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.
Born: 29 September 1942
Played In
Movie
Jun 2025
Deep Cover
Metcalfe
Movie
Jun 2025
Ballerina
Winston
Movie
May 2025
Wick Is Pain
Self
Movie
Mar 2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Tai Lung (voice)
Movie
Jan 2024
American Star
Wilson
TV Show
Aug 2023
ONE PIECE
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4
Winston
Movie
Nov 2022
My Father's Dragon
Saiwa (voice)
Movie
Nov 2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Narrator
Movie
Jan 2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2019
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
Movie
May 2019
Deadwood: The Movie
Al Swearengen
Movie
May 2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
Movie
May 2019
Bolden
Judge Perry
Movie
Apr 2019
Master of Dark Shadows
Narrator
Movie
Apr 2019
Hellboy
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Movie
Aug 2018
Age of Sail
William Avery (voice)
Movie
Mar 2018
A Wizard's Tale
The Grump (voice)
Movie
Nov 2017
Pottersville
Bart
Movie
May 2017
Jawbone
Joe Padgett
TV Show
Apr 2017
American Gods
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
Movie
Feb 2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston Scott
Movie
Dec 2016
The Hollow Point
Leland
Movie
Sep 2016
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Umayya (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2016
Doctor Thorne
Sir Roger Scatcherd
Movie
Feb 2016
Grimsby
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Movie
Oct 2014
John Wick
Winston
Movie
Aug 2014
The Kid
Inglés
Movie
Jul 2014
Hercules
Amphiarus
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Movie
Feb 2014
Cuban Fury
Ron Parfitt
TV Show
Feb 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Movie
Oct 2013
How We Used to Live
Narrator
TV Show
Jun 2013
Ray Donovan
Malcolm Finney
TV Show
Jun 2013
Ray Donovan
Andrew Finney
Movie
Feb 2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
King Brahmwell
Movie
May 2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
Beith
TV Show
Oct 2011
American Horror Story
Leigh Emerson
Movie
May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
TV Show
Apr 2011
Game of Thrones
Brother Ray
TV Show
Jul 2010
The Pillars of the Earth
Waleran Bigod
Movie
Jul 2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Oct 2009
44 Inch Chest
Meredith
Movie
Aug 2009
Case 39
Detective Mike Barron
Movie
Jun 2009
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Mar 2009
Kings
King Silas Benjamin
Movie
Feb 2009
Coraline
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Movie
Aug 2008
Death Race
Coach
Movie
Jun 2008
Kung Fu Panda
Tai Lung (voice)
Movie
Dec 2007
The Golden Compass
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Movie
Oct 2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Merriman Lyon
Movie
Aug 2007
Hot Rod
Frank Powell
Movie
May 2007
Shrek the Third
Captain Hook (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2007
The Dame Edna Treatment
Movie
Dec 2006
We Are Marshall
Paul Griffen
TV Show
Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2006
Scoop
Joe Strombel
Movie
Sep 2005
Nine Lives
Larry
TV Show
Mar 2004
Deadwood
Al Swearengen
Movie
Sep 2003
Nemesis Game
Jeff Novak
Movie
May 2003
Terror in Moscow
Narrator
Movie
Mar 2003
Agent Cody Banks
Brinkman
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Trust
Alan Cooper-Fozard
Movie
Dec 2002
Bollywood Queen
Frank
TV Show
Sep 2002
The Twilight Zone
Chandler
Movie
Mar 2002
Man and Boy
Marty Mann
TV Show
Nov 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
Movie
Jul 2001
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
TV Show
Feb 2001
In Deep
Jamie Lamb
Movie
Jan 2001
Sexy Beast
Teddy Bass
Movie
Sep 1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Oliver Maxwell
TV Show
Sep 1999
The West Wing
Nikolai Ivanovich
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Toby Moore
Movie
Dec 1998
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Robert Bryson
Movie
Oct 1997
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Narrator
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Apr 1996
Madson
John Madson
TV Show
Sep 1995
The Naked Truth
Leland Banks
Movie
Sep 1995
Soul Survivors
Otis Cooke
Movie
Jan 1994
White Goods
Ian Deegan
TV Show
Jan 1993
GMTV
Self
Movie
Mar 1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Andre Marchand
TV Show
Jan 1990
Chillers
Steven Castle
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
Artemis (voice)
Movie
Dec 1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
David Cleveland
Movie
Nov 1989
Dick Francis: In the Frame
David Cleveland
Movie
Oct 1989
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
Movie
Aug 1989
Chain Letter
The Messenger of Death
Movie
May 1989
Miami Vice: Freefall
Gen. Manuel Borbon
TV Show
Jan 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Snr
TV Show
Nov 1988
War and Remembrance
Philip Rule
TV Show
Nov 1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
Movie
Nov 1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
TV Show
Sep 1987
Going Live!
