand Larceny
1987Movie
Flanagan
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986Movie
Prefet de police
Rocket to the Moon
1986Movie
Willy Wax
Lovejoy
1986TV
Lovejoy
Braker
1985Movie
Alan Roswell
A.D.
1985TV
Sejanus
Evergreen
1985TV
Paul Lerner
Too Scared to Scream
1984Movie
Vincent Hardwick
Miami Vice
1984TV
Esteban Montoya, General Manuel Borbon
Ordeal by Innocence
1984Movie
Philip Durant
Torchlight
1984Movie
Sidney
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
Exposed
1983Movie
Greg Miller
Bare Essence
1983TV
Niko Theophilus
Grace Kelly
1983Movie
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Marco Polo
1982TV
Alì Ben Youssuf
Wogan
1982TV
Self
The Letter
1982Movie
Geoff
American Playhouse
1982TV
Willy Wax
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981Movie
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
David Norman, Edwin Clutterbuck
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980Movie
The Brain (Bert)
High Tide
1980Movie
Curtis
Minder
1979TV
Jack Last
Yesterday's Hero
1979Movie
Rod Turner
The Fifth Musketeer
1979Movie
Fouquet
Disraeli
1978Movie
Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli
1978TV
Benjamin Disraeli
Will Shakespeare
1978TV
Christopher Marlowe
Dallas
1978TV
Don Lockwood
Armchair Thriller
1978TV
Curtis
The Pirate
1977TV
Rashid
Code Name: Diamond Head
1977Movie
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
Jesus of Nazareth
1977TV
Judas Iscariot
The Fantastic Journey
1977Movie
Sir James Camden
The Fantastic Journey
1977TV
Sir James Camden
Roots
1977TV
Sir Eric Russell
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975Movie
Saunders
Matt Helm
1975TV
Paul
Space: 1999
1975TV
Anton Zoref
Journey into Fear
1975Movie
Banat
Ransom
1974Movie
Ray Petrie
Police Woman
1974TV
What Would You Do?
1974Movie
Derek
The Last of Sheila
1973Movie
Anthony Wood
Sitting Target
1972Movie
Birdy Williams
Columbo
1971TV
Leland St. John
Villain
1971Movie
Wolfe Lissner
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970Movie
Tom Lynn
A Sound from the Sea
1970Movie
Tom
Performance.
1970Movie
Noel (voice) (uncredited)
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970Movie
Fred C. Dobbs
Freelance
1970Movie
Mitch
Battle of Britain
1969Movie
Sgt. Pilot Andy
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969Movie
Charlie Cartwright
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
David Garrick, Ken Harrison
Funeral Games
1968Movie
Caulfield
Wuthering Heights
1967Movie
Heathcliff
Wuthering Heights
1967TV
Heathcliff
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Caulfield, Tom, Derek
You Can't Win
1966TV
Joe Lunn
Sky West and Crooked
1966Movie
Roibin
The Pleasure Girls
1965Movie
Keith Dexter
Redcap
1964TV
Sapper Russell
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Frank
The Wild and the Willing
1962Movie
Harry Brown
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Geoffrey, Roddy Cain
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee