Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Known for
Acting
Born
September 29, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

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Filmography

2025
Deep Cover poster

Deep Cover

Movie · as Metcalfe

2025
Ballerina poster

Ballerina

Movie · as Winston

2025
Wick Is Pain poster

Wick Is Pain

Movie · as Self

2025
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort poster

Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort

Movie · as Blackbeard (voice)

2024
American Star poster

American Star

Movie · as Wilson

2024
Kung Fu Panda 4 poster

Kung Fu Panda 4

Movie · as Tai Lung (voice)

2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 poster

John Wick: Chapter 4

Movie · as Winston

2023
ONE PIECE poster

ONE PIECE

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2022
My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon

Movie · as Saiwa (voice)

2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story poster

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Movie · as Narrator

2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU poster

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Movie · as (archive footage)

2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum poster

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Movie · as Winston

2019
Hellboy poster

Hellboy

Movie · as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

2019
Bolden poster

Bolden

Movie · as Judge Perry

2019
Deadwood: The Movie poster

Deadwood: The Movie

Movie · as Al Swearengen

2019
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn poster

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

Movie · as Self

2019
Master of Dark Shadows poster

Master of Dark Shadows

Movie · as Narrator

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
A Wizard's Tale poster

A Wizard's Tale

Movie · as The Grump (voice)

2018
Age of Sail poster

Age of Sail

Movie · as William Avery (voice)

2017
John Wick: Chapter 2 poster

John Wick: Chapter 2

Movie · as Winston Scott

2017
Pottersville poster

Pottersville

Movie · as Bart

2017
Jawbone poster

Jawbone

Movie · as Joe Padgett

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin · 26 eps

2016
The Hollow Point poster

The Hollow Point

Movie · as Leland

2016
Grimsby poster

Grimsby

Movie · as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

2016
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero poster

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

Movie · as Umayya (voice)

2016
Doctor Thorne poster

Doctor Thorne

TV · as Sir Roger Scatcherd · 3 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Cuban Fury poster

Cuban Fury

Movie · as Ron Parfitt

2014
Hercules poster

Hercules

Movie · as Amphiarus

2014
The Kid poster

The Kid

Movie · as Inglés

2014
John Wick poster

John Wick

Movie · as Winston

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Jack the Giant Slayer poster

Jack the Giant Slayer

Movie · as King Brahmwell

2013
How We Used to Live

How We Used to Live

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan

TV · as Malcolm Finney, Andrew Finney · 2 eps

2012
Snow White and the Huntsman poster

Snow White and the Huntsman

Movie · as Beith

2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movie · as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as Leigh Emerson · 2 eps

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Brother Ray · 1 ep

2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice poster

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2010
The Pillars of the Earth poster

The Pillars of the Earth

TV · as Waleran Bigod · 8 eps

2009
Case 39 poster

Case 39

Movie · as Detective Mike Barron

2009
44 Inch Chest poster

44 Inch Chest

Movie · as Meredith

2009
Coraline poster

Coraline

Movie · as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

2009
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm poster

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Kings poster

Kings

TV · as King Silas Benjamin · 13 eps

2008
Death Race poster

Death Race

Movie · as Coach

2008
Kung Fu Panda poster

Kung Fu Panda

Movie · as Tai Lung (voice)

2007
The Golden Compass poster

The Golden Compass

Movie · as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising poster

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

Movie · as Merriman Lyon

2007
Hot Rod poster

Hot Rod

Movie · as Frank Powell

2007
Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third

Movie · as Captain Hook (voice)

2007
The Dame Edna Treatment poster

The Dame Edna Treatment

TV · 1 ep

2006
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Joe Strombel

2006
We Are Marshall poster

We Are Marshall

Movie · as Paul Griffen

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Nine Lives poster

Nine Lives

Movie · as Larry

2004
Deadwood poster

Deadwood

TV · as Al Swearengen · 36 eps

2003
Nemesis Game poster

Nemesis Game

Movie · as Jeff Novak

2003
Terror in Moscow poster

Terror in Moscow

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Agent Cody Banks poster

Agent Cody Banks

Movie · as Brinkman

2003
Trust poster

Trust

TV · as Alan Cooper-Fozard · 6 eps

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Man and Boy poster

Man and Boy

Movie · as Marty Mann

2002
Bollywood Queen poster

Bollywood Queen

Movie · as Frank

2002
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Chandler · 1 ep

2001
Sexy Beast poster

Sexy Beast

Movie · as Teddy Bass

2001
The Making of Sexy Beast poster

The Making of Sexy Beast

Movie · as Self

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
In Deep poster

In Deep

TV · as Jamie Lamb · 2 eps

1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team poster

D.R.E.A.M. Team

Movie · as Oliver Maxwell

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Nikolai Ivanovich · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Toby Moore · 1 ep

1998
Babylon 5: The River of Souls poster

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Movie · as Robert Bryson

1997
Traders of the Lost Scrolls poster

Traders of the Lost Scrolls

Movie · as Narrator

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Madson poster

Madson

TV · as John Madson · 6 eps

1995
Soul Survivors poster

Soul Survivors

Movie · as Otis Cooke

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Leland Banks · 2 eps

1994
White Goods poster

White Goods

Movie · as Ian Deegan

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

Movie · as Andre Marchand

1990
Chillers poster

Chillers

TV · as Steven Castle · 1 ep

1989
Chain Letter poster

Chain Letter

Movie · as The Messenger of Death

1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy poster

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

Movie · as David Cleveland

1989
Dick Francis: Blood Sport poster

Dick Francis: Blood Sport

Movie

1989
Dick Francis: In the Frame poster

Dick Francis: In the Frame

Movie · as David Cleveland

1989
Miami Vice: Freefall poster

Miami Vice: Freefall

Movie · as Gen. Manuel Borbon

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Artemis (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Young Charlie Chaplin poster