Self
TV Show
Jun 1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
Marbury
Movie
Jan 1987
Grand Larceny
Flanagan
Movie
Dec 1986
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Prefet de police
Movie
May 1986
Rocket to the Moon
Willy Wax
TV Show
Jan 1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Movie
Apr 1985
Braker
Alan Roswell
TV Show
Mar 1985
A.D.
Sejanus
TV Show
Feb 1985
Evergreen
Paul Lerner
Movie
Sep 1984
Too Scared to Scream
Vincent Hardwick
TV Show
Sep 1984
Miami Vice
Esteban Montoya
TV Show
Sep 1984
Miami Vice
General Manuel Borbon
Movie
Jun 1984
Ordeal by Innocence
Philip Durant
Movie
May 1984
Torchlight
Sidney
TV Show
Oct 1983
Natural World
Narrator
Movie
Apr 1983
Exposed
Greg Miller
TV Show
Apr 1983
Bare Essence
Niko Theophilus
Movie
Feb 1983
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco
TV Show
Dec 1982
Marco Polo
Alì Ben Youssuf
TV Show
May 1982
Wogan
Self
Movie
May 1982
The Letter
Geoff
TV Show
Jan 1982
American Playhouse
Willy Wax
Movie
Jan 1981
Cheaper to Keep Her
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
TV Show
Dec 1980
Magnum, P.I.
David Norman
TV Show
Dec 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Edwin Clutterbuck
Movie
May 1980
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Brain (Bert)
Movie
Mar 1980
High Tide
Curtis
TV Show
Oct 1979
Minder
Jack Last
Movie
Apr 1979
Yesterday's Hero
Rod Turner
Movie
Apr 1979
The Fifth Musketeer
Fouquet
Movie
Nov 1978
The Pirate
Rashid
Movie
Sep 1978
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
TV Show
Sep 1978
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
TV Show
Jun 1978
Life of Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
TV Show
Jun 1978
Will Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
TV Show
Apr 1978
Dallas
Don Lockwood
TV Show
Feb 1978
Armchair Thriller
Curtis
TV Show
Nov 1977
The Pirate
Rashid
Movie
May 1977
Code Name: Diamond Head
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
TV Show
Mar 1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot
Movie
Feb 1977
The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
TV Show
Feb 1977
The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
TV Show
Jan 1977
Roots
Sir Eric Russell
Movie
Oct 1975
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Saunders
TV Show
Sep 1975
Matt Helm
Paul
TV Show
Sep 1975
Space: 1999
Anton Zoref
Movie
Aug 1975
Journey into Fear
Banat
Movie
Dec 1974
Ransom
Ray Petrie
TV Show
Sep 1974
Police Woman
Movie
Feb 1974
What Would You Do?
Derek
Movie
Jun 1973
The Last of Sheila
Anthony Wood
Movie
May 1972
Sitting Target
Birdy Williams
TV Show
Sep 1971
Columbo
Leland St. John
Movie
May 1971
Villain
Wolfe Lissner
Movie
Dec 1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Tom Lynn
Movie
Aug 1970
A Sound from the Sea
Tom
Movie
Aug 1970
Performance.
Noel (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Mar 1970
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Fred C. Dobbs
Movie
Jan 1970
Freelance
Mitch
Movie
Sep 1969
Battle of Britain
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Movie
Apr 1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charlie Cartwright
TV Show
Jan 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
David Garrick
TV Show
Jan 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Ken Harrison
Movie
Aug 1968
Funeral Games
Caulfield
Movie
Oct 1967
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
TV Show
Oct 1967
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
TV Show
Sep 1967
ITV Playhouse
Caulfield
TV Show
Sep 1967
ITV Playhouse
Tom
TV Show
Sep 1967
ITV Playhouse
Derek
TV Show
Jul 1966
You Can't Win
Joe Lunn
Movie
Jan 1966
Sky West and Crooked
Roibin
Movie
May 1965
The Pleasure Girls
Keith Dexter
TV Show
Oct 1964
Redcap
Sapper Russell
TV Show
Sep 1964
The Wednesday Play
Frank
Movie
Oct 1962
The Wild and the Willing
Harry Brown
TV Show
Jul 1956
Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey
TV Show
Jul 1956
Armchair Theatre
Roddy Cain
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee