
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).
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Acting (95 movies)

Scoop
2006

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021

The Golden Compass
2007

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011

Hot Rod
2007

The Fifth Musketeer
1979

Death Race
2008

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998

We Are Marshall
2006

Villain
1971

Cheaper to Keep Her
1981

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986

Battle of Britain
1969

Performance
1970

Sexy Beast
2001

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969

The Last of Sheila
1973

Kung Fu Panda
2008

Grand Larceny
1987

Case 39
2009

44 Inch Chest
2009

Freelance
1970

Coraline
2009

The Pleasure Girls
1965

Nine Lives
2005

Nemesis Game
2003

Rocket to the Moon
1986

Ransom
1974

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013

Terror in Moscow
2003

Sitting Target
1972

Too Scared to Scream
1984

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019

John Wick: Chapter 4
2023

Exposed
1983

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970

Ordeal by Innocence
1984

The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970

Grace Kelly
1983

Man and Boy
2002

My Father's Dragon
2022

Journey into Fear
1975

Cuban Fury
2014

Sky West and Crooked
1966

Hercules
2014

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977

American Star
2024

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

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980

Wuthering Heights
1967

The Wild and the Willing
1962

The Hollow Point
2016

Disraeli
1978

The Kid
2014

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

Grimsby
2016

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024

John Wick
2014

Yesterday's Hero
1979

Deep Cover
2025

Ballerina
2025

Torchlight
1984

The Letter
1982

The Pirate
1978

The Making of Sexy Beast
2001

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017

Agent Cody Banks
2003

Soul Survivors
1995

High Tide
1980

Pottersville
2017

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016

Chain Letter
1989

Jawbone
2017

Shrek the Third
2007

Bollywood Queen
2002

Hellboy
2019

A Wizard's Tale
2018

Bolden
2019

White Goods
1994

Age of Sail
2018

Deadwood: The Movie
2019

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019

Master of Dark Shadows
2019

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020

Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997

Braker
1985

The Fantastic Journey
1977

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009

Wick Is Pain
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Deadwood: The Movie | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| American Star | 2024 | Producer |