Ian McShane
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 29, 1942 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2025 | Deep CoverMetcalfe | |
| 2025 | BallerinaWinston | |
| 2025 | Wick Is PainSelf | |
| 2024 | American StarWilson | |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4Tai Lung (voice) | |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4Winston | |
| 2023 | ONE PIECENarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | My Father's DragonSaiwa (voice) | |
| 2021 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson StoryNarrator | |
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(archive footage) | |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumWinston | |
| 2019 | HellboyTrevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | |
| 2019 | BoldenJudge Perry | |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The MovieAl Swearengen | |
| 2019 | Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy RebornSelf | |
| 2019 | Master of Dark ShadowsNarrator | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | A Wizard's TaleThe Grump (voice) | |
| 2018 | Age of SailWilliam Avery (voice) | |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2Winston Scott | |
| 2017 | PottersvilleBart | |
| 2017 | JawboneJoe Padgett | |
| 2017 | American GodsMr. Wednesday / God Odin | |
| 2016 | The Hollow PointLeland | |
| 2016 | GrimsbyMI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | |
| 2016 | Bilal: A New Breed of HeroUmayya (voice) | |
| 2016 | Doctor ThorneSir Roger Scatcherd | |
| 2014 | Cuban FuryRon Parfitt | |
| 2014 | HerculesAmphiarus | |
| 2014 | The KidInglés | |
| 2014 | John WickWinston | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant SlayerKing Brahmwell | |
| 2013 | How We Used to LiveNarrator | |
| 2013 | Ray DonovanMalcolm Finney | |
| 2013 | Ray DonovanAndrew Finney | |
| 2012 | Snow White and the HuntsmanBeith | |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesEdward "Blackbeard" Teach | |
| 2011 | American Horror StoryLeigh Emerson | |
| 2011 | Game of ThronesBrother Ray | |
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's ApprenticeNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the EarthWaleran Bigod | |
| 2009 | Case 39Detective Mike Barron | |
| 2009 | 44 Inch ChestMeredith | |
| 2009 | CoralineMr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) | |
| 2009 | Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the RhythmSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | KingsKing Silas Benjamin | |
| 2008 | Death RaceCoach | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu PandaTai Lung (voice) | |
| 2007 | The Golden CompassRagnar Sturlusson (voice) | |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingMerriman Lyon | |
| 2007 | Hot RodFrank Powell | |
| 2007 | Shrek the ThirdCaptain Hook (voice) | |
| 2007 | The Dame Edna Treatment | |
| 2006 | ScoopJoe Strombel | |
| 2006 | We Are MarshallPaul Griffen | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf | |
| 2005 | Nine LivesLarry | |
| 2004 | DeadwoodAl Swearengen | |
| 2003 | Nemesis GameJeff Novak | |
| 2003 | Terror in MoscowNarrator | |
| 2003 | Agent Cody BanksBrinkman | |
| 2003 | TrustAlan Cooper-Fozard | |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill MaherSelf | |
| 2002 | Man and BoyMarty Mann | |
| 2002 | Bollywood QueenFrank | |
| 2002 | The Twilight ZoneChandler | |
| 2001 | Sexy BeastTeddy Bass | |
| 2001 | The Making of Sexy BeastSelf | |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf | |
| 2001 | In DeepJamie Lamb | |
| 1999 | D.R.E.A.M. TeamOliver Maxwell | |
| 1999 | The West WingNikolai Ivanovich | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitToby Moore | |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: The River of SoulsRobert Bryson | |
| 1997 | Traders of the Lost ScrollsNarrator | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1996 | MadsonJohn Madson | |
| 1995 | Soul SurvivorsOtis Cooke | |
| 1995 | The Naked TruthLeland Banks | |
| 1994 | White GoodsIan Deegan | |
| 1993 | GMTVSelf | |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate DeceptionAndre Marchand | |
| 1990 | ChillersSteven Castle | |
| 1989 | Chain LetterThe Messenger of Death | |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: Twice ShyDavid Cleveland | |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: Blood Sport | |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: In the FrameDavid Cleveland | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsArtemis (voice) | |
| 1989 | Young Charlie ChaplinCharles Chaplin Snr | |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryRoger Bushell | |
| 1988 | War and RemembrancePhilip Rule | |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryRoger Bushell | |
| 1987 | Grand LarcenyFlanagan | |
| 1987 | Going Live!Self | |
| 1987 | CBS Summer PlayhouseMarbury | |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue MorguePrefet de police | |
| 1986 | Rocket to the MoonWilly Wax | |
| 1986 | LovejoyLovejoy | |
| 1985 | BrakerAlan Roswell | |
| 1985 | EvergreenPaul Lerner | |
| 1985 | A.D.Sejanus | |
| 1984 | Too Scared to ScreamVincent Hardwick | |
| 1984 | Ordeal by InnocencePhilip Durant | |
| 1984 | TorchlightSidney | |
| 1984 | Miami ViceEsteban Montoya | |
| 1984 | Miami ViceGeneral Manuel Borbon | |
| 1983 | ExposedGreg Miller | |
| 1983 | Grace KellyPrince Rainier of Monaco | |
| 1983 | Bare EssenceNiko Theophilus | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator | |
| 1982 | The LetterGeoff | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1982 | Marco PoloAlì Ben Youssuf | |
| 1982 | American PlayhouseWilly Wax | |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep HerDr. Alfred Sunshine | |
| 1980 | The Great Riviera Bank RobberyThe Brain (Bert) | |
| 1980 | High TideCurtis | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I.David Norman | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I.Edwin Clutterbuck | |
| 1979 | The Fifth MusketeerFouquet | |
| 1979 | Yesterday's HeroRod Turner | |
| 1979 | MinderJack Last | |
| 1978 | DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli | |
| 1978 | The PirateRashid | |
| 1978 | DallasDon Lockwood | |
| 1978 | DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli | |
| 1978 | Life of ShakespeareChristopher Marlowe | |
| 1978 | Armchair ThrillerCurtis | |
| 1977 | Code Name: Diamond HeadSean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler | |
| 1977 | The Fantastic JourneySir James Camden | |
| 1977 | The Fantastic JourneySir James Camden | |
| 1977 | Jesus of NazarethJudas Iscariot | |
| 1977 | RootsSir Eric Russell | |
| 1977 | The PirateRashid | |
| 1975 | Journey into FearBanat | |
| 1975 | The Lives of Jenny DolanSaunders | |
| 1975 | Matt HelmPaul | |
| 1975 | Space: 1999Anton Zoref | |
| 1974 | RansomRay Petrie | |
| 1974 | What Would You Do?Derek | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1973 | The Last of SheilaAnthony Wood | |
| 1972 | Sitting TargetBirdy Williams | |
| 1971 | VillainWolfe Lissner | |
| 1971 | ColumboLeland St. John | |
| 1970 | PerformanceNoel (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1970 | FreelanceMitch | |
| 1970 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love YouFred C. Dobbs | |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Tam LinTom Lynn | |
| 1970 | A Sound from the SeaTom | |
| 1969 | Battle of BritainSgt. Pilot Andy | |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumCharlie Cartwright | |
| 1968 | Funeral GamesCaulfield | |
| 1967 | Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff | |
| 1967 | Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff | |
| 1967 | ITV PlayhouseCaulfield | |
| 1967 | ITV PlayhouseTom | |
| 1966 | Sky West and CrookedRoibin | |
| 1966 | You Can't WinJoe Lunn | |
| 1965 | The Pleasure GirlsKeith Dexter | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | |
| 1964 | RedcapSapper Russell | |
| 1962 | The Wild and the WillingHarry Brown | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreGeoffrey | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreRoddy Cain | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee |
| 2024 | American StarProducer | |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The MovieExecutive Producer | |
| 2009 | 44 Inch ChestExecutive Producer | |
| 1996 | MadsonProducer |
| 1986 | LovejoyDirector |