Ian McShane
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1942-09-29 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ian David McShane · 이안 맥쉐인 · 伊恩·麦克沙恩 · ایان مک شین · ایان مکشین · Іан Макшейн
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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Known For
TV Shows (64)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Toby Moore
Game of Thrones
2011
as Brother Ray
The Simpsons
1989
as Artemis (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Columbo
1971
as Leland St. John
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
American Horror Story
2011
as Leigh Emerson
The West Wing
1999
as Nikolai Ivanovich
Dallas
1978
as Don Lockwood
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Miami Vice
1984
as Esteban Montoya / General Manuel Borbon
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as David Norman / Edwin Clutterbuck
The One Show
2006
as Self
ONE PIECE
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Minder
1979
as Jack Last
Wogan
1982
as Self
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Ray Donovan
2013
as Malcolm Finney / Andrew Finney
Police Woman
1974
Deadwood
2004
as Al Swearengen
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Frank
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Caulfield / Tom / Derek
American Gods
2017
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
GMTV
1993
as Self
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Chandler
Space: 1999
1975
as Anton Zoref
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Garrick / Ken Harrison
Lovejoy
1986
as Lovejoy
The Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
Roots
1977
as Sir Eric Russell
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Judas Iscariot
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Waleran Bigod
American Playhouse
1982
as Willy Wax
War and Remembrance
1988
as Philip Rule
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Marbury
Matt Helm
1975
as Paul
Kings
2009
as King Silas Benjamin
Marco Polo
1982
as Alì Ben Youssuf
A.D.
1985
as Sejanus
Chillers
1990
as Steven Castle
Redcap
1964
as Sapper Russell
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden
In Deep
2001
as Jamie Lamb
Doctor Thorne
2016
as Sir Roger Scatcherd
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Curtis
Life of Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe
Madson
1996
as John Madson
Evergreen
1985
as Paul Lerner
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Geoffrey / Roddy Cain
Trust
2003
as Alan Cooper-Fozard
Bare Essence
1983
as Niko Theophilus
Will Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe
The Dame Edna Treatment
2007
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Charles Chaplin Snr
Movies (102)
Coraline
2009
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Tai Lung (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Winston
Ballerina
2025
as Winston
Kung Fu Panda
2008
as Tai Lung (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
John Wick
2014
as Winston
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Winston Scott
Hercules
2014
as Amphiarus
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Winston
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as King Brahmwell
Shrek the Third
2007
as Captain Hook (voice)
Death Race
2008
as Coach
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Beith
The Golden Compass
2007
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Hellboy
2019
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Deep Cover
2025
as Metcalfe
Grimsby
2016
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Case 39
2009
as Detective Mike Barron
Scoop
2006
as Joe Strombel
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
as Fred C. Dobbs
Hot Rod
2007
as Frank Powell
Agent Cody Banks
2003
as Brinkman
Battle of Britain
1969
as Sgt. Pilot Andy
Sexy Beast
2001
as Teddy Bass
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Al Swearengen
Cuban Fury
2014
as Ron Parfitt
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as Merriman Lyon
Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self
Bolden
2019
as Judge Perry
Nine Lives
2005
as Larry
We Are Marshall
2006
as Paul Griffen
Ransom
1974
as Ray Petrie
Jawbone
2017
as Joe Padgett
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016
as Umayya (voice)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990
as Andre Marchand
A Wizard's Tale
2018
as The Grump (voice)
The Last of Sheila
1973
as Anthony Wood
The Letter
1982
as Geoff
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
Performance
1970
as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Saiwa (voice)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
44 Inch Chest
2009
as Meredith
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Robert Bryson
Pottersville
2017
as Bart
Grace Kelly
1983
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Charlie Cartwright
Villain
1971
as Wolfe Lissner
The Hollow Point
2016
as Leland
Exposed
1983
as Greg Miller
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Philip Durant
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden
American Star
2024
as Wilson
The Kid
2014
as Inglés
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Prefet de police
The Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Fouquet
Sitting Target
1972
as Birdy Williams
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Oliver Maxwell
Man and Boy
2002
as Marty Mann
The Pirate
1978
as Rashid
Journey into Fear
1975
as Banat
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Narrator
Nemesis Game
2003
as Jeff Novak
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as The Brain (Bert)
The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Harry Brown
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Tom Lynn
Yesterday's Hero
1979
as Rod Turner
Sky West and Crooked
1966
as Roibin
High Tide
1980
as Curtis
Torchlight
1984
as Sidney
Code Name: Diamond Head
1977
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019
as Self
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Narrator
Age of Sail
2018
as William Avery (voice)
Funeral Games
1968
as Caulfield
Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Vincent Hardwick
The Pleasure Girls
1965
as Keith Dexter
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
Wuthering Heights
1967
as Heathcliff
Braker
1985
as Alan Roswell
Soul Survivors
1995
as Otis Cooke
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Saunders
Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Willy Wax
Terror in Moscow
2003
as Narrator
Bollywood Queen
2002
as Frank
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as Tom
Grand Larceny
1987
as Flanagan
Freelance
1970
as Mitch
The Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
as David Cleveland
White Goods
1994
as Ian Deegan
Disraeli
1978
as Benjamin Disraeli
Chain Letter
1989
as The Messenger of Death
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989
Dick Francis: In the Frame
1989
as David Cleveland
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
as Gen. Manuel Borbon
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997
as Narrator
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009
as Self (archive footage)
What Would You Do?
1974
as Derek
How We Used to Live
2013
as Narrator
About Ian McShane
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 Pri… With 166 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Ian McShane has appeared in 102 films and 64 TV shows.
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- Coraline (2009) — as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — as Tai Lung (voice)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) — as Winston
- Ballerina (2025) — as Winston
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) — as Tai Lung (voice)
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