Ian McShane
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 September 1942 · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Acting 107
- 2025Deep Cover as Metcalfe
- 2025Ballerina as Winston
- 2025Wick Is Pain as Self
- 2024Kung Fu Panda 4 as Tai Lung (voice)
- 2024American Star as Wilson
- 2023John Wick: Chapter 4 as Winston
- 2022My Father's Dragon as Saiwa (voice)
- 2021Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Narrator
- 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as (archive footage)
- 2019Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn as Self
- 2019Deadwood: The Movie as Al Swearengen
- 2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Winston
- 2019Bolden as Judge Perry
- 2019Master of Dark Shadows as Narrator
- 2019Hellboy as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 2 episodes
- 2018Age of Sail as William Avery (voice)
- 2018A Wizard's Tale as The Grump (voice)
- 2017Pottersville as Bart
- 2017Jawbone as Joe Padgett
- 2017John Wick: Chapter 2 as Winston Scott
- 2016The Hollow Point as Leland
- 2016Bilal: A New Breed of Hero as Umayya (voice)
- 2016Grimsby as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
- 2014John Wick as Winston
- 2014The Kid as Inglés
- 2014Hercules as Amphiarus
- 2014Cuban Fury as Ron Parfitt
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self · 2 episodes
- 2013How We Used to Live as Narrator
- 2013Jack the Giant Slayer as King Brahmwell
- 2012Snow White and the Huntsman as Beith
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
- 2010The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Narrator (voice)
- 200944 Inch Chest as Meredith
- 2009Case 39 as Detective Mike Barron
- 2009Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm as Self (archive footage)
- 2009Coraline as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- 2008Death Race as Coach
- 2008Kung Fu Panda as Tai Lung (voice)
- 2007The Golden Compass as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
- 2007The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Merriman Lyon
- 2007Hot Rod as Frank Powell
- 2007Shrek the Third as Captain Hook (voice)
- 2006We Are Marshall as Paul Griffen
- 2006Scoop as Joe Strombel
- 2005Nine Lives as Larry
- 2003Nemesis Game as Jeff Novak
- 2003Terror in Moscow as Narrator
- 2003Agent Cody Banks as Brinkman
- 2002Bollywood Queen as Frank
- 2002Man and Boy as Marty Mann
- 2001The Making of Sexy Beast as Self
- 2001Sexy Beast as Teddy Bass
- 1999D.R.E.A.M. Team as Oliver Maxwell
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Toby Moore · 1 episode
- 1998Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Robert Bryson
- 1997Traders of the Lost Scrolls as Narrator
- 1996The Daily Show as Self · 1 episode
- 1995Soul Survivors as Otis Cooke
- 1994White Goods as Ian Deegan
- 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Andre Marchand
- 1989Dick Francis: Twice Shy as David Cleveland
- 1989Dick Francis: In the Frame as David Cleveland
- 1989Dick Francis: Blood Sport
- 1989Chain Letter as The Messenger of Death
- 1989Miami Vice: Freefall as Gen. Manuel Borbon
- 1989The Simpsons as Artemis (voice) · 1 episode
- 1988The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell
- 1987Grand Larceny as Flanagan
- 1986The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Prefet de police
- 1986Rocket to the Moon as Willy Wax
- 1985Braker as Alan Roswell
- 1984Too Scared to Scream as Vincent Hardwick
- 1984Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durant
- 1984Torchlight as Sidney
- 1983Exposed as Greg Miller
- 1983Grace Kelly as Prince Rainier of Monaco
- 1982The Letter as Geoff
- 1981Cheaper to Keep Her as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
- 1980The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as The Brain (Bert)
- 1980High Tide as Curtis
- 1979Yesterday's Hero as Rod Turner
- 1979The Fifth Musketeer as Fouquet
- 1978The Pirate as Rashid
- 1978Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1977Code Name: Diamond Head as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
- 1977The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden
- 1975The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Saunders
- 1975Journey into Fear as Banat
- 1974Ransom as Ray Petrie
- 1974What Would You Do? as Derek
- 1973The Last of Sheila as Anthony Wood
- 1972Sitting Target as Birdy Williams
- 1971Villain as Wolfe Lissner
- 1970The Ballad of Tam Lin as Tom Lynn
- 1970A Sound from the Sea as Tom
- 1970Performance. as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Fred C. Dobbs
- 1970Freelance as Mitch
- 1969Battle of Britain as Sgt. Pilot Andy
- 1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Charlie Cartwright
- 1968Funeral Games as Caulfield
- 1967Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- 1966Sky West and Crooked as Roibin
- 1965The Pleasure Girls as Keith Dexter
- 1962The Wild and the Willing as Harry Brown
Production 3
- 2024American Star · producer
- 2019Deadwood: The Movie · executive producer
- 200944 Inch Chest · executive producer