Ian McShane

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1942-09-29 (Age: 84)

Place of Birth

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McShane

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 (102)

⭐ 6.7 Role: Metcalfe

Deep Cover

⭐ 7.2 Role: Winston

Ballerina

⭐ 7.4 Role: Self

Wick Is Pain

⭐ 7.0 Role: Tai Lung (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 4

⭐ 5.7 Role: Wilson

American Star

⭐ 7.7 Role: Winston

John Wick: Chapter 4

⭐ 7.1 Role: Saiwa (voice)

My Father's Dragon

⭐ 6.4 Role: Narrator

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

⭐ 9.7 Role: (archive footage)

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

⭐ 5.8 Role: Self

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

⭐ 6.8 Role: Al Swearengen

Deadwood: The Movie

⭐ 7.4 Role: Winston

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

⭐ 4.2 Role: Judge Perry

Bolden

⭐ 9.1 Role: Narrator

Master of Dark Shadows

⭐ 5.6 Role: Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Hellboy

⭐ 7.1 Role: William Avery (voice)

Age of Sail

⭐ 5.8 Role: The Grump (voice)

A Wizard's Tale

⭐ 4.9 Role: Bart

Pottersville

⭐ 6.2 Role: Joe Padgett

Jawbone

⭐ 7.3 Role: Winston Scott

John Wick: Chapter 2

⭐ 5.7 Role: Leland

The Hollow Point

⭐ 6.9 Role: Umayya (voice)

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

⭐ 6.0 Role: MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

Grimsby

⭐ 7.5 Role: Winston

John Wick

⭐ 6.5 Role: Inglés

The Kid

⭐ 5.8 Role: Amphiarus

Hercules

⭐ 6.1 Role: Ron Parfitt

Cuban Fury

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

How We Used to Live

⭐ 5.9 Role: King Brahmwell

Jack the Giant Slayer

⭐ 6.0 Role: Beith

Snow White and the Huntsman

⭐ 6.6 Role: Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

⭐ 6.1 Role: Narrator (voice)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

⭐ 5.5 Role: Meredith

44 Inch Chest

⭐ 6.3 Role: Detective Mike Barron

Case 39

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

⭐ 7.9 Role: Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

Coraline

⭐ 6.3 Role: Coach

Death Race

⭐ 7.3 Role: Tai Lung (voice)

Kung Fu Panda

⭐ 6.1 Role: Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

The Golden Compass

⭐ 5.5 Role: Merriman Lyon

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

⭐ 6.4 Role: Frank Powell

Hot Rod

⭐ 6.3 Role: Captain Hook (voice)

Shrek the Third

⭐ 6.9 Role: Paul Griffen

We Are Marshall

⭐ 6.6 Role: Joe Strombel

Scoop

⭐ 6.1 Role: Larry

Nine Lives

⭐ 5.0 Role: Jeff Novak

Nemesis Game

⭐ 7.3 Role: Narrator

Terror in Moscow

⭐ 5.5 Role: Brinkman

Agent Cody Banks

⭐ 5.0 Role: Frank

Bollywood Queen

⭐ 5.4 Role: Marty Mann

Man and Boy

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Making of Sexy Beast

⭐ 7.0 Role: Teddy Bass

Sexy Beast

⭐ 5.4 Role: Oliver Maxwell

D.R.E.A.M. Team

⭐ 6.4 Role: Robert Bryson

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Traders of the Lost Scrolls

⭐ 7.0 Role: Otis Cooke

Soul Survivors

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ian Deegan

White Goods

⭐ 6.8 Role: Andre Marchand

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

⭐ 4.7 Role: David Cleveland

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

⭐ 5.0 Role: David Cleveland

Dick Francis: In the Frame

⭐ 2.8 Role: Unknown

Dick Francis: Blood Sport

⭐ 1.0 Role: The Messenger of Death

Chain Letter

⭐ 0 Role: Gen. Manuel Borbon

Miami Vice: Freefall

⭐ 5.5 Role: Roger Bushell

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

⭐ 5.0 Role: Flanagan

Grand Larceny

⭐ 6.0 Role: Prefet de police

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

⭐ 10.0 Role: Willy Wax

Rocket to the Moon

⭐ 5.0 Role: Alan Roswell

Braker

⭐ 5.2 Role: Vincent Hardwick

Too Scared to Scream

⭐ 5.0 Role: Philip Durant

Ordeal by Innocence

⭐ 3.8 Role: Sidney

Torchlight

⭐ 4.8 Role: Greg Miller

Exposed

⭐ 6.4 Role: Prince Rainier of Monaco

Grace Kelly

⭐ 4.7 Role: Geoff

The Letter

⭐ 4.3 Role: Dr. Alfred Sunshine

Cheaper to Keep Her

⭐ 6.0 Role: The Brain (Bert)

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

⭐ 8.0 Role: Curtis

High Tide

⭐ 4.8 Role: Rod Turner

Yesterday's Hero

⭐ 4.9 Role: Fouquet

The Fifth Musketeer

⭐ 4.5 Role: Rashid

The Pirate

⭐ 0 Role: Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli

⭐ 3.3 Role: Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

Code Name: Diamond Head

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sir James Camden

The Fantastic Journey

⭐ 7.0 Role: Saunders

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

⭐ 6.0 Role: Banat

Journey into Fear

⭐ 5.5 Role: Ray Petrie

Ransom

⭐ 0 Role: Derek

What Would You Do?

⭐ 7.0 Role: Anthony Wood

The Last of Sheila

⭐ 6.1 Role: Birdy Williams

Sitting Target

⭐ 6.2 Role: Wolfe Lissner

Villain

⭐ 5.1 Role: Tom Lynn

The Ballad of Tam Lin

⭐ 0 Role: Tom

A Sound from the Sea

⭐ 6.8 Role: Noel (voice) (uncredited)

Performance

⭐ 4.5 Role: Fred C. Dobbs

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

⭐ 4.3 Role: Mitch

Freelance

⭐ 6.9 Role: Sgt. Pilot Andy

Battle of Britain

⭐ 5.9 Role: Charlie Cartwright

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

⭐ 10.0 Role: Caulfield

Funeral Games

⭐ 7.5 Role: Heathcliff

Wuthering Heights

⭐ 5.6 Role: Roibin

Sky West and Crooked

⭐ 5.6 Role: Keith Dexter

The Pleasure Girls

⭐ 6.0 Role: Harry Brown

The Wild and the Willing