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Ian McShane

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

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.

Born

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK on 29th September 1942

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Ballerina
Winston
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The Daily Show
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The Simpsons
Artemis (voice)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Toby Moore
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Game of Thrones
Brother Ray
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
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Dallas
Don Lockwood
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
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American Horror Story
Leigh Emerson
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Columbo
Leland St. John
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Police Woman
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
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Magnum, P.I.
Edwin Clutterbuck
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Magnum, P.I.
David Norman
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Miami Vice
General Manuel Borbon
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Miami Vice
Esteban Montoya
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Deep Cover
Metcalfe
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The Twilight Zone
Chandler
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The West Wing
Nikolai Ivanovich
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The Wednesday Play
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Minder
Jack Last
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Space: 1999
Anton Zoref
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ONE PIECE
Narrator (voice)
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Tai Lung (voice)
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American Gods
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
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Deadwood
Al Swearengen
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Jesus of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot
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Redcap
Sapper Russell
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The Naked Truth
Leland Banks
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John Wick: Chapter 4
Winston
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American Playhouse
Willy Wax
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The One Show
Self
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CBS Summer Playhouse
Marbury
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Lovejoy
Lovejoy
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Coraline
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
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Ray Donovan
Andrew Finney
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Ray Donovan
Malcolm Finney
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Wogan
Self
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Matt Helm
Paul
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Kings
King Silas Benjamin
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Natural World
Narrator
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The Pillars of the Earth
Waleran Bigod
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Roots
Sir Eric Russell
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John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston Scott
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
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Going Live!
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John Wick Image
John Wick
Winston
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Chillers
Steven Castle
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
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GMTV
Self
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Kung Fu Panda
Tai Lung (voice)
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Doctor Thorne
Sir Roger Scatcherd
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The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
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Shrek the Third
Captain Hook (voice)
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You Can't Win
Joe Lunn
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Wick Is Pain
Self
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Armchair Theatre
Geoffrey
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Death Race
Coach
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Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
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Case 39
Detective Mike Barron
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Jack the Giant Slayer
King Brahmwell
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Hercules
Amphiarus
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Narrator (voice)
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Armchair Thriller
Curtis
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Hellboy
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Beith
Trust Image
Trust
Alan Cooper-Fozard
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Madson
John Madson
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Agent Cody Banks
Brinkman
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Life of Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
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The Golden Compass
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
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Marco Polo
Alì Ben Youssuf
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Grimsby
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
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War and Remembrance
Philip Rule
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Battle of Britain
Sgt. Pilot Andy
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Deadwood: The Movie
Al Swearengen
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Scoop
Joe Strombel
Hot Rod Image
Hot Rod
Frank Powell
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In Deep
Jamie Lamb
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Sexy Beast
Teddy Bass
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A.D.
Sejanus
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Bare Essence
Niko Theophilus
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Jawbone
Joe Padgett
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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Umayya (voice)
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Merriman Lyon
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The Dame Edna Treatment
My Father's Dragon Image
My Father's Dragon
Saiwa (voice)
We Are Marshall Image
We Are Marshall
Paul Griffen
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Nine Lives
Larry
The Kid Image
The Kid
Inglés
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The Last of Sheila
Anthony
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Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Cuban Fury Image
Cuban Fury
Ron Parfitt
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A Wizard's Tale
The Grump (voice)
Evergreen Image
Evergreen
Paul Lerner
The Hollow Point Image
The Hollow Point
Leland
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American Star
Wilson
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High Tide
Curtis
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Pottersville
Bart
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Exposed
Greg Miller
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Ordeal by Innocence
Philip Durant
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Performance
Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Image
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charlie Cartwright
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Young Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Snr
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
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Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Robert Bryson
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44 Inch Chest
Meredith
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Villain
Wolfe Lissner
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Prefet de police
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Image
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Fred C. Dobbs
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Ransom
Ray Petrie
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
Tom Lynn
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Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Narrator
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Bolden
Judge Perry
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D.R.E.A.M. Team
Oliver Maxwell
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Master of Dark Shadows
Narrator
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Andre Marchand
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Nemesis Game
Jeff Novak
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Bollywood Queen
Frank
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Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
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The Fifth Musketeer
Fouquet
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn Image
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
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Sitting Target
Birdy Williams
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The Pirate
Rashid
Cheaper to Keep Her Image
Cheaper to Keep Her
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
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Sky West and Crooked
Roibin
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The Pleasure Girls
Keith Dexter
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Age of Sail
William Avery (voice)
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Journey into Fear
Banat
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Torchlight
Sidney
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Yesterday's Hero
Rod Turner
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Too Scared to Scream
Vincent Hardwick
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Chain Letter
The Messenger of Death
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Man and Boy
Marty Mann
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Freelance
Mitch
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The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Saunders
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Dick Francis: Twice Shy
David Cleveland
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Soul Survivors
Otis Cooke
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Code Name: Diamond Head
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
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Miami Vice: Freefall
Gen. Manuel Borbon
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Grand Larceny
Flanagan
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Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
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White Goods
Ian Deegan
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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Brain (Bert)
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Braker
Alan Roswell
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The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
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A Sound from the Sea
Tom
The Wild and the Willing Image
The Wild and the Willing
Harry Brown
The Making of Sexy Beast Image
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
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What Would You Do?
Derek
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Terror in Moscow
Narrator
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Rocket to the Moon
Willy Wax
The Letter Image
The Letter
Geoff
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How We Used to Live
Narrator
Traders of the Lost Scrolls Image
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Narrator
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm Image
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Self (archive footage)
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Funeral Games
Caulfield