Ian McShane
Age: N/A | From: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: Ian David McShane , 이안 맥쉐인 , Іен Макшейн , 伊恩·麦克沙恩 , ایان مک شین , Єн МакШейн , ایان مکشین
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 86
TV Involvements: 46
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Toby Moore
Game of Thrones
(2011) Brother Ray
Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024) Tai Lung (voice)
Coraline
(2009) Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Natural World
(1983) Narrator
American Horror Story
(2011) Leigh Emerson
Dallas
(1978) Don Lockwood
Columbo
(1971) Leland St. JohnActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Metcalfe | |
| Winston | ||
| Self | ||
| 2024 | Tai Lung (voice) | |
| Wilson | ||
| 2023 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Winston | ||
| 2022 | Saiwa (voice) | |
| 2021 | Narrator | |
| 2020 | (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Al Swearengen | ||
| Winston | ||
| Judge Perry | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | ||
| 2018 | William Avery (voice) | |
| The Grump (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Bart | |
| Joe Padgett | ||
| Mr. Wednesday / God Odin | ||
| Winston Scott | ||
| 2016 | Leland | |
| Umayya (voice) | ||
| Sir Roger Scatcherd | ||
| MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | ||
| 2014 | Winston | |
| Inglés | ||
| Amphiarus | ||
| Self | ||
| Ron Parfitt | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Narrator | |
| Malcolm Finney | ||
| Andrew Finney | ||
| King Brahmwell | ||
| 2012 | Beith | |
| 2011 | Leigh Emerson | |
| Edward "Blackbeard" Teach | ||
| Brother Ray | ||
| 2010 | Waleran Bigod | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Meredith | |
| Detective Mike Barron | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| King Silas Benjamin | ||
| Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Coach | |
| Tai Lung (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) | |
| Merriman Lyon | ||
| Frank Powell | ||
| Captain Hook (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2006 | Paul Griffen | |
| Self | ||
| Joe Strombel | ||
| 2005 | Larry | |
| 2004 | Al Swearengen | |
| 2003 | Jeff Novak | |
| Narrator | ||
| Brinkman | ||
| Self | ||
| Alan Cooper-Fozard | ||
| 2002 | Frank | |
| Chandler | ||
| Marty Mann | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Jamie Lamb | ||
| 2000 | Teddy Bass | |
| 1999 | Oliver Maxwell | |
| Nikolai Ivanovich | ||
| Toby Moore | ||
| 1998 | Robert Bryson | |
| 1997 | Narrator | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| John Madson | ||
| 1995 | Leland Banks | |
| Otis Cooke | ||
| 1994 | Ian Deegan | |
| 1993 | Self | |
| 1990 | Steven Castle | |
| Andre Marchand | ||
| 1989 | Artemis (voice) | |
| David Cleveland | ||
| The Messenger of Death | ||
| Charles Chaplin Snr | ||
| 1988 | Philip Rule | |
| Roger Bushell | ||
| Roger Bushell | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| Marbury | ||
| Flanagan | ||
| 1986 | Prefet de police | |
| Willy Wax | ||
| Lovejoy | ||
| 1985 | Alan Roswell | |
| Sejanus | ||
| Paul Lerner | ||
| Sidney | ||
| 1984 | Vincent Hardwick | |
| Esteban Montoya | ||
| General Manuel Borbon | ||
| Philip Durant | ||
| 1983 | Narrator | |
| Greg Miller | ||
| Niko Theophilus | ||
| Prince Rainier of Monaco | ||
| 1982 | Alì Ben Youssuf | |
| Self | ||
| Geoff | ||
| Willy Wax | ||
| 1981 | Dr. Alfred Sunshine | |
| 1980 | David Norman | |
| Edwin Clutterbuck | ||
| The Brain (Bert) | ||
| Curtis | ||
| 1979 | Jack Last | |
| Rod Turner | ||
| Fouquet | ||
| 1978 | Rashid | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | ||
| Benjamin Disraeli | ||
| Christopher Marlowe | ||
| Don Lockwood | ||
| Curtis | ||
| 1977 | Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler | |
| Judas Iscariot | ||
| Sir James Camden | ||
| Sir Eric Russell | ||
| 1975 | Saunders | |
| Paul | ||
| Anton Zoref | ||
| Banat | ||
| 1974 | Ray Petrie | |
| N/A | ||
| Derek | ||
| 1973 | Anthony | |
| 1972 | Birdy Williams | |
| 1971 | Leland St. John | |
| Wolfe Lissner | ||
| 1970 | Tom Lynn | |
| Tom | ||
| Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Fred C. Dobbs | ||
| Mitch | ||
| 1969 | Sgt. Pilot Andy | |
| Charlie Cartwright | ||
| 1968 | Caulfield | |
| 1967 | Heathcliff | |
| Heathcliff | ||
| 1966 | Joe Lunn | |
| Roibin | ||
| 1965 | Keith Dexter | |
| 1964 | Sapper Russell | |
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Harry Brown | |
| 1956 | Geoffrey | |
| 1944 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Winner | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 1996 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
