Ian McShane
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-09-29 (82 years old)
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Wick Is Pain
as Self
(2025)
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
as Winston
(2025)
(2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Tai Lung (voice)
(2024)
American Star
as Wilson
(2023)
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)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Winston
(2019)
Hellboy
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
(2019)
Deadwood: The Movie
as Al Swearengen
(2019)
Bolden
as Judge Perry
(2019)
Master of Dark Shadows
as Narrator
(2019)
(2018)
A Wizard's Tale
as The Grump (voice)
(2018)
Age of Sail
as William Avery (voice)
(2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Winston
(2017)
Jawbone
as Joe Padgett
(2017)
Pottersville
as Bart
(2016)
Grimsby
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
(2016)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
as Umayya (voice)
(2016)
The Hollow Point
as Leland
(2014)
John Wick
as Winston
(2014)
Hercules
as Amphiarus
(2014)
The Kid
as Inglés
(2014)
Cuban Fury
as Ron Parfitt
(2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer
as King Brahmwell
(2013)
How We Used to Live
as Narrator
(2012)
Snow White and the Huntsman
as Beith
(2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
(2010)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Coraline
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
(2009)
Case 39
as Detective Mike Barron
(2009)
44 Inch Chest
as Meredith
(2009)
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Kung Fu Panda
as Tai Lung (voice)
(2008)
Death Race
as Coach
(2007)
Shrek the Third
as Captain Hook (voice)
(2007)
The Golden Compass
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
(2007)
Hot Rod
as Frank Powell
(2007)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
as Merriman Lyon
(2006)
Scoop
as Joe Strombel
(2006)
We Are Marshall
as Paul Griffen
(2005)
Nine Lives
as Larry
(2003)
Agent Cody Banks
as Brinkman
(2003)
Nemesis Game
as Jeff Novak
(2003)
Terror in Moscow
as Narrator
(2002)
Bollywood Queen
as Frank
(2002)
Man and Boy
as Marty Mann
(2001)
The Making of Sexy Beast
as Self
(2000)
Sexy Beast
as Teddy Bass
(1999)
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
(1995)
Soul Survivors
as Otis Cooke
(1994)
White Goods
as Ian Deegan
(1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
as Andre Marchand
(1989)
Chain Letter
as The Messenger of Death
(1989)
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
as David Cleveland
(1989)
Miami Vice: Freefall
as Gen. Manuel Borbon
(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Roger Bushell
(1987)
Grand Larceny
as Flanagan
(1986)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Prefet de police
(1986)
Rocket to the Moon
as Willy Wax
(1985)
Braker
as Alan Roswell
(1985)
Torchlight
as Sidney
(1984)
Ordeal by Innocence
as Philip Durant
(1984)
Too Scared to Scream
as Vincent Hardwick
(1983)
Exposed
as Greg Miller
(1983)
Grace Kelly
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
(1982)
The Letter
as Geoff
(1981)
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
(1980)
High Tide
as Curtis
(1980)
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
as The Brain (Bert)
(1979)
The Fifth Musketeer
as Fouquet
(1979)
Yesterday's Hero
as Rod Turner
(1978)
The Pirate
as Rashid
(1978)
Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
(1977)
The Fantastic Journey
as Sir James Camden
(1977)
Code Name: Diamond Head
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Banat
(1975)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Saunders
(1974)
Ransom
as Ray Petrie
(1974)
What Would You Do?
as Derek
(1973)
The Last of Sheila
as Anthony
(1972)
Sitting Target
as Birdy Williams
(1971)
Villain
as Wolfe Lissner
(1970)
Performance
as Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
(1970)
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
as Fred C. Dobbs
(1970)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Tom Lynn
(1970)
Freelance
as Mitch
(1970)
A Sound from the Sea
as Tom
(1969)
Battle of Britain
as Sgt. Pilot Andy
(1969)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Charlie Cartwright
(1968)
Funeral Games
as Caulfield
(1967)
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
(1965)
The Pleasure Girls
as Keith Dexter
(1965)
Sky West and Crooked
as Roibin
(1962)
The Wild and the Willing
as Harry Brown
Crew
(2024)
American Star
Producer
(2019)
Deadwood: The Movie
Executive Producer