Ian McShane
Born: 1942-09-29 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
- Ballerina as Winston
- Deep Cover as Metcalfe
- Wick Is Pain as Self
2024
- Kung Fu Panda 4 as Tai Lung (voice)
- American Star as Wilson
2023
- ONE PIECE as Narrator (voice)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 as Winston
2022
- My Father's Dragon as Saiwa (voice)
2021
- Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Narrator
2020
- The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as (archive footage)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Winston
- Hellboy as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
- Deadwood: The Movie as Al Swearengen
- Bolden as Judge Perry
- Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn as Self
- Master of Dark Shadows as Narrator
2018
- A Wizard's Tale as The Grump (voice)
- Age of Sail as William Avery (voice)
2017
- American Gods as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
- John Wick: Chapter 2 as Winston Scott
- Jawbone as Joe Padgett
- Pottersville as Bart
2016
- Grimsby as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
- Doctor Thorne as Sir Roger Scatcherd
- Bilal: A New Breed of Hero as Umayya (voice)
- The Hollow Point as Leland
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- John Wick as Winston
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Hercules as Amphiarus
- The Kid as Inglés
- Cuban Fury as Ron Parfitt
2013
- Ray Donovan as Malcolm Finney
- Jack the Giant Slayer as King Brahmwell
- How We Used to Live as Narrator
2012
- Snow White and the Huntsman as Beith
2011
- Game of Thrones as Brother Ray
- American Horror Story as Leigh Emerson
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
2010
- The Pillars of the Earth as Waleran Bigod
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Narrator (voice)
2009
- Coraline as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- Kings as King Silas Benjamin
- Case 39 as Detective Mike Barron
- 44 Inch Chest as Meredith
- Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Kung Fu Panda as Tai Lung (voice)
- Death Race as Coach
2007
- Shrek the Third as Captain Hook (voice)
- The Golden Compass as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
- Hot Rod as Frank Powell
- The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Merriman Lyon
- The Dame Edna Treatment
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Scoop as Joe Strombel
- We Are Marshall as Paul Griffen
2005
- Nine Lives as Larry
2004
- Deadwood as Al Swearengen
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Agent Cody Banks as Brinkman
- Trust as Alan Cooper-Fozard
- Terror in Moscow as Narrator
- Nemesis Game as Jeff Novak
2002
- The Twilight Zone as Chandler
- Man and Boy as Marty Mann
- Bollywood Queen as Frank
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Sexy Beast as Teddy Bass
- In Deep as Jamie Lamb
- The Making of Sexy Beast as Self
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Toby Moore
- The West Wing as Nikolai Ivanovich
- D.R.E.A.M. Team as Oliver Maxwell
1998
- Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Robert Bryson
1997
- Traders of the Lost Scrolls as Narrator
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Madson as John Madson
1995
- The Naked Truth as Leland Banks
- Soul Survivors as Otis Cooke
1994
- White Goods as Ian Deegan
1993
- GMTV as Self
1990
- Chillers as Steven Castle
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Andre Marchand
1989
- The Simpsons as Artemis (voice)
- Young Charlie Chaplin as Charles Chaplin Snr
- Miami Vice: Freefall as Gen. Manuel Borbon
- Dick Francis: In the Frame as David Cleveland
- Dick Francis: Blood Sport
- Dick Francis: Twice Shy as David Cleveland
- Chain Letter as The Messenger of Death
1988
- War and Remembrance as Philip Rule
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell
1987
- Going Live! as Self
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Marbury
- Grand Larceny as Flanagan
1986
- Lovejoy as Lovejoy
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Prefet de police
- Rocket to the Moon as Willy Wax
1984
- Miami Vice as Esteban Montoya
- Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durant
- Too Scared to Scream as Vincent Hardwick
- Torchlight as Sidney
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Bare Essence as Niko Theophilus
- Exposed as Greg Miller
- Grace Kelly as Prince Rainier of Monaco
1982
- Wogan as Self
- American Playhouse as Willy Wax
- Marco Polo as Alì Ben Youssuf
- The Letter as Geoff
1981
- Cheaper to Keep Her as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as David Norman
- The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as The Brain (Bert)
- High Tide as Curtis
1979
- Minder as Jack Last
- The Fifth Musketeer as Fouquet
- Yesterday's Hero as Rod Turner
1978
- Dallas as Don Lockwood
- Armchair Thriller as Curtis
- Will Shakespeare as Christopher Marlowe
- Life of Shakespeare as Christopher Marlowe
- The Pirate as Rashid
- Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
1977
- Roots as Sir Eric Russell
- Jesus of Nazareth as Judas Iscariot
- The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden
- The Pirate as Rashid
- The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden
- Code Name: Diamond Head as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
1975
- Space: 1999 as Anton Zoref
- Matt Helm as Paul
- Journey into Fear as Banat
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Saunders
1974
- Police Woman
- Ransom as Ray Petrie
- What Would You Do? as Derek
1973
- The Last of Sheila as Anthony Wood
1972
- Sitting Target as Birdy Williams
1970
- Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Fred C. Dobbs
- Performance. as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
- The Ballad of Tam Lin as Tom Lynn
- Freelance as Mitch
- A Sound from the Sea as Tom
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as David Garrick
- Battle of Britain as Sgt. Pilot Andy
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Charlie Cartwright
1968
- Funeral Games as Caulfield
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Caulfield
- Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
1966
- You Can't Win as Joe Lunn
- Sky West and Crooked as Roibin
1965
- The Pleasure Girls as Keith Dexter
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Frank
- Redcap as Sapper Russell
1962
- The Wild and the Willing as Harry Brown
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Geoffrey
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter