Ian McShane
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McShane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (39)
Deep Cover
as Metcalfe
2025
Ballerina
as Winston
2025
Wick Is Pain
as Self
2025
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Tai Lung (voice)
2024
American Star
as Wilson
2024
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Winston
2023
My Father's Dragon
as Saiwa (voice)
2022
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Narrator
2021
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2020
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
as Self
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
as Al Swearengen
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Winston
2019
Bolden
as Judge Perry
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
as Narrator
2019
Hellboy
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
2019
Age of Sail
as William Avery (voice)
2018
A Wizard's Tale
as The Grump (voice)
2018
Pottersville
as Bart
2017
Jawbone
as Joe Padgett
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Winston Scott
2017
The Hollow Point
as Leland
2016
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
as Umayya (voice)
2016
Grimsby
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
2016
John Wick
as Winston
2014
The Kid
as Inglés
2014
Hercules
as Amphiarus
2014
Cuban Fury
as Ron Parfitt
2014
How We Used to Live
as Narrator
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
as King Brahmwell
2013
Snow White and the Huntsman
as Beith
2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
2011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
as Narrator (voice)
2010
44 Inch Chest
as Meredith
2009
Case 39
as Detective Mike Barron
2009
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Coraline
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
2009
Death Race
as Coach
2008
Kung Fu Panda
as Tai Lung (voice)
2008
The Golden Compass
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
2007
TV Shows (11)
ONE PIECE
as Narrator (voice)
2023
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
American Gods
as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
2017
Doctor Thorne
as Sir Roger Scatcherd
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Ray Donovan
as Malcolm Finney
2013
American Horror Story
as Leigh Emerson
2011
Game of Thrones
as Brother Ray
2011
The Pillars of the Earth
as Waleran Bigod
2010
Kings
as King Silas Benjamin
2009