Ian McShane
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK — Sep 29 1942
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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…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Toby Moore
The Simpsons
Artemis (voice)
Game of Thrones
Brother Ray
ONE PIECE
Narrator (voice)
The West Wing
Nikolai Ivanovich
American Horror Story
Leigh Emerson
Columbo
Leland St. John
Dallas
Don Lockwood
Miami Vice
Esteban Montoya
Minder
Jack Last
Magnum, P.I.
David Norman
Police Woman
Ray Donovan
Malcolm Finney
Space: 1999
Anton Zoref
Deadwood
Al Swearengen
Natural World
Narrator
Coraline
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
American Gods
Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
The Wednesday Play
Ballerina
Winston
The Twilight Zone
Chandler
The Naked Truth
Leland Banks
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Kung Fu Panda 4
Tai Lung (voice)
Going Live!
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
John Wick: Chapter 4
Winston
Kung Fu Panda
Tai Lung (voice)
Matt Helm
Paul
Roots
Sir Eric Russell
Kings
King Silas Benjamin
John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston Scott
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
Shrek the Third
Captain Hook (voice)
The Pillars of the Earth
Waleran Bigod
John Wick
Winston
Jesus of Nazareth
Judas Iscariot
Chillers
Steven Castle
American Playhouse
Willy Wax
Hercules
Amphiarus
War and Remembrance
Philip Rule
Death Race
Coach
Marco Polo
Alì Ben Youssuf
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Narrator (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer
King Brahmwell
CBS Summer Playhouse
Marbury
Redcap
Sapper Russell
The Golden Compass
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Deep Cover
Metcalfe
Hellboy
Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Snow White and the Huntsman
Beith
The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
A.D.
Sejanus
In Deep
Jamie Lamb
Grimsby
MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Armchair Thriller
Curtis
Agent Cody Banks
Brinkman
Hot Rod
Frank Powell
Scoop
Joe Strombel
Evergreen
Paul Lerner
Madson
John Madson
Doctor Thorne
Sir Roger Scatcherd
Wick Is Pain
Self
Young Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Snr
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Trust
Alan Cooper-Fozard
Life of Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Battle of Britain
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Fred C. Dobbs
We Are Marshall
Paul Griffen
Nine Lives
Larry
Deadwood: The Movie
Al Swearengen
Journey into Fear
Banat
The Last of Sheila
Anthony Wood
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Sexy Beast
Teddy Bass
Case 39
Detective Mike Barron
Ransom
Ray Petrie
Jawbone
Joe Padgett
You Can't Win
Joe Lunn
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Umayya (voice)
Ordeal by Innocence
Philip Durant
Exposed
Greg Miller
Performance