Ian McShane
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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.
Known for
Credits
Coraline (2009)
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
as Winston
Ballerina (2025)
as Winston
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
as Tai Lung (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
as Winston Scott
Shrek the Third (2007)
as Captain Hook (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
as Tai Lung (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
as Winston
John Wick (2014)
as Winston
Hercules (2014)
as Amphiarus
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as King Brahmwell
Death Race (2008)
as Coach
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
as Beith
Deep Cover (2025)
as Metcalfe
Hellboy (2019)
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
The Golden Compass (2007)
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Grimsby (2016)
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Case 39 (2009)
as Detective Mike Barron
Sexy Beast (2001)
as Teddy Bass
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
Scoop (2006)
as Joe Strombel
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
as Al Swearengen
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
as Fred C. Dobbs
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
as Merriman Lyon
My Father's Dragon (2022)
as Saiwa (voice)
We Are Marshall (2006)
as Paul Griffen
Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
as Philip Durant
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
as Umayya (voice)
Nine Lives (2005)
as Larry
The Hollow Point (2016)
as Leland
The Kid (2014)
as Inglés
Ransom (1974)
as Ray Petrie
Cuban Fury (2014)
as Ron Parfitt
44 Inch Chest (2009)
as Meredith
A Wizard's Tale (2018)
as The Grump (voice)
American Star (2024)
as Wilson
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
as Robert Bryson
Jawbone (2017)
as Joe Padgett
The Last of Sheila (1973)
as Anthony Wood
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
as Charlie Cartwright
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
as Andre Marchand
Exposed (1983)
as Greg Miller
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
as Roger Bushell
Miami Vice: Freefall (1989)
as Gen. Manuel Borbon
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
as Fouquet
Villain (1971)
as Wolfe Lissner
Grand Larceny (1987)
as Flanagan
Too Scared to Scream (1984)
as Vincent Hardwick
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Banat
Bollywood Queen (2002)
as Frank
The Pleasure Girls (1965)
as Keith Dexter
Bolden (2019)
as Judge Perry
Sitting Target (1972)
as Birdy Williams
Yesterday's Hero (1979)
as Rod Turner
The Fantastic Journey (1977)
as Sir James Camden
D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
as Oliver Maxwell
Performance. (1970)
as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
as Tom Lynn
Grace Kelly (1983)
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
Sky West and Crooked (1966)
as Roibin
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (2020)
as (archive footage)
Nemesis Game (2003)
as Jeff Novak
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn (2019)
as Self
Wuthering Heights (1967)
as Heathcliff
Pottersville (2017)
as Bart
Man and Boy (2002)
as Marty Mann
The Wild and the Willing (1962)
as Harry Brown
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
as Prefet de police
Dick Francis: Twice Shy (1989)
as David Cleveland
High Tide (1980)
as Curtis
Funeral Games (1968)
as Caulfield
Terror in Moscow (2003)
as Narrator
Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
Chain Letter (1989)
as The Messenger of Death
Braker (1985)
as Alan Roswell
The Letter (1982)
as Geoff
Master of Dark Shadows (2019)
as Narrator
Rocket to the Moon (1986)
as Willy Wax
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Saunders
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)
as Narrator
Code Name: Diamond Head (1977)
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
White Goods (1994)
as Ian Deegan
Dick Francis: Blood Sport (1989)
Actor
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1980)
as The Brain (Bert)
Disraeli (1978)
as Benjamin Disraeli
Age of Sail (2018)
as William Avery (voice)
Soul Survivors (1995)
as Otis Cooke
A Sound from the Sea (1970)
as Tom
The Making of Sexy Beast (2001)
as Self
Freelance (1970)
as Mitch
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Francis: In the Frame (1989)
as David Cleveland
Torchlight (1984)
as Sidney
What Would You Do? (1974)
as Derek
How We Used to Live (2013)
as Narrator
Traders of the Lost Scrolls (1997)
as Narrator