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.
Joe Strombel
Scoop
Narrator
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
The Golden Compass
Merriman Lyon
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Frank Powell
Hot Rod
Fouquet
The Fifth Musketeer
Coach
Death Race
Robert Bryson
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Paul Griffen
We Are Marshall
Wolfe Lissner
Villain
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
Cheaper to Keep Her
Prefet de police
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Battle of Britain
Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
Performance
Teddy Bass
Sexy Beast
Charlie Cartwright
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Anthony
The Last of Sheila
Tai Lung (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
Flanagan
Grand Larceny
Detective Mike Barron
Case 39
Meredith
44 Inch Chest
Mitch
Freelance
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Coraline
Keith Dexter
The Pleasure Girls
Larry
Nine Lives
Jeff Novak
Nemesis Game
Willy Wax
Rocket to the Moon
Ray Petrie
Ransom
King Brahmwell
Jack the Giant Slayer
Narrator
Terror in Moscow
Birdy Williams
Sitting Target
Vincent Hardwick
Too Scared to Scream
Beith
Snow White and the Huntsman
Winston
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
John Wick: Chapter 4
Greg Miller
Exposed
Fred C. Dobbs
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Philip Durant
Ordeal by Innocence
Tom Lynn
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Grace Kelly
Marty Mann
Man and Boy
Saiwa (voice)
My Father's Dragon
Banat
Journey into Fear
Ron Parfitt
Cuban Fury
Roibin
Sky West and Crooked
Amphiarus
Hercules
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
Code Name: Diamond Head
Wilson
American Star
Oliver Maxwell
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Andre Marchand
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
The Brain (Bert)
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
Heathcliff
Wuthering Heights
Harry Brown
The Wild and the Willing
Leland
The Hollow Point
Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli
Inglés
El Niño
Roger Bushell
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Grimsby
Tai Lung (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
Narrator
How We Used to Live
Winston
John Wick
Rod Turner
Yesterday's Hero
Metcalfe
Deep Cover
Winston
Ballerina
Sidney
Torchlight
Geoff
The Letter
Caulfield
Funeral Games
Tom
A Sound from the Sea
Derek
What Would You Do?
Rashid
The Pirate
Self
The Making of Sexy Beast
Winston Scott
John Wick: Chapter 2
Brinkman
Agent Cody Banks
Otis Cooke
Soul Survivors
Curtis
High Tide
Bart
Pottersville
Umayya (voice)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
The Messenger of Death
Chain Letter
Joe Padgett
Jawbone
Captain Hook (voice)
Shrek the Third
Frank
Bollywood Queen
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Hellboy
The Grump (voice)
A Wizard's Tale
Judge Perry
Bolden
Ian Deegan
White Goods
William Avery (voice)
Age of Sail
Al Swearengen
Deadwood: The Movie
Self
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Narrator
Master of Dark Shadows
David Cleveland
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
Saunders
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Narrator (voice)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(archive footage)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Narrator
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Alan Roswell
Braker
Gen. Manuel Borbon
Miami Vice: Freefall
Sir James Camden
The Fantastic Journey
Self (archive footage)
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Self
Wick Is Pain
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-09-29
Place of Birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
Ian David McShane