

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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Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-09-29
Place of birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Scoop
2006
6.59

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
6.43

The Golden Compass
2007
6.08

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
5.43

Hot Rod
2007
6.39

The Fifth Musketeer
1979
4.75

Death Race
2008
6.29

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
6.39

We Are Marshall
2006
6.88

Villain
1971
6.10

Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
2.50

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
5.89

Battle of Britain
1969
6.90

Performance
1970
6.70

Sexy Beast
2001
6.99

The Last of Sheila
1973
6.98

Kung Fu Panda
2008
7.31

Grand Larceny
1987
1.00

Case 39
2009
6.32

44 Inch Chest
2009
5.40

Freelance
1970
3.20

Coraline
2009
7.90

The Pleasure Girls
1965
5.31

Nine Lives
2005
6.04

Nemesis Game
2003
4.88

Rocket to the Moon
1986
0.00

Ransom
1974
5.50

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
5.87

Terror in Moscow
2003
6.90

Sitting Target
1972
6.10

Too Scared to Scream
1984
5.11

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
5.99

John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
7.71

Exposed
1983
4.50

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
4.40

Ordeal by Innocence
1984
4.88

The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
4.90

Grace Kelly
1983
6.20

Man and Boy
2002
4.50

My Father's Dragon
2022
7.10

Journey into Fear
1975
5.64

Cuban Fury
2014
6.08

Sky West and Crooked
1966
5.40

Hercules
2014
5.80

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977
3.00

American Star
2024
5.63

D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
5.14

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
5.96

Wuthering Heights
1967
6.00

The Wild and the Willing
1962
5.80

The Hollow Point
2016
5.73

Disraeli
1978
0.00

The Kid
2014
6.46

Grimsby
2016
5.95

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
7.02
How We Used to Live
2013
0.00

John Wick
2014
7.45

Yesterday's Hero
1979
3.80

Deep Cover
2025
6.72

Ballerina
2025
7.30

Torchlight
1984
2.70

The Letter
1982
3.50
Funeral Games
1968
0.00
A Sound from the Sea
1970
0.00
What Would You Do?
1974
0.00

The Pirate
1978
3.71

The Making of Sexy Beast
2001
0.00

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
7.34

Agent Cody Banks
2003
5.53

Soul Survivors
1995
0.00

High Tide
1980
8.00

Pottersville
2017
4.86

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016
6.80

Chain Letter
1989
1.00

Jawbone
2017
6.18

Shrek the Third
2007
6.30

Bollywood Queen
2002
4.54

Hellboy
2019
5.58

A Wizard's Tale
2018
5.77

Bolden
2019
4.20

White Goods
1994
5.50

Age of Sail
2018
7.13

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
6.73

Master of Dark Shadows
2019
9.05

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
3.00

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
0.00

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
6.13

Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997
0.00

Braker
1985
1.00

The Fantastic Journey
1977
6.00

Wick Is Pain
2025
7.46

Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989
1.00