
Ian McShane
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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Credits
- 2025 · From the World of John Wick: Ballerina as Winston
- 2024 · Kung Fu Panda 4 as Tai Lung (voice)
- 2023 · ONE PIECE as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · John Wick: Chapter 4 as Winston
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Deadwood: The Movie as Al Swearengen
- 2019 · John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Winston
- 2019 · Hellboy as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
- 2017 · American Gods as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Winston
- 2016 · Doctor Thorne as Sir Roger Scatcherd
- 2016 · Grimsby as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
- 2014 · John Wick as Winston
- 2014 · Hercules as Amphiarus
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Malcolm Finney
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Andrew Finney
- 2013 · Jack the Giant Slayer as King Brahmwell
- 2012 · Snow White and the Huntsman as Beith
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Leigh Emerson
- 2011 · Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Brother Ray
- 2010 · The Pillars of the Earth as Waleran Bigod
- 2010 · The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009 · Case 39 as Detective Mike Barron
- 2009 · Kings as King Silas Benjamin
- 2009 · Coraline as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- 2008 · Death Race as Coach
- 2008 · Kung Fu Panda as Tai Lung (voice)
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
- 2007 · Hot Rod as Frank Powell
- 2007 · Shrek the Third as Captain Hook (voice)
- 2007 · The Dame Edna Treatment as
- 2006 · We Are Marshall as Paul Griffen
- 2004 · Deadwood as Al Swearengen
- 2003 · Agent Cody Banks as Brinkman
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Trust as Alan Cooper-Fozard
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Chandler
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · In Deep as Jamie Lamb
- 2000 · Sexy Beast as Teddy Bass
- 1999 · The West Wing as Nikolai Ivanovich
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Toby Moore
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Leland Banks
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1990 · Chillers as Steven Castle
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Artemis (voice)
- 1989 · Young Charlie Chaplin as Charles Chaplin Snr
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Philip Rule
- 1988 · The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · CBS Summer Playhouse as Marbury
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Lovejoy
- 1985 · A.D. as Sejanus
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Esteban Montoya
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1982 · Marco Polo as Alì Ben Youssuf
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Willy Wax
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as David Norman
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Edwin Clutterbuck
- 1979 · Minder as Jack Last
- 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as Christopher Marlowe
- 1978 · Dallas as Don Lockwood
- 1977 · Jesus of Nazareth as Judas Iscariot
- 1977 · The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden
- 1977 · Roots as Sir Eric Russell
- 1975 · Matt Helm as Paul
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Anton Zoref
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1971 · Columbo as Leland St. John
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · John Wick: Chapter 5 as Winston
- 2025 · Deep Cover as
- 2024 · American Star as Wilson
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Saiwa (voice)
- 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Narrator
- 2020 · The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn as Self
- 2019 · Bolden as Judge Perry
- 2019 · Master of Dark Shadows as Narrator
- 2018 · Age of Sail as William Avery (voice)
- 2018 · A Wizard's Tale as The Grump (voice)
- 2017 · Pottersville as Bart
- 2017 · Jawbone as Joe Padgett
- 2016 · The Hollow Point as Leland
- 2016 · Bilal: A New Breed of Hero as Umayya (voice)
- 2014 · The Kid as Inglés
- 2014 · Cuban Fury as Ron Parfitt
- 2013 · How We Used to Live as Narrator
- 2009 · 44 Inch Chest as Meredith
- 2009 · Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Merriman Lyon
- 2006 · Scoop as Joe Strombel
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Larry
- 2003 · Nemesis Game as Jeff Novak
- 2003 · Terror in Moscow as Narrator
- 2002 · Bollywood Queen as Frank
- 2002 · Man and Boy as Marty Mann
- 2001 · The Making of Sexy Beast as Self
- 1999 · D.R.E.A.M. Team as Oliver Maxwell
- 1998 · Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Robert Bryson
- 1997 · Traders of the Lost Scrolls as Narrator
- 1996 · Madson as John Madson
- 1995 · Soul Survivors as Otis Cooke
- 1994 · White Goods as Ian Deegan
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Andre Marchand
- 1989 · Dick Francis: Twice Shy as David Cleveland
- 1989 · Chain Letter as The Messenger of Death
- 1989 · Miami Vice: Freefall as Gen. Manuel Borbon
- 1988 · The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell
- 1987 · Grand Larceny as Flanagan
- 1986 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Prefet de police
- 1986 · Rocket to the Moon as Willy Wax
- 1985 · Braker as Alan Roswell
- 1985 · Evergreen as Paul Lerner
- 1985 · Torchlight as Sidney
- 1984 · Too Scared to Scream as Vincent Hardwick
- 1984 · Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durant
- 1983 · Exposed as Greg Miller
- 1983 · Bare Essence as Niko Theophilus
- 1983 · Grace Kelly as Prince Rainier of Monaco
- 1982 · The Letter as Geoff
- 1981 · Cheaper to Keep Her as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
- 1980 · The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as The Brain (Bert)
- 1980 · High Tide as Curtis
- 1979 · Yesterday's Hero as Rod Turner
- 1979 · The Fifth Musketeer as Fouquet
- 1978 · The Pirate as Rashid
- 1978 · Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1978 · Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1978 · Armchair Thriller as Curtis
- 1977 · Code Name: Diamond Head as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
- 1977 · The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden
- 1975 · The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Saunders
- 1975 · Journey into Fear as Banat
- 1974 · Ransom as Ray Petrie
- 1974 · What Would You Do? as Derek
- 1973 · The Last of Sheila as Anthony
- 1972 · Sitting Target as Birdy Williams
- 1971 · Villain as Wolfe Lissner
- 1970 · The Ballad of Tam Lin as Tom Lynn
- 1970 · A Sound from the Sea as Tom
- 1970 · Performance as Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970 · Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Fred C. Dobbs
- 1970 · Freelance as Mitch
- 1969 · Battle of Britain as Sgt. Pilot Andy
- 1969 · If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Charlie Cartwright
- 1968 · Funeral Games as Caulfield
- 1967 · Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- 1967 · Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- 1966 · You Can't Win as Joe Lunn
- 1965 · Sky West and Crooked as Roibin
- 1965 · The Pleasure Girls as Keith Dexter
- 1964 · Redcap as Sapper Russell
- 1962 · The Wild and the Willing as Harry Brown
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Geoffrey
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner