Ian McShane
1 FOLLOWER • 80 CREDITS • SEP 29, 1942 • 83
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).
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Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The One Show
The Simpsons
Golden Globe Awards
Miami Vice
The Kelly Clarkson Show
GMTV
The Daily Show
Dallas
Real Time with Bill Maher
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
CBS Summer Playhouse
Space: 1999
American Horror Story
Police Woman
Wogan
The Naked Truth
Game of Thrones
Columbo
The Fantastic Journey
The Twilight Zone
Going Live!
The Wednesday Play
Magnum, P.I.
In Deep
Ray Donovan
ONE PIECE
Grimsby
A.D.
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Marco Polo
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Shrek the Third
Wick Is Pain
War and Remembrance
John Wick
Master of Dark Shadows
John Wick: Chapter 2
The Golden Compass
Agent Cody Banks
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Coraline
Kung Fu Panda 4
Jesus of Nazareth
Hot Rod
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Deep Cover
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Madson
Jack the Giant Slayer
We Are Marshall
Battle of Britain
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Pillars of the Earth
The West Wing
Trust
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
John Wick: Chapter 4
Kung Fu Panda
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Case 39
Death Race
Sexy Beast
Ballerina
Hellboy
Hercules
American Gods
The Hollow Point
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Deadwood
Kings
Lovejoy
American Star
Bare Essence
Wuthering Heights
Production Credits
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