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Ian McShane

Acting
Known For

83 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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The Daily Show
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American Horror Story
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Columbo
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The West Wing
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Ray Donovan
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Al Swearengen
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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John Wick: Chapter 4
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Coraline
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John Wick: Chapter 2
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
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The Wednesday Play
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The Naked Truth
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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The Golden Compass
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Hot Rod
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Ordeal by Innocence
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Yesterday's Hero
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American Star
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The Fifth Musketeer
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Age of Sail
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Deadwood: The Movie
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Villain
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The Fantastic Journey
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Case 39
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CBS Summer Playhouse
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We Are Marshall
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Dick Francis: Twice Shy
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Agent Cody Banks
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Doctor Thorne
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Wick Is Pain
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
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In Deep
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Armchair Thriller
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Dick Francis: Blood Sport
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Grand Larceny
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Sexy Beast
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Battle of Britain
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The Last of Sheila
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Nine Lives
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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
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Wuthering Heights
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Life of Shakespeare
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The Hollow Point
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My Father's Dragon
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The Dame Edna Treatment
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You Can't Win
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A Wizard's Tale
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
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Code Name: Diamond Head
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Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
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The Fantastic Journey
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Rocket to the Moon
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The Making of Sexy Beast
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The Pleasure Girls
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
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White Goods
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The Wild and the Willing
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Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
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Too Scared to Scream
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Journey into Fear
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
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Bollywood Queen
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Terror in Moscow
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
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Master of Dark Shadows
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High Tide
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Soul Survivors
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls
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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
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Sky West and Crooked
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Cheaper to Keep Her
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The Lives of Jenny Dolan
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Traders of the Lost Scrolls
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Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
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