
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

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as David Norman / Edwin Clutterbuck

Miami Vice
1984
as Esteban Montoya / General Manuel Borbon

ONE PIECE
2023
as Narrator (voice)

The One Show
2006
as Self

Minder
1979
as Jack Last

Wogan
1982
as Self

Ray Donovan
2013
as Malcolm Finney / Andrew Finney

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

Police Woman
1974

Deadwood
2004
as Al Swearengen

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Frank

American Gods
2017
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Caulfield / Tom / Derek

GMTV
1993
as Self

Space: 1999
1975
as Anton Zoref

The Twilight Zone
2002
as Chandler

The Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks

Lovejoy
1986
as Lovejoy

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Garrick / Ken Harrison

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

American Playhouse
1982
as Willy Wax

The Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Waleran Bigod

War and Remembrance
1988
as Philip Rule

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Marbury

Kings
2009
as King Silas Benjamin

Matt Helm
1975
as Paul

Marco Polo
1982
as Alì Ben Youssuf

A.D.
1985
as Sejanus

In Deep
2001
as Jamie Lamb

Chillers
1990
as Steven Castle

Redcap
1964
as Sapper Russell

Doctor Thorne
2016
as Sir Roger Scatcherd

The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden

Armchair Thriller
1978
as Curtis

Life of Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe

Trust
2003
as Alan Cooper-Fozard

Madson
1996
as John Madson

Bare Essence
1983
as Niko Theophilus

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Geoffrey / Roddy Cain

Evergreen
1985
as Paul Lerner

Will Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe

The Dame Edna Treatment
2007

Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Charles Chaplin Snr

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
Movies (102)

Coraline
2009
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Winston

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Tai Lung (voice)

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

Shrek the Third
2007
as Captain Hook (voice)

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as King Brahmwell

Death Race
2008
as Coach

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
as Narrator (voice)

Hellboy
2019
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Beith

The Golden Compass
2007
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

Deep Cover
2025
as Metcalfe

Grimsby
2016
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

Scoop
2006
as Joe Strombel

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
as Fred C. Dobbs

Case 39
2009
as Detective Mike Barron

Hot Rod
2007
as Frank Powell

Agent Cody Banks
2003
as Brinkman

Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self

Battle of Britain
1969
as Sgt. Pilot Andy

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Al Swearengen

Sexy Beast
2001
as Teddy Bass

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as Merriman Lyon

Nine Lives
2005
as Larry

We Are Marshall
2006
as Paul Griffen

Bolden
2019
as Judge Perry

Cuban Fury
2014
as Ron Parfitt

Jawbone
2017
as Joe Padgett

A Wizard's Tale
2018
as The Grump (voice)

Ransom
1974
as Ray Petrie

My Father's Dragon
2022
as Saiwa (voice)

The Last of Sheila
1973
as Anthony Wood

Pottersville
2017
as Bart

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)

Performance
1970
as Noel (voice) (uncredited)

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016
as Umayya (voice)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990
as Andre Marchand

The Letter
1982
as Geoff

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell

Exposed
1983
as Greg Miller

44 Inch Chest
2009
as Meredith

The Kid
2014
as Inglés

Villain
1971
as Wolfe Lissner

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Robert Bryson

The Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Fouquet

The Hollow Point
2016
as Leland

Grace Kelly
1983
as Prince Rainier of Monaco

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Charlie Cartwright

American Star
2024
as Wilson

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Prefet de police

The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden

Sitting Target
1972
as Birdy Williams

Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Philip Durant

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Narrator
Funeral Games
1968
as Caulfield

The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Tom Lynn

Yesterday's Hero
1979
as Rod Turner

The Pirate
1978
as Rashid

Journey into Fear
1975
as Banat

D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Oliver Maxwell

The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Harry Brown

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as The Brain (Bert)

Man and Boy
2002
as Marty Mann

The Pleasure Girls
1965
as Keith Dexter

Torchlight
1984
as Sidney

Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Vincent Hardwick

High Tide
1980
as Curtis

Wuthering Heights
1967
as Heathcliff

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019
as Self

Age of Sail
2018
as William Avery (voice)

Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Narrator

Sky West and Crooked
1966
as Roibin

Nemesis Game
2003
as Jeff Novak

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

Braker
1985
as Alan Roswell

Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine

Terror in Moscow
2003
as Narrator

Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Willy Wax

Bollywood Queen
2002
as Frank

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
as David Cleveland

Chain Letter
1989
as The Messenger of Death

White Goods
1994
as Ian Deegan

Soul Survivors
1995
as Otis Cooke

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Saunders

Disraeli
1978
as Benjamin Disraeli
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as Tom

Freelance
1970
as Mitch

Grand Larceny
1987
as Flanagan

Dick Francis: In the Frame
1989
as David Cleveland

Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997
as Narrator

The Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self

Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989
What Would You Do?
1974
as Derek

Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
as Gen. Manuel Borbon

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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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Most Popular Ian McShane Movies
- Coraline (2009) — as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) — as Winston
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — as Tai Lung (voice)
- Ballerina (2025) — as Winston
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) — as Tai Lung (voice)
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