Acting · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Born September 29, 1942
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.
MovieDeep Cover
2025
as Metcalfe
MovieBallerina
2025
as Winston
MovieWick Is Pain
2025
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Tai Lung (voice)
MovieAmerican Star
2024
as Wilson
TVONE PIECE
2023
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Winston
MovieMy Father's Dragon
2022
as Saiwa (voice)
MovieRobbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Narrator
MovieThe Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieTales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019
as Self
MovieDeadwood: The Movie
2019
as Al Swearengen
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Winston
MovieBolden
2019
as Judge Perry
MovieMaster of Dark Shadows
2019
as Narrator
MovieHellboy
2019
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
MovieAge of Sail
2018
as William Avery (voice)
MovieA Wizard's Tale
2018
as The Grump (voice)
MoviePottersville
2017
as Bart
MovieJawbone
2017
as Joe Padgett
TVAmerican Gods
2017
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Winston Scott
MovieThe Hollow Point
2016
as Leland
MovieBilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016
as Umayya (voice)
TVDoctor Thorne
2016
as Sir Roger Scatcherd
MovieGrimsby
2016
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
MovieJohn Wick
2014
as Winston
MovieThe Kid
2014
as Inglés
MovieHercules
2014
as Amphiarus
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieCuban Fury
2014
as Ron Parfitt
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
How We Used to Live
2013
as Narrator
TVRay Donovan
2013
as Malcolm Finney
MovieJack the Giant Slayer
2013
as King Brahmwell
MovieSnow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Beith
TVAmerican Horror Story
2011
as Leigh Emerson
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Brother Ray
TVThe Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Waleran Bigod
MovieThe Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Movie44 Inch Chest
2009
as Meredith
MovieCase 39
2009
as Detective Mike Barron
MovieTrevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009
as Self (archive footage)
TVKings
2009
as King Silas Benjamin
MovieCoraline
2009
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
MovieDeath Race
2008
as Coach
MovieKung Fu Panda
2008
as Tai Lung (voice)
MovieThe Golden Compass
2007
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
MovieThe Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as Merriman Lyon
MovieHot Rod
2007
as Frank Powell
MovieShrek the Third
2007
as Captain Hook (voice)
TVThe Dame Edna Treatment
2007
MovieWe Are Marshall
2006
as Paul Griffen
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieScoop
2006
as Joe Strombel
MovieNine Lives
2005
as Larry
TVDeadwood
2004
as Al Swearengen
MovieNemesis Game
2003
as Jeff Novak
MovieTerror in Moscow
2003
as Narrator
MovieAgent Cody Banks
2003
as Brinkman
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVTrust
2003
as Alan Cooper-Fozard
MovieBollywood Queen
2002
as Frank
TVThe Twilight Zone
2002
as Chandler
MovieMan and Boy
2002
as Marty Mann
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self
TVIn Deep
2001
as Jamie Lamb
MovieSexy Beast
2001
as Teddy Bass
MovieD.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Oliver Maxwell
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Nikolai Ivanovich
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Toby Moore
MovieBabylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Robert Bryson
MovieTraders of the Lost Scrolls
1997
as Narrator
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVMadson
1996
as John Madson
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
MovieSoul Survivors
1995
as Otis Cooke
MovieWhite Goods
1994
as Ian Deegan
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990
as Andre Marchand
TVChillers
1990
as Steven Castle
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Artemis (voice)
MovieDick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
as David Cleveland
MovieDick Francis: In the Frame
1989
as David Cleveland
MovieDick Francis: Blood Sport
1989
MovieChain Letter
1989
as The Messenger of Death
MovieMiami Vice: Freefall
1989
as Gen. Manuel Borbon
TVYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Charles Chaplin Snr
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Philip Rule
TVThe Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
MovieThe Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
TVGoing Live!
1987
as Self
TVCBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Marbury
MovieGrand Larceny
1987
as Flanagan
MovieThe Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Prefet de police
MovieRocket to the Moon
1986
as Willy Wax
TVLovejoy
1986
as Lovejoy
MovieBraker
1985
as Alan Roswell
TVA.D.
1985
as Sejanus
TVEvergreen
1985
as Paul Lerner
MovieToo Scared to Scream
1984
as Vincent Hardwick
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Esteban Montoya
MovieOrdeal by Innocence
1984
as Philip Durant
MovieTorchlight
1984
as Sidney
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
MovieExposed
1983
as Greg Miller
TVBare Essence
1983
as Niko Theophilus
MovieGrace Kelly
1983
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
TVMarco Polo
1982
as Alì Ben Youssuf
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Letter
1982
as Geoff
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Willy Wax
MovieCheaper to Keep Her
1981
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as David Norman
MovieThe Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as The Brain (Bert)
MovieHigh Tide
1980
as Curtis
TVMinder
1979
as Jack Last
MovieYesterday's Hero
1979
as Rod Turner
MovieThe Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Fouquet
MovieThe Pirate
1978
as Rashid
MovieDisraeli
1978
as Benjamin Disraeli
TVDisraeli
1978
as Benjamin Disraeli
TVLife of Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe
TVWill Shakespeare
1978
as Christopher Marlowe
TVDallas
1978
as Don Lockwood
TVArmchair Thriller
1978
as Curtis
TVThe Pirate
1977
as Rashid
MovieCode Name: Diamond Head
1977
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
TVJesus of Nazareth
1977
as Judas Iscariot
MovieThe Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden
TVThe Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden
TVRoots
1977
as Sir Eric Russell
MovieThe Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Saunders
TVMatt Helm
1975
as Paul
TVSpace: 1999
1975
as Anton Zoref
MovieJourney into Fear
1975
as Banat
MovieRansom
1974
as Ray Petrie
TVPolice Woman
1974
What Would You Do?
1974
as Derek
MovieThe Last of Sheila
1973
as Anthony Wood
MovieSitting Target
1972
as Birdy Williams
TVColumbo
1971
as Leland St. John
MovieVillain
1971
as Wolfe Lissner
MovieThe Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Tom Lynn
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as Tom
MoviePerformance.
1970
as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
MoviePussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
as Fred C. Dobbs
MovieFreelance
1970
as Mitch
MovieBattle of Britain
1969
as Sgt. Pilot Andy
MovieIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Charlie Cartwright
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Garrick
Funeral Games
1968
as Caulfield
MovieWuthering Heights
1967
as Heathcliff
TVWuthering Heights
1967
as Heathcliff
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Caulfield
TVYou Can't Win
1966
as Joe Lunn
MovieSky West and Crooked
1966
as Roibin
MovieThe Pleasure Girls
1965
as Keith Dexter
TVRedcap
1964
as Sapper Russell
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Frank
MovieThe Wild and the Willing
1962
as Harry Brown
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Geoffrey
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
