Ian McShane

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

164

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-09-29 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McShane

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 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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Ballerina

    Ballerina

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • American Horror Story

    American Horror Story

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Kung Fu Panda 4

    Kung Fu Panda 4

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • John Wick: Chapter 4

    John Wick: Chapter 4

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Coraline

    Coraline

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

  • Kung Fu Panda

    Kung Fu Panda

  • ONE PIECE

    ONE PIECE

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • Shrek the Third

    Shrek the Third

  • John Wick: Chapter 2

    John Wick: Chapter 2

  • American Gods

    American Gods

  • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

    John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Space: 1999

    Space: 1999

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • John Wick

    John Wick

  • Deep Cover

    Deep Cover

  • Hellboy

    Hellboy

  • Jack the Giant Slayer

    Jack the Giant Slayer

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Death Race

    Death Race

  • The Naked Truth

    The Naked Truth

  • Roots

    Roots

  • The Golden Compass

    The Golden Compass

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth

  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • Snow White and the Huntsman

    Snow White and the Huntsman

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • American Star

    American Star

  • Going Live!

    Going Live!

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

  • Pottersville

    Pottersville

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Wick Is Pain

    Wick Is Pain

  • Cuban Fury

    Cuban Fury

  • Ransom

    Ransom

  • Hot Rod

    Hot Rod

  • CBS Summer Playhouse

    CBS Summer Playhouse

  • Sitting Target

    Sitting Target

  • Grimsby

    Grimsby

  • Soul Survivors

    Soul Survivors

  • Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

    Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

  • A Wizard's Tale

    A Wizard's Tale

  • Grace Kelly

    Grace Kelly

  • Kings

    Kings

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • Chain Letter

    Chain Letter

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

  • Villain

    Villain

  • The Letter

    The Letter

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Bolden

    Bolden

  • Case 39

    Case 39

  • Agent Cody Banks

    Agent Cody Banks

  • Torchlight

    Torchlight

  • Nemesis Game

    Nemesis Game

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • The Last of Sheila

    The Last of Sheila

  • Jawbone

    Jawbone

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • High Tide

    High Tide

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

  • We Are Marshall

    We Are Marshall

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

    If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

  • Braker

    Braker

  • The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey

  • The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

    The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

  • Bollywood Queen

    Bollywood Queen

  • Freelance

    Freelance

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

  • The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

    The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • The Pirate

    The Pirate

  • In Deep

    In Deep

  • Code Name: Diamond Head

    Code Name: Diamond Head

  • My Father's Dragon

    My Father's Dragon

  • The Fifth Musketeer

    The Fifth Musketeer

  • Doctor Thorne

    Doctor Thorne

  • Too Scared to Scream

    Too Scared to Scream

  • Ordeal by Innocence

    Ordeal by Innocence

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

    Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

  • The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

    The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

  • Exposed

    Exposed

  • 44 Inch Chest

    44 Inch Chest

  • Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

    Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

    The Ballad of Tam Lin

  • D.R.E.A.M. Team

    D.R.E.A.M. Team

  • Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

    Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

  • The Wild and the Willing

    The Wild and the Willing

  • The Lives of Jenny Dolan

    The Lives of Jenny Dolan

  • Evergreen

    Evergreen

  • The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    The Murders in the Rue Morgue

  • Sexy Beast

    Sexy Beast

  • Age of Sail

    Age of Sail

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • Redcap

    Redcap

  • A Sound from the Sea

    A Sound from the Sea

  • Cheaper to Keep Her

    Cheaper to Keep Her

  • Dick Francis: Blood Sport

    Dick Francis: Blood Sport

  • Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

  • Armchair Thriller

    Armchair Thriller

  • Sky West and Crooked

    Sky West and Crooked

  • Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

  • The Hollow Point

    The Hollow Point

  • Trust

    Trust

  • How We Used to Live

    How We Used to Live

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • Grand Larceny

    Grand Larceny

  • Yesterday's Hero

    Yesterday's Hero

  • The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

    The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • Bare Essence

    Bare Essence

  • Life of Shakespeare

    Life of Shakespeare

  • The Pleasure Girls

    The Pleasure Girls

  • Madson

    Madson

  • The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

    The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

  • Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    Babylon 5: The River of Souls

  • The Dame Edna Treatment

    The Dame Edna Treatment

  • Dick Francis: Twice Shy

    Dick Francis: Twice Shy

  • What Would You Do?

    What Would You Do?

  • Journey into Fear

    Journey into Fear

  • The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey

  • You Can't Win

    You Can't Win

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

  • White Goods

    White Goods

  • Rocket to the Moon

    Rocket to the Moon

  • Traders of the Lost Scrolls

    Traders of the Lost Scrolls

  • Funeral Games

    Funeral Games

  • The Making of Sexy Beast

    The Making of Sexy Beast

  • Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

    Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

  • Terror in Moscow

    Terror in Moscow