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Ian McShane

Acting 83 September 29, 1942

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

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 …

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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.

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2025
Deep Cover
Movie Metcalfe
2025
Ballerina
Movie Winston
2025
Wick Is Pain
Movie Self
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie Tai Lung (voice)
2024
American Star
Movie Wilson
2023
ONE PIECE
TV show Narrator (voice)
2023
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie Winston
2022
My Father's Dragon
Movie Saiwa (voice)
2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Movie Narrator
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie (archive footage)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
2019
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Movie Self
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie Al Swearengen
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie Winston
2019
Bolden
Movie Judge Perry
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
Movie Narrator

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2019
Hellboy
Movie Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
2018
Age of Sail
Movie William Avery (voice)
2018
A Wizard's Tale
Movie The Grump (voice)
2017
Pottersville
Movie Bart
2017
Jawbone
Movie Joe Padgett
2017
American Gods
TV show Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie Winston Scott
2016
The Hollow Point
Movie Leland
2016
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Movie Umayya (voice)
2016
Doctor Thorne
TV show Sir Roger Scatcherd
2016
Grimsby
Movie MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
2014
John Wick
Movie Winston
2014
The Kid
Movie Inglés
2014
Hercules
Movie Amphiarus
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
2014
Cuban Fury
Movie Ron Parfitt
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV show Self
2013
How We Used to Live
Movie Narrator
2013
Ray Donovan
TV show Malcolm Finney
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie King Brahmwell
2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie Beith
2011
American Horror Story
TV show Leigh Emerson
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie Edward "Blackbeard" Teach