Ian McShane
Born
September 29, 1942 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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).
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Known For

Deep Cover
Metcalfe
2025

Ballerina
Winston
2025

Wick Is Pain
Self
2025

Kung Fu Panda 4
Tai Lung (voice)
2024

American Star
Wilson
2024

ONE PIECE
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2023

John Wick: Chapter 4
Winston
2023

My Father's Dragon
Saiwa (voice)
2022

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Narrator
2021

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2019

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
2019

Deadwood: The Movie
Al Swearengen
2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
2019

Bolden
Judge Perry
2019

Master of Dark Shadows
Narrator
2019

Hellboy
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
2019

Age of Sail
William Avery (voice)
2018

A Wizard's Tale
The Grump (voice)
2018

Pottersville
Bart
2017

Jawbone
Joe Padgett
2017

American Gods
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin · (26 episodes)
2017

John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston Scott
2017

The Hollow Point
Leland
2016

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Umayya (voice)
2016

Doctor Thorne
Sir Roger Scatcherd · (3 episodes)
2016

Grimsby
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
2016

John Wick
Winston
2014

The Kid
Inglés
2014

Hercules
Amphiarus
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Cuban Fury
Ron Parfitt
2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
How We Used to Live
Narrator
2013

Ray Donovan
Malcolm Finney · (2 episodes)
2013

Ray Donovan
Andrew Finney · (2 episodes)
2013

Jack the Giant Slayer
King Brahmwell
2013

Snow White and the Huntsman
Beith
2012

American Horror Story
Leigh Emerson · (2 episodes)
2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
2011

Game of Thrones
Brother Ray · (1 episode)
2011

The Pillars of the Earth
Waleran Bigod · (8 episodes)
2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Narrator (voice)
2010

44 Inch Chest
Meredith
2009

Case 39
Detective Mike Barron
2009

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Self (archive footage)
2009

Kings
King Silas Benjamin · (13 episodes)
2009

Coraline
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
2009

Death Race
Coach
2008

Kung Fu Panda
Tai Lung (voice)
2008

The Golden Compass
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
2007

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Merriman Lyon
2007

Hot Rod
Frank Powell
2007

Shrek the Third
Captain Hook (voice)
2007

The Dame Edna Treatment
(1 episode)
2007

We Are Marshall
Paul Griffen
2006

The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006

Scoop
Joe Strombel
2006

Nine Lives
Larry
2005

Deadwood
Al Swearengen · (36 episodes)
2004

Nemesis Game
Jeff Novak
2003

Terror in Moscow
Narrator
2003

Agent Cody Banks
Brinkman
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
2003

Trust
Alan Cooper-Fozard · (6 episodes)
2003

Bollywood Queen
Frank
2002

The Twilight Zone
Chandler · (1 episode)
2002

Man and Boy
Marty Mann
2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · (1 episode)
2001

The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
2001

In Deep
Jamie Lamb · (2 episodes)
2001

Sexy Beast
Teddy Bass
2000

D.R.E.A.M. Team
Oliver Maxwell
1999

The West Wing
Nikolai Ivanovich · (1 episode)
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Toby Moore · (1 episode)
1999

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Robert Bryson
1998

Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Narrator
1997

The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996

Madson
John Madson · (6 episodes)
1996

The Naked Truth
Leland Banks · (2 episodes)
1995

Soul Survivors
Otis Cooke
1995

White Goods
Ian Deegan
1994

GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993

Chillers
Steven Castle · (1 episode)
1990

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Andre Marchand
1990

The Simpsons
Artemis (voice) · (1 episode)
1989

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
David Cleveland
1989

Chain Letter
The Messenger of Death
1989

Miami Vice: Freefall
Gen. Manuel Borbon
1989

Young Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Snr · (6 episodes)
1989

War and Remembrance
Philip Rule · (12 episodes)
1988

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell · (2 episodes)
1988

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
1988

Going Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
1987

CBS Summer Playhouse
Marbury · (1 episode)
1987

Grand Larceny
Flanagan
1987

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Prefet de police
1986

Rocket to the Moon
Willy Wax
1986

Lovejoy
Lovejoy · (73 episodes)
1986

Braker
Alan Roswell
1985

A.D.
Sejanus · (5 episodes)
1985

Evergreen
Paul Lerner · (3 episodes)
1985

Torchlight
Sidney
1985

Too Scared to Scream
Vincent Hardwick
1984

Miami Vice
Esteban Montoya · (1 episode)
1984

Miami Vice
General Manuel Borbon · (1 episode)
1984

Ordeal by Innocence
Philip Durant
1984

Natural World
Narrator · (3 episodes)
1983

Exposed
Greg Miller
1983

Bare Essence
Niko Theophilus · (11 episodes)
1983

Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco
1983

Marco Polo
Alì Ben Youssuf · (2 episodes)
1982

Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982

The Letter
Geoff
1982

American Playhouse
Willy Wax · (1 episode)
1982

Cheaper to Keep Her
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
1981

Magnum, P.I.
David Norman · (1 episode)
1980

Magnum, P.I.
Edwin Clutterbuck · (1 episode)
1980

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Brain (Bert)
1980

High Tide
Curtis
1980

Minder
Jack Last · (1 episode)
1979

Yesterday's Hero
Rod Turner
1979

The Fifth Musketeer
Fouquet
1979

The Pirate
Rashid
1978

Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
1978

Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli · (4 episodes)
1978

Life of Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe · (6 episodes)
1978

Dallas
Don Lockwood · (12 episodes)
1978

Armchair Thriller
Curtis · (4 episodes)
1978

Code Name: Diamond Head
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
1977

Jesus of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot · (4 episodes)
1977

The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
1977

The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden · (1 episode)
1977

Roots
Sir Eric Russell · (1 episode)
1977

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Saunders
1975

Matt Helm
Paul · (1 episode)
1975

Space: 1999
Anton Zoref · (1 episode)
1975

Journey into Fear
Banat
1975

Ransom
Ray Petrie
1974

Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974
What Would You Do?
Derek
1974

The Last of Sheila
Anthony
1973

Sitting Target
Birdy Williams
1972

Columbo
Leland St. John · (1 episode)
1971

Villain
Wolfe Lissner
1971

The Ballad of Tam Lin
Tom Lynn
1970
A Sound from the Sea
Tom
1970

Performance
Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
1970

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Fred C. Dobbs
1970

Freelance
Mitch
1970

Battle of Britain
Sgt. Pilot Andy
1969

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charlie Cartwright
1969
Funeral Games
Caulfield
1968

Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
1967

Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff · (4 episodes)
1967

You Can't Win
Joe Lunn · (7 episodes)
1966

Sky West and Crooked
Roibin
1966

The Pleasure Girls
Keith Dexter
1965

Redcap
Sapper Russell · (26 episodes)
1964

The Wednesday Play
(1 episode)
1964

The Wild and the Willing
Harry Brown
1962

Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey · (108 episodes)
1956

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944