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Ian McShane Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1942-09-29

Birthplace:
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Credits:
167 Total Roles

Ian McShane

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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).

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
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 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)

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