Acting credits
162
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ian McShane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.0
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Movies: 98Series: 64Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 6972
IMDb ID: nm0574534
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1942
Age: 84
Place of birth: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q234141
Also known as
Ian David McShane
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Director (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
Movie credits linked with Ian McShane.
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
as Blackbeard (voice)
2025 Movie
Deep Cover
as Metcalfe
2025 Movie
Ballerina
as Winston
2025 Movie
Wick Is Pain
as Self
2025 Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Tai Lung (voice)
2024 Movie
American Star
as Wilson
2024 Movie
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Winston
2023 Movie
My Father's Dragon
as Saiwa (voice)
2022 Movie
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Narrator
2021 Movie
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
as Self
2019 Movie
Deadwood: The Movie
as Al Swearengen
2019 Movie
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Winston
2019 Movie
Bolden
as Judge Perry
2019 Movie
Master of Dark Shadows
as Narrator
2019 Movie
Hellboy
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
2019 Movie
Age of Sail
as William Avery (voice)
2018 Movie
A Wizard's Tale
as The Grump (voice)
2018 Movie
Pottersville
as Bart
2017 Movie
Jawbone
as Joe Padgett
2017 Movie
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Winston Scott
2017 Movie
The Hollow Point
as Leland
2016 Movie
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
as Umayya (voice)
2016 Movie
Grimsby
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
2016 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Ian McShane.
ONE PIECE
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
American Gods
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin • 26 eps
2017 Series
Doctor Thorne
as Sir Roger Scatcherd • 3 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Ray Donovan
as Malcolm Finney • 2 eps
2013 Series
American Horror Story
as Leigh Emerson • 2 eps
2011 Series
Game of Thrones
as Brother Ray • 1 eps
2011 Series
The Pillars of the Earth
as Waleran Bigod • 8 eps
2010 Series
Kings
as King Silas Benjamin • 13 eps
2009 Series
The Dame Edna Treatment
1 eps
2007 Series
The One Show
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
Deadwood
as Al Swearengen • 36 eps
2004 Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Trust
as Alan Cooper-Fozard • 6 eps
2003 Series
The Twilight Zone
as Chandler • 1 eps
2002 Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self • 1 eps
2001 Series
In Deep
as Jamie Lamb • 2 eps
2001 Series
The West Wing
as Nikolai Ivanovich • 1 eps
1999 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Toby Moore • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
Madson
as John Madson • 6 eps
1996 Series