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Ian McShane

Acting 83 years old Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK ★ 3.3
Born: September 29, 1942

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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Filmography

Acting Credits (170)

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

Directing Credits (1)

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