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

Game of Thrones

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Columbo

American Horror Story

All Movies (102)

• Deep Cover2025 · as Metcalfe
• Ballerina2025 · as Winston
• Wick Is Pain2025 · as Self
• Kung Fu Panda 42024 · as Tai Lung (voice)
• American Star2024 · as Wilson
• John Wick: Chapter 42023 · as Winston
• My Father's Dragon2022 · as Saiwa (voice)
• Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story2021 · as Narrator
• The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU2020 · as (archive footage)
• Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn2019 · as Self
• Deadwood: The Movie2019 · as Al Swearengen
• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019 · as Winston
• Bolden2019 · as Judge Perry
• Master of Dark Shadows2019 · as Narrator
• Hellboy2019 · as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
• Age of Sail2018 · as William Avery (voice)
• A Wizard's Tale2018 · as The Grump (voice)
• Pottersville2017 · as Bart
• Jawbone2017 · as Joe Padgett
• John Wick: Chapter 22017 · as Winston Scott
• The Hollow Point2016 · as Leland
• Bilal: A New Breed of Hero2016 · as Umayya (voice)
• Grimsby2016 · as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
• John Wick2014 · as Winston
• The Kid2014 · as Inglés
• Hercules2014 · as Amphiarus
• Cuban Fury2014 · as Ron Parfitt
• How We Used to Live2013 · as Narrator
• Jack the Giant Slayer2013 · as King Brahmwell
• Snow White and the Huntsman2012 · as Beith
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 · as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• 44 Inch Chest2009 · as Meredith
• Case 392009 · as Detective Mike Barron
• Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Coraline2009 · as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
• Death Race2008 · as Coach
• Kung Fu Panda2008 · as Tai Lung (voice)
• The Golden Compass2007 · as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
• The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising2007 · as Merriman Lyon
• Hot Rod2007 · as Frank Powell
• Shrek the Third2007 · as Captain Hook (voice)
• We Are Marshall2006 · as Paul Griffen
• Scoop2006 · as Joe Strombel
• Nine Lives2005 · as Larry
• Nemesis Game2003 · as Jeff Novak
• Terror in Moscow2003 · as Narrator
• Agent Cody Banks2003 · as Brinkman
• Bollywood Queen2002 · as Frank
• Man and Boy2002 · as Marty Mann
• The Making of Sexy Beast2001 · as Self
• Sexy Beast2001 · as Teddy Bass
• D.R.E.A.M. Team1999 · as Oliver Maxwell
• Babylon 5: The River of Souls1998 · as Robert Bryson
• Traders of the Lost Scrolls1997 · as Narrator
• Soul Survivors1995 · as Otis Cooke
• White Goods1994 · as Ian Deegan
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception1990 · as Andre Marchand
• Dick Francis: Twice Shy1989 · as David Cleveland
• Dick Francis: In the Frame1989 · as David Cleveland
• Dick Francis: Blood Sport1989
• Chain Letter1989 · as The Messenger of Death
• Miami Vice: Freefall1989 · as Gen. Manuel Borbon
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · as Roger Bushell
• Grand Larceny1987 · as Flanagan
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue1986 · as Prefet de police
• Rocket to the Moon1986 · as Willy Wax
• Braker1985 · as Alan Roswell
• Too Scared to Scream1984 · as Vincent Hardwick
• Ordeal by Innocence1984 · as Philip Durant
• Torchlight1984 · as Sidney
• Exposed1983 · as Greg Miller
• Grace Kelly1983 · as Prince Rainier of Monaco
• The Letter1982 · as Geoff
• Cheaper to Keep Her1981 · as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
• The Great Riviera Bank Robbery1980 · as The Brain (Bert)
• High Tide1980 · as Curtis
• Yesterday's Hero1979 · as Rod Turner
• The Fifth Musketeer1979 · as Fouquet
• The Pirate1978 · as Rashid
• Disraeli1978 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• Code Name: Diamond Head1977 · as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
• The Fantastic Journey1977 · as Sir James Camden
• The Lives of Jenny Dolan1975 · as Saunders
• Journey into Fear1975 · as Banat
• Ransom1974 · as Ray Petrie
• What Would You Do?1974 · as Derek
• The Last of Sheila1973 · as Anthony Wood
• Sitting Target1972 · as Birdy Williams
• Villain1971 · as Wolfe Lissner
• The Ballad of Tam Lin1970 · as Tom Lynn
• A Sound from the Sea1970 · as Tom
• Performance.1970 · as Noel (voice) (uncredited)
• Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You1970 · as Fred C. Dobbs
• Freelance1970 · as Mitch
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Sgt. Pilot Andy
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969 · as Charlie Cartwright
• Funeral Games1968 · as Caulfield
• Wuthering Heights1967 · as Heathcliff
• Sky West and Crooked1966 · as Roibin
• The Pleasure Girls1965 · as Keith Dexter
• The Wild and the Willing1962 · as Harry Brown

All TV Shows (72)

• ONE PIECE2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• American Gods2017 · as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
• Doctor Thorne2016 · as Sir Roger Scatcherd
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Malcolm Finney
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Andrew Finney
• American Horror Story2011 · as Leigh Emerson
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Brother Ray
• The Pillars of the Earth2010 · as Waleran Bigod
• Kings2009 · as King Silas Benjamin
• The Dame Edna Treatment2007
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Deadwood2004 · as Al Swearengen
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Trust2003 · as Alan Cooper-Fozard
• The Twilight Zone2002 · as Chandler
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self
• In Deep2001 · as Jamie Lamb
• The West Wing1999 · as Nikolai Ivanovich
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Toby Moore
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Madson1996 · as John Madson
• The Naked Truth1995 · as Leland Banks
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Chillers1990 · as Steven Castle
• The Simpsons1989 · as Artemis (voice)
• Young Charlie Chaplin1989 · as Charles Chaplin Snr
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Philip Rule
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · as Roger Bushell
• Going Live!1987 · as Self
• CBS Summer Playhouse1987 · as Marbury
• Lovejoy1986 · as Lovejoy
• A.D.1985 · as Sejanus
• Evergreen1985 · as Paul Lerner
• Miami Vice1984 · as Esteban Montoya
• Miami Vice1984 · as General Manuel Borbon
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator
• Bare Essence1983 · as Niko Theophilus
• Marco Polo1982 · as Alì Ben Youssuf
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• American Playhouse1982 · as Willy Wax
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as David Norman
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Edwin Clutterbuck
• Minder1979 · as Jack Last
• Disraeli1978 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• Life of Shakespeare1978 · as Christopher Marlowe
• Will Shakespeare1978 · as Christopher Marlowe
• Dallas1978 · as Don Lockwood
• Armchair Thriller1978 · as Curtis
• The Pirate1977 · as Rashid
• Jesus of Nazareth1977 · as Judas Iscariot
• The Fantastic Journey1977 · as Sir James Camden
• Roots1977 · as Sir Eric Russell
• Matt Helm1975 · as Paul
• Space: 19991975 · as Anton Zoref
• Police Woman1974
• Columbo1971 · as Leland St. John
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as David Garrick
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Ken Harrison
• Wuthering Heights1967 · as Heathcliff
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Caulfield
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Tom
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Derek
• You Can't Win1966 · as Joe Lunn
• Redcap1964 · as Sapper Russell
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Frank
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Geoffrey
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Roddy Cain
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee