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Ian McShane
Born · September 29, 1942 (82 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Bio
Ian David McShane (born September 29, 1942) is an English actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films, it is by his television roles that he is generally known, starting with the BBC's Lovejoy (1986–94) and particularly in the HBO Western drama Deadwood (2004–06). He starred as King Silas Benjamin in NBC series Kings and as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Winston
0.0
2025
Kung Fu Panda 4
Tai Lung (voice)
7.1
2024
American Star
Wilson
5.6
2024
John Wick: Chapter 4
Winston
7.7
2023
My Father's Dragon
Saiwa (voice)
7.1
2022
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Narrator
6.5
2021
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
7.4
2019
Pottersville
Bart
5.0
2017
Jawbone
Joe Padgett
6.1
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston
7.3
2017
The Hollow Point
Leland
5.8
2016
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Umayya (voice)
6.8
2016
Grimsby
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
6.0
2016
John Wick
Winston
7.4
2014
The Kid
Inglés
6.5
2014
Hercules
Amphiarus
5.8
2014
Cuban Fury
Ron Parfitt
6.1
2014
How We Used to Live
Narrator
0.0
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
King Brahmwell
5.8
2013
Snow White and the Huntsman
Beith
6.0
2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
6.6
2011
44 Inch Chest
Meredith
5.5
2009
Case 39
Detective Mike Barron
6.3
2009
Coraline
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
7.9
2009
Death Race
Coach
6.3
2008
Kung Fu Panda
Tai Lung (voice)
7.3
2008
The Golden Compass
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
6.1
2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Merriman Lyon
5.4
2007
Hot Rod
Frank Powell
6.4
2007
We Are Marshall
Paul Griffen
6.9
2006
Scoop
Joe Strombel
6.6
2006
Nine Lives
Larry
6.0
2005
Nemesis Game
Jeff Novak
5.1
2003
Terror in Moscow
Narrator
6.5
2003
Agent Cody Banks
Brinkman
5.5
2003
Man and Boy
Marty Mann
4.4
2002
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
0.0
2001
Sexy Beast
Teddy Bass
7.0
2001
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Oliver Maxwell
4.7
1999
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Robert Bryson
6.4
1998
Soul Survivors
Otis Cooke
0.0
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Andre Marchand
6.8
1990
Chain Letter
The Messenger of Death
0.0
1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
4.5
1988
Grand Larceny
Flanagan
0.0
1987
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Prefet de police
6.0
1986
Rocket to the Moon
Willy Wax
0.0
1986
Torchlight
Sidney
3.5
1985
Too Scared to Scream
Vincent Hardwick
5.4
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
Philip Durant
4.5
1984
Exposed
Greg Miller
4.8
1983
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco
6.4
1983
The Letter
Geoff
6.0
1982
Cheaper to Keep Her
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
4.0
1981
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Brain (Bert)
6.1
1980
High Tide
Curtis
8.0
1980
Yesterday's Hero
Rod Turner
4.5
1979
The Fifth Musketeer
Fouquet
5.0
1979
The Pirate
Rashid
5.5
1978
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
0.0
1978
Code Name: Diamond Head
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
3.0
1977
Journey into Fear
Banat
5.6
1975
Ransom
Ray Petrie
5.5
1974
What Would You Do?
Derek
0.0
1974
The Last of Sheila
Anthony
7.0
1973
Sitting Target
Birdy Williams
6.0
1972
Villain
Wolfe Lissner
6.2
1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Tom Lynn
5.4
1970
A Sound from the Sea
Tom
0.0
1970
Performance
Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
6.7
1970
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Fred C. Dobbs
4.7
1970
Freelance
Mitch
3.8
1970
Battle of Britain
Sgt. Pilot Andy
6.8
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charlie Cartwright
5.7
1969
Funeral Games
Caulfield
0.0
1968
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
6.0
1967
Sky West and Crooked
Roibin
5.4
1965
The Pleasure Girls
Keith Dexter
4.9
1965
The Wild and the Willing
Harry Brown
5.8
1962
Deep Cover
0.0
ONE PIECE
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.2
2023
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
9.6
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
5.8
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
Al Swearengen
6.7
2019
Bolden
Judge Perry
4.3
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
Narrator
9.0
2019
Hellboy
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
5.6
2019
Age of Sail
William Avery (voice)
7.2
2018
A Wizard's Tale
The Grump (voice)
5.8
2018
American Gods
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin · (26 episodes)
7.1
2017
Doctor Thorne
Sir Roger Scatcherd · (3 episodes)
7.3
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2014
Ray Donovan
Malcolm Finney · (2 episodes)
7.5
2013
Ray Donovan
Andrew Finney · (2 episodes)
7.5
2013
American Horror Story
Leigh Emerson · (2 episodes)
8.1
2011
Game of Thrones
Brother Ray · (1 episode)
8.5
2011
The Pillars of the Earth
Waleran Bigod · (8 episodes)
7.6
2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Narrator (voice)
6.1
2010
Kings
King Silas Benjamin · (13 episodes)
7.4
2009
Shrek the Third
Captain Hook (voice)
6.3
2007
The Dame Edna Treatment
(1 episode)
7.0
2007
Deadwood
Al Swearengen · (36 episodes)
8.1
2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2003
Trust
Alan Cooper-Fozard · (6 episodes)
5.0
2003
Bollywood Queen
Frank
5.2
2002
The Twilight Zone
Chandler · (1 episode)
7.2
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2001
In Deep
Jamie Lamb · (2 episodes)
10.0
2001
The West Wing
Nikolai Ivanovich · (1 episode)
8.3
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Toby Moore · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Narrator
0.0
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Madson
John Madson · (6 episodes)
6.5
1996
The Naked Truth
Leland Banks · (2 episodes)
6.4
1995
White Goods
Ian Deegan
6.0
1994
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Chillers
Steven Castle · (1 episode)
6.2
1990
The Simpsons
Artemis (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
David Cleveland
5.0
1989
Miami Vice: Freefall
Gen. Manuel Borbon
0.0
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Snr · (6 episodes)
0.0
1989
War and Remembrance
Philip Rule · (12 episodes)
8.0
1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell · (2 episodes)
5.0
1988
Going Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
6.0
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
Marbury · (1 episode)
6.0
1987
Lovejoy
Lovejoy · (73 episodes)
7.3
1986
Braker
Alan Roswell
0.0
1985
A.D.
Sejanus · (5 episodes)
4.9
1985
Evergreen
Paul Lerner · (3 episodes)
4.5
1985
Miami Vice
Esteban Montoya · (2 episodes)
7.5
1984
Natural World
Narrator · (3 episodes)
7.0
1983
Bare Essence
Niko Theophilus · (11 episodes)
5.0
1983
Marco Polo
Alì Ben Youssuf · (2 episodes)
6.8
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1982
American Playhouse
Willy Wax · (1 episode)
6.0
1982
Magnum, P.I.
David Norman · (2 episodes)
7.3
1980
Minder
Jack Last · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli · (4 episodes)
7.5
1978
Life of Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe · (6 episodes)
0.0
1978
Dallas
Don Lockwood · (12 episodes)
6.8
1978
Armchair Thriller
Curtis · (4 episodes)
4.2
1978
Jesus Of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot
9.0
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot · (4 episodes)
7.7
1977
The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden · (1 episode)
5.8
1977
Roots
Sir Eric Russell · (1 episode)
7.4
1977
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Saunders
0.0
1975
Matt Helm
Paul · (1 episode)
7.4
1975
Space: 1999
Anton Zoref · (1 episode)
7.1
1975
Police Woman
(1 episode)
6.2
1974
Columbo
Leland St. John · (1 episode)
8.1
1971
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff · (4 episodes)
0.0
1967
You Can't Win
Joe Lunn · (7 episodes)
0.0
1966
Redcap
Sapper Russell · (26 episodes)
6.0
1964
The Wednesday Play
(1 episode)
4.5
1964
Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey · (108 episodes)
5.8
1956
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944