Young Charlie Chaplin

TV · as Charles Chaplin Snr · 6 eps

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

Movie · as Roger Bushell

1988
War and Remembrance poster

War and Remembrance

TV · as Philip Rule · 8 eps

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

TV · as Roger Bushell · 2 eps

1987
Grand Larceny poster

Grand Larceny

Movie · as Flanagan

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse poster

CBS Summer Playhouse

TV · as Marbury · 1 ep

1986
The Murders in the Rue Morgue poster

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Movie · as Prefet de police

1986
Rocket to the Moon poster

Rocket to the Moon

Movie · as Willy Wax

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Lovejoy · 73 eps

1985
Braker poster

Braker

Movie · as Alan Roswell

1985
Evergreen poster

Evergreen

TV · as Paul Lerner · 3 eps

1985
A.D. poster

A.D.

TV · as Sejanus · 5 eps

1984
Too Scared to Scream poster

Too Scared to Scream

Movie · as Vincent Hardwick

1984
Ordeal by Innocence poster

Ordeal by Innocence

Movie · as Philip Durant

1984
Torchlight poster

Torchlight

Movie · as Sidney

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Esteban Montoya, General Manuel Borbon · 1 ep

1983
Exposed poster

Exposed

Movie · as Greg Miller

1983
Grace Kelly poster

Grace Kelly

Movie · as Prince Rainier of Monaco

1983
Bare Essence poster

Bare Essence

TV · as Niko Theophilus · 11 eps

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

1982
The Letter poster

The Letter

Movie · as Geoff

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Marco Polo poster

Marco Polo

TV · as Alì Ben Youssuf · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Willy Wax · 1 ep

1981
Cheaper to Keep Her poster

Cheaper to Keep Her

Movie · as Dr. Alfred Sunshine

1980
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery poster

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

Movie · as The Brain (Bert)

1980
High Tide poster

High Tide

Movie · as Curtis

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as David Norman, Edwin Clutterbuck · 1 ep

1979
The Fifth Musketeer poster

The Fifth Musketeer

Movie · as Fouquet

1979
Yesterday's Hero poster

Yesterday's Hero

Movie · as Rod Turner

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Jack Last · 1 ep

1978
Disraeli poster

Disraeli

Movie · as Benjamin Disraeli

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Don Lockwood · 12 eps

1978
Disraeli poster

Disraeli

TV · as Benjamin Disraeli · 4 eps

1978
Armchair Thriller poster

Armchair Thriller

TV · as Curtis · 4 eps

1978
Will Shakespeare poster

Will Shakespeare

TV · as Christopher Marlowe · 1 ep

1977
Code Name: Diamond Head poster

Code Name: Diamond Head

Movie · as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

1977
The Fantastic Journey poster

The Fantastic Journey

Movie · as Sir James Camden

1977
The Fantastic Journey poster

The Fantastic Journey

TV · as Sir James Camden · 1 ep

1977
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as Judas Iscariot · 4 eps

1977
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as Sir Eric Russell · 1 ep

1977
The Pirate poster

The Pirate

TV · as Rashid · 2 eps

1975
Journey into Fear poster

Journey into Fear

Movie · as Banat

1975
The Lives of Jenny Dolan poster

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Movie · as Saunders

1975
Matt Helm poster

Matt Helm

TV · as Paul · 1 ep

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

TV · as Anton Zoref · 1 ep

1974
Ransom poster

Ransom

Movie · as Ray Petrie

1974
What Would You Do?

What Would You Do?

Movie · as Derek

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Last of Sheila poster

The Last of Sheila

Movie · as Anthony Wood

1972
Sitting Target poster

Sitting Target

Movie · as Birdy Williams

1971
Villain poster

Villain

Movie · as Wolfe Lissner

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Leland St. John · 1 ep

1970
Performance. poster

Performance.

Movie · as Noel (voice) (uncredited)

1970
Freelance poster

Freelance

Movie · as Mitch

1970
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You poster

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

Movie · as Fred C. Dobbs

1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin poster

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Movie · as Tom Lynn

1970
A Sound from the Sea

A Sound from the Sea

Movie · as Tom

1969
Battle of Britain poster

Battle of Britain

Movie · as Sgt. Pilot Andy

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Charlie Cartwright

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as David Garrick, Ken Harrison · 1 ep

1968
Funeral Games

Funeral Games

Movie · as Caulfield

1967
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · as Heathcliff

1967
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

TV · as Heathcliff · 4 eps

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Caulfield, Tom, Derek · 1 ep

1966
Sky West and Crooked poster

Sky West and Crooked

Movie · as Roibin

1966
You Can't Win poster

You Can't Win

TV · as Joe Lunn · 7 eps

1965
The Pleasure Girls poster

The Pleasure Girls

Movie · as Keith Dexter

1964
Redcap poster

Redcap

TV · as Sapper Russell · 1 ep

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

1962
The Wild and the Willing poster

The Wild and the Willing

Movie · as Harry Brown

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Geoffrey, Roddy Cain · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep