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Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Acting
Born: Sep 29, 1942
From: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story Narrator 2021 6.4
Jack the Giant Slayer King Brahmwell 2013 5.876
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Edward "Blackbeard" Teach 2011 6.566
Case 39 Detective Mike Barron 2009 6.32
44 Inch Chest Meredith 2009 5.459
Coraline Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / … 2009 7.9
Death Race Coach 2008 6.295
Kung Fu Panda Tai Lung (voice) 2008 7.3
The Golden Compass Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) 2007 6.084
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising Merriman Lyon 2007 5.448
Hot Rod Frank Powell 2007 6.401
Scoop Joe Strombel 2006 6.602
We Are Marshall Paul Griffen 2006 6.9
Nine Lives Larry 2005 6.112
Nemesis Game Jeff Novak 2003 4.976
Sexy Beast Teddy Bass 2001 6.998
Babylon 5: The River of Souls Robert Bryson 1998 6.361
Grand Larceny Flanagan 1987 5.0
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Prefet de police 1986 5.973
Rocket to the Moon Willy Wax 1986 10.0
Cheaper to Keep Her Dr. Alfred Sunshine 1981 4.333
The Fifth Musketeer Fouquet 1979 4.882
Ransom Ray Petrie 1974 5.541
The Last of Sheila Anthony Wood 1973 6.961
Villain Wolfe Lissner 1971 6.182
Performance Noel (voice) (uncredited) 1970 6.768
Freelance Mitch 1970 4.333
Battle of Britain Sgt. Pilot Andy 1969 6.864
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Charlie Cartwright 1969 5.9
The Pleasure Girls Keith Dexter 1965 5.571
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1942
FromBlackburn, Lancashire, England, …