Ian McShane

ActorProducerDirector Sep 29 (age 83) Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 p…

Known For

Film

John Wick

Winston

Film

Coraline

Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

Film

John Wick: Chapter 2

Winston Scott

Film

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Winston

Film

John Wick: Chapter 4

Winston

Film

Kung Fu Panda

Tai Lung (voice)

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

Film

Shrek the Third

Captain Hook (voice)

Filmography

Acting (163)

Movies (101)

Ballerina

as Winston

Deep Cover

as Metcalfe

Wick Is Pain

as Self

Kung Fu Panda 4

as Tai Lung (voice)

American Star

as Wilson

John Wick: Chapter 4

as Winston

My Father's Dragon

as Saiwa (voice)

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

2021

as Narrator

6.4

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

2020

as (archive footage)

9.7

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

as Winston

7.4

Hellboy

2019

as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

5.6

Master of Dark Shadows

as Narrator

Bolden

as Judge Perry

Deadwood: The Movie

as Al Swearengen

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

as Self

A Wizard's Tale

as The Grump (voice)

Age of Sail

as William Avery (voice)

John Wick: Chapter 2

as Winston Scott

Jawbone

as Joe Padgett

Pottersville

as Bart

Grimsby

as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

6.0

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

as Umayya (voice)

The Hollow Point

as Leland

Hercules

as Amphiarus

John Wick

as Winston

The Kid

as Inglés

Cuban Fury

as Ron Parfitt

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013

as King Brahmwell

5.9

How We Used to Live

2013

as Narrator

Snow White and the Huntsman

2012

as Beith

6.0

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

6.6

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010

as Narrator (voice)

6.1

Coraline

2009

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

7.9

Case 39

2009

as Detective Mike Barron

6.3

44 Inch Chest

2009

as Meredith

5.4

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Kung Fu Panda

as Tai Lung (voice)

Death Race

as Coach

Shrek the Third

as Captain Hook (voice)

6.3

The Golden Compass

2007

as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

6.1

Hot Rod

2007

as Frank Powell

6.4

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

as Merriman Lyon

Scoop

as Joe Strombel

We Are Marshall

as Paul Griffen

Nine Lives

as Larry

Agent Cody Banks

as Brinkman

Nemesis Game

as Jeff Novak

Terror in Moscow

as Narrator

Man and Boy

as Marty Mann

Bollywood Queen

as Frank

Sexy Beast

as Teddy Bass

The Making of Sexy Beast

2001

as Self

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999

as Oliver Maxwell

5.1

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

1998

as Robert Bryson

6.4

Traders of the Lost Scrolls

1997

as Narrator

Soul Survivors

1995

as Otis Cooke

White Goods

1994

as Ian Deegan

5.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

1990

as Andre Marchand

6.8

Dick Francis: Blood Sport

1989

1.0

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

1989

as David Cleveland

3.0

Dick Francis: In the Frame

1989

as David Cleveland

3.0

Chain Letter

1989

as The Messenger of Death

1.0

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

as Roger Bushell

Grand Larceny

as Flanagan

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986

as Prefet de police

5.9

Rocket to the Moon

1986

as Willy Wax

Braker

as Alan Roswell

Too Scared to Scream

as Vincent Hardwick

Torchlight

as Sidney

Ordeal by Innocence

as Philip Durant

Grace Kelly

as Prince Rainier of Monaco

Exposed

as Greg Miller

The Letter

as Geoff

Cheaper to Keep Her

as Dr. Alfred Sunshine

2.5

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

as The Brain (Bert)

High Tide

as Curtis

The Fifth Musketeer

as Fouquet

Yesterday's Hero

as Rod Turner

The Pirate

as Rashid

Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

Code Name: Diamond Head

1977

as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

3.0

The Fantastic Journey

as Sir James Camden

Journey into Fear

as Banat

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

1975

as Saunders

What Would You Do?

1974

as Derek

Ransom

as Ray Petrie

The Last of Sheila

as Anthony Wood

Sitting Target

as Birdy Williams

Villain

as Wolfe Lissner

A Sound from the Sea

as Tom

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

1970

as Fred C. Dobbs

4.4

Performance

1970

as Noel (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

Freelance

1970

as Mitch

3.2

The Ballad of Tam Lin

as Tom Lynn

Battle of Britain

as Sgt. Pilot Andy

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969

as Charlie Cartwright

5.8

Funeral Games

1968

as Caulfield

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Sky West and Crooked

as Roibin

The Pleasure Girls

as Keith Dexter

The Wild and the Willing

1962

as Harry Brown

5.8

Television (62)

ONE PIECE

2023

as Narrator (voice)

8.1

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

American Gods

2017

as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin

7.1

Doctor Thorne

2016

as Sir Roger Scatcherd

7.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Ray Donovan

as Andrew Finney

Game of Thrones

as Brother Ray

American Horror Story

2011

as Leigh Emerson

8.1

The Pillars of the Earth

2010

as Waleran Bigod

7.6

Kings

2009

as King Silas Benjamin

7.5

The Dame Edna Treatment

The One Show

as Self

Deadwood

as Al Swearengen

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

as Self

6.0

Trust

2003

as Alan Cooper-Fozard

5.0

The Twilight Zone

2002

as Chandler

7.2

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self

In Deep

as Jamie Lamb

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Toby Moore

The West Wing

as Nikolai Ivanovich

The Daily Show

as Self

Madson

as John Madson

The Naked Truth

as Leland Banks

GMTV

as Self

Chillers

as Steven Castle

The Simpsons

as Artemis (voice)

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

as Charles Chaplin Snr

War and Remembrance

1988

as Philip Rule

7.8

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

as Roger Bushell

Going Live!

as Self

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Marbury

Lovejoy

as Lovejoy

Evergreen

as Paul Lerner

A.D.

as Sejanus

Miami Vice

as Esteban Montoya

Natural World

as Narrator

Bare Essence

as Niko Theophilus

Wogan

as Self

American Playhouse

as Willy Wax

Marco Polo

as Alì Ben Youssuf

Magnum, P.I.

as David Norman

Minder

as Jack Last

Dallas

as Don Lockwood

Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

Armchair Thriller

as Curtis

Life of Shakespeare

as Christopher Marlowe

Jesus of Nazareth

as Judas Iscariot

Roots

as Sir Eric Russell

The Fantastic Journey

as Sir James Camden

Space: 1999

as Anton Zoref

Matt Helm

as Paul

Police Woman

Columbo

as Leland St. John

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

You Can't Win

1966

as Joe Lunn

The Wednesday Play

Redcap

as Sapper Russell

Redcap

as Sapper Russell

Armchair Theatre

as Geoffrey

Armchair Theatre

as Geoffrey

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (5)

Movies (3)

American Star

Producer

Deadwood: The Movie

Executive Producer

44 Inch Chest

Executive Producer

Television (2)

Madson

Producer

Lovejoy

Director