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.
102 movies · 64 shows
Deep Cover
2025·6.7
Ballerina
2025·7.3
Wick Is Pain
2025·7.4
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024·7.0
American Star
2024·5.7
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023·7.7
My Father's Dragon
2022·7.0
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021·6.4
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020·9.7
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019·5.8
Deadwood: The Movie
2019·6.7
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019·7.4
Bolden
2019·4.1
Master of Dark Shadows
2019·9.1
Hellboy
2019·5.6
Age of Sail
2018·7.1
A Wizard's Tale
2018·5.8
Pottersville
2017·4.9
Jawbone
2017·6.2
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017·7.3
The Hollow Point
2016·5.7
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016·6.8
Grimsby
2016·6.0
John Wick
2014·7.5
The Kid
2014·6.4
Hercules
2014·5.8
Cuban Fury
2014·6.1
How We Used to Live
2013·0.0
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013·5.9
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012·6.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011·6.6
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010·6.1
44 Inch Chest
2009·5.4
Case 39
2009·6.3
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009·0.0
Coraline
2009·7.9
Death Race
2008·6.3
Kung Fu Panda
2008·7.3
The Golden Compass
2007·6.1
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007·5.4
Hot Rod
2007·6.4
Shrek the Third
2007·6.3
We Are Marshall
2006·6.9
Scoop
2006·6.6
Nine Lives
2005·6.1
Nemesis Game
2003·5.0
Terror in Moscow
2003·7.3
Agent Cody Banks
2003·5.5
Bollywood Queen
2002·5.0
Man and Boy
2002·5.4
The Making of Sexy Beast
2001·0.0
Sexy Beast
2001·7.0
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999·5.4
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998·6.4
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997·6.0
Soul Survivors
1995·7.0
White Goods
1994·7.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990·6.8
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989·4.7
Dick Francis: In the Frame
1989·5.0
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989·2.8
Chain Letter
1989·1.0
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989·0.0
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988·5.5
Grand Larceny
1987·5.0
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986·6.0
Rocket to the Moon
1986·10.0
Braker
1985·5.0
Too Scared to Scream
1984·5.2
Ordeal by Innocence
1984·5.1
Torchlight
1984·3.8
Exposed
1983·4.8
Grace Kelly
1983·6.4
The Letter
1982·4.7
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981·4.3
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980·6.0
High Tide
1980·8.0
Yesterday's Hero
1979·4.8
The Fifth Musketeer
1979·4.9
The Pirate
1978·4.5
Disraeli
1978·0.0
Code Name: Diamond Head
1977·3.3
The Fantastic Journey
1977·6.0
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975·7.0
Journey into Fear
1975·6.0
Ransom
1974·5.5
What Would You Do?
1974·0.0
The Last of Sheila
1973·7.0
Sitting Target
1972·6.1
Villain
1971·6.1
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970·5.1
A Sound from the Sea
1970·0.0
Performance.
1970·6.8
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970·4.3
Freelance
1970·4.3
Battle of Britain
1969·6.8
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969·5.9
Funeral Games
1968·10.0
Wuthering Heights
1967·7.5
Sky West and Crooked
1966·5.6
The Pleasure Girls
1965·5.6
The Wild and the Willing
1962·6.0