Acting credits
163
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ian McShane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 98Series: 65Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 6972
IMDb ID: nm0574534
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Блэкберн, Ланкашир, Англия, Великобритания
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ian McShane.
as Metcalfe
Deep Cover
2025 • Movie
as Winston
Ballerina
2025 • Movie
as Self
Wick Is Pain
2025 • Movie
as Tai Lung (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 • Movie
as Wilson
American Star
2024 • Movie
as Winston
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 • Movie
as Saiwa (voice)
My Father's Dragon
2022 • Movie
as Narrator
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 • Movie
as (archive footage)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 • Movie
as Self
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019 • Movie
as Al Swearengen
Deadwood: The Movie
2019 • Movie
as Winston
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 • Movie
as Judge Perry
Bolden
2019 • Movie
as Narrator
Master of Dark Shadows
2019 • Movie
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Hellboy
2019 • Movie
as William Avery (voice)
Age of Sail
2018 • Movie
as The Grump (voice)
A Wizard's Tale
2018 • Movie
as Bart
Pottersville
2017 • Movie
as Joe Padgett
Jawbone
2017 • Movie
as Winston Scott
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 • Movie
as Leland
The Hollow Point
2016 • Movie
as Umayya (voice)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016 • Movie
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Grimsby
2016 • Movie
as Winston
John Wick
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ian McShane.
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
ONE PIECE
2023 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin • 26 eps
American Gods
2017 • Series
as Sir Roger Scatcherd • 3 eps
Doctor Thorne
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Malcolm Finney • 2 eps
Ray Donovan
2013 • Series
as Leigh Emerson • 2 eps
American Horror Story
2011 • Series
as Brother Ray • 1 eps
Game of Thrones
2011 • Series
as Waleran Bigod • 8 eps
The Pillars of the Earth
2010 • Series
as King Silas Benjamin • 13 eps
Kings
2009 • Series
1 eps
The Dame Edna Treatment
2007 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The One Show
2006 • Series
as Al Swearengen • 36 eps
Deadwood
2004 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 • Series
as Alan Cooper-Fozard • 6 eps
Trust
2003 • Series
as Chandler • 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
2002 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 • Series
as Jamie Lamb • 2 eps
In Deep
2001 • Series
as Nikolai Ivanovich • 1 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Toby Moore • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series