Ian McShane
Acting • Born 1942-09-29
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
164 credits
Scoop
Movie • 2006
Joe Strombel
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Movie • 2021
Narrator
The Golden Compass
Movie • 2007
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Movie • 2007
Merriman Lyon
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie • 2011
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Hot Rod
Movie • 2007
Frank Powell
The Fifth Musketeer
Movie • 1979
Fouquet
Death Race
Movie • 2008
Coach
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Movie • 1998
Robert Bryson
We Are Marshall
Movie • 2006
Paul Griffen
Villain
Movie • 1971
Wolfe Lissner
Cheaper to Keep Her
Movie • 1981
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1986
Prefet de police
Battle of Britain
Movie • 1969
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Performance
Movie • 1970
Noel (voice) (uncredited)
Sexy Beast
Movie • 2001
Teddy Bass
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie • 1969
Charlie Cartwright
The Last of Sheila
Movie • 1973
Anthony Wood
Kung Fu Panda
Movie • 2008
Tai Lung (voice)
Grand Larceny
Movie • 1987
Flanagan
Case 39
Movie • 2009
Detective Mike Barron
44 Inch Chest
Movie • 2009
Meredith
Freelance
Movie • 1970
Mitch
Coraline
Movie • 2009
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
The Pleasure Girls
Movie • 1965
Keith Dexter
Nine Lives
Movie • 2005
Larry
Nemesis Game
Movie • 2003
Jeff Novak
Rocket to the Moon
Movie • 1986
Willy Wax
Ransom
Movie • 1974
Ray Petrie
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie • 2013
King Brahmwell
Terror in Moscow
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Sitting Target
Movie • 1972
Birdy Williams
Too Scared to Scream
Movie • 1984
Vincent Hardwick
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie • 2012
Beith
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie • 2019
Winston
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie • 2023
Winston
Exposed
Movie • 1983
Greg Miller
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Movie • 1970
Fred C. Dobbs
Ordeal by Innocence
Movie • 1984
Philip Durant
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Movie • 1970
Tom Lynn
Grace Kelly
Movie • 1983
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Man and Boy
Movie • 2002
Marty Mann
My Father's Dragon
Movie • 2022
Saiwa (voice)
Journey into Fear
Movie • 1975
Banat
Cuban Fury
Movie • 2014
Ron Parfitt
Sky West and Crooked
Movie • 1966
Roibin
Hercules
Movie • 2014
Amphiarus
Code Name: Diamond Head
Movie • 1977
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
American Star
Movie • 2024
Wilson
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Movie • 1999
Oliver Maxwell
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Movie • 1990
Andre Marchand
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
Movie • 1980
The Brain (Bert)
Wuthering Heights
Movie • 1967
Heathcliff
The Wild and the Willing
Movie • 1962
Harry Brown
The Hollow Point
Movie • 2016
Leland
Disraeli
Movie • 1978
Benjamin Disraeli
The Kid
Movie • 2014
Inglés
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie • 1988
Roger Bushell
Grimsby
Movie • 2016
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie • 2024
Tai Lung (voice)
How We Used to Live
Movie • 2013
Narrator
John Wick
Movie • 2014
Winston
Yesterday's Hero
Movie • 1979
Rod Turner
Deep Cover
Movie • 2025
Metcalfe
Ballerina
Movie • 2025
Winston
Torchlight
Movie • 1984
Sidney
The Letter
Movie • 1982
Geoff
Funeral Games
Movie • 1968
Caulfield
A Sound from the Sea
Movie • 1970
Tom
What Would You Do?
Movie • 1974
Derek
The Pirate
Movie • 1978
Rashid
The Making of Sexy Beast
Movie • 2001
Self
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie • 2017
Winston Scott
Agent Cody Banks
Movie • 2003
Brinkman
Soul Survivors
Movie • 1995
Otis Cooke
High Tide
Movie • 1980
Curtis
Pottersville
Movie • 2017
Bart
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Movie • 2016
Umayya (voice)
Chain Letter
Movie • 1989
The Messenger of Death
Jawbone
Movie • 2017
Joe Padgett
Shrek the Third
Movie • 2007
Captain Hook (voice)
Bollywood Queen
Movie • 2002
Frank
Hellboy
Movie • 2019
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
A Wizard's Tale
Movie • 2018
The Grump (voice)
Bolden
Movie • 2019
Judge Perry
White Goods
Movie • 1994
Ian Deegan
Age of Sail
Movie • 2018
William Avery (voice)
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Al Swearengen
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Movie • 2019
Self
Master of Dark Shadows
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
Movie • 1989
David Cleveland
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Movie • 1975
Saunders
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Movie • 1997
Narrator
Braker
Movie • 1985
Alan Roswell
The Fantastic Journey
Movie • 1977
Sir James Camden
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Wick Is Pain
Movie • 2025
Self
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
Movie • 1989
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
David Norman
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Geoffrey
Columbo
TV • 1971
Leland St. John
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Al Swearengen
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Esteban Montoya
Minder
TV • 1979
Jack Last
The Dame Edna Treatment
TV • 2007
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Lovejoy
Dallas
TV • 1978
Don Lockwood
Trust
TV • 2003
Alan Cooper-Fozard
Kings
TV • 2009
King Silas Benjamin
Bare Essence
TV • 1983
Niko Theophilus
Police Woman
TV • 1974
The Fantastic Journey
TV • 1977
Sir James Camden
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Disraeli
TV • 1978
Benjamin Disraeli
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Artemis (voice)
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Judas Iscariot
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Life of Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Christopher Marlowe
Evergreen
TV • 1985
Paul Lerner
You Can't Win
TV • 1966
Joe Lunn
Young Charlie Chaplin
TV • 1989
Charles Chaplin Snr
War and Remembrance
TV • 1988
Philip Rule
The Pillars of the Earth
TV • 2010
Waleran Bigod
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002
Chandler
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Leigh Emerson
Matt Helm
TV • 1975
Paul
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Nikolai Ivanovich
Wuthering Heights
TV • 1967
Heathcliff
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
Malcolm Finney
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
Andrew Finney
Doctor Thorne
TV • 2016
Sir Roger Scatcherd
American Gods
TV • 2017
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
In Deep
TV • 2001
Jamie Lamb
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Brother Ray
ONE PIECE
TV • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Roots
TV • 1977
Sir Eric Russell
A.D.
TV • 1985
Sejanus
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
TV • 1988
Roger Bushell
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Toby Moore
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Marbury
Armchair Thriller
TV • 1978
Curtis
Space: 1999
TV • 1975
Anton Zoref
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Marco Polo
TV • 1982
Alì Ben Youssuf
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
American Playhouse
TV • 1982
Willy Wax
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Leland Banks
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Edwin Clutterbuck
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
General Manuel Borbon
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Chillers
TV • 1990
Steven Castle
Madson
TV • 1996
John Madson
Redcap
TV • 1964
Sapper Russell