Acting credits
156
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ian McShane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.7
Moderate attention
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Movies: 96Series: 60Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 6972
IMDb ID: nm0574534
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q234141
Also known as
Ian David McShane • 이안 맥쉐인 • 伊恩·麦克沙恩 • ایان مک شین • ایان مکشین • Іан Макшейн
Other jobs
Producer (2)Director (1)Executive Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ian McShane.
6.7
Deep Cover
as Metcalfe
2025 Movie
7.3
Ballerina
as Winston
2025 Movie
7.4
Wick Is Pain
as Self
2025 Movie
7.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Tai Lung (voice)
2024 Movie
5.6
American Star
as Wilson
2024 Movie
7.7
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Winston
2023 Movie
7.1
My Father's Dragon
as Saiwa (voice)
2022 Movie
6.4
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Narrator
2021 Movie
9.7
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2020 Movie
5.8
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
as Self
2019 Movie
6.7
Deadwood: The Movie
as Al Swearengen
2019 Movie
7.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Winston
2019 Movie
4.2
Bolden
as Judge Perry
2019 Movie
9.1
Master of Dark Shadows
as Narrator
2019 Movie
5.6
Hellboy
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
2019 Movie
7.1
Age of Sail
as William Avery (voice)
2018 Movie
5.8
A Wizard's Tale
as The Grump (voice)
2018 Movie
4.9
Pottersville
as Bart
2017 Movie
6.2
Jawbone
as Joe Padgett
2017 Movie
7.3
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Winston Scott
2017 Movie
5.7
The Hollow Point
as Leland
2016 Movie
6.8
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
as Umayya (voice)
2016 Movie
6.0
Grimsby
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
2016 Movie
7.5
John Wick
as Winston
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ian McShane.
8.1
ONE PIECE
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.1
American Gods
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin • 26 eps
2017 Series
7.2
Doctor Thorne
as Sir Roger Scatcherd • 3 eps
2016 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
as Malcolm Finney • 2 eps
2013 Series
8.1
American Horror Story
as Leigh Emerson • 2 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Brother Ray • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.6
The Pillars of the Earth
as Waleran Bigod • 8 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Kings
as King Silas Benjamin • 13 eps
2009 Series
5.3
The Dame Edna Treatment
1 eps
2007 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.1
Deadwood
as Al Swearengen • 36 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.0
Trust
as Alan Cooper-Fozard • 6 eps
2003 Series
7.2
The Twilight Zone
as Chandler • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.0
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self • 1 eps
2001 Series
10.0
In Deep
as Jamie Lamb • 2 eps
2001 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Nikolai Ivanovich • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Toby Moore • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.5
Madson
as John Madson • 6 eps
1996 Series
6.4
The Naked Truth
as Leland Banks • 2 eps
1995 Series