
Ian McShane
Acting
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.
Born: September 29, 1942 · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Filmography (120)

Deep Cover
2025

Ballerina
2025

Wick Is Pain
2025

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024

American Star
2024

ONE PIECE
2023

John Wick: Chapter 4
2023

My Father's Dragon
2022

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Deadwood: The Movie
2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019

Bolden
2019

Master of Dark Shadows
2019

Hellboy
2019

Age of Sail
2018

A Wizard's Tale
2018

Pottersville
2017

Jawbone
2017

American Gods
2017

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017

The Hollow Point
2016

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016

Doctor Thorne
2016

Grimsby
2016

John Wick
2014

The Kid
2014

Hercules
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Cuban Fury
2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014

Ray Donovan
2013

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012

American Horror Story
2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011

Game of Thrones
2011

The Pillars of the Earth
2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010

44 Inch Chest
2009

Case 39
2009

Kings
2009

Coraline
2009

Death Race
2008

Kung Fu Panda
2008

The Golden Compass
2007

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007

Hot Rod
2007

Shrek the Third
2007

We Are Marshall
2006

The One Show
2006

Scoop
2006

Nine Lives
2005

Deadwood
2004

Nemesis Game
2003

Agent Cody Banks
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

Bollywood Queen
2002

The Twilight Zone
2002

Man and Boy
2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Sexy Beast
2001

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

The West Wing
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998

The Daily Show
1996

The Naked Truth
1995

GMTV
1993

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990

Chillers
1990

The Simpsons
1989

War and Remembrance
1988

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

Going Live!
1987

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986

Lovejoy
1986

A.D.
1985

Evergreen
1985

Too Scared to Scream
1984

Miami Vice
1984

Ordeal by Innocence
1984

Natural World
1983

Exposed
1983

Grace Kelly
1983

Marco Polo
1982

Wogan
1982

American Playhouse
1982

Magnum, P.I.
1980

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980

Minder
1979

The Fifth Musketeer
1979

The Pirate
1978

Dallas
1978

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977

Jesus of Nazareth
1977

The Fantastic Journey
1977

The Fantastic Journey
1977

Roots
1977

Matt Helm
1975

Space: 1999
1975

Journey into Fear
1975

Ransom
1974

Police Woman
1974

The Last of Sheila
1973

Sitting Target
1972

Columbo
1971

Villain
1971

The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970

Performance
1970

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970

Battle of Britain
1969

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969

Sky West and Crooked
1966

The Pleasure Girls
1965

Redcap
1964

The Wednesday Play
1964

Golden Globe Awards
1944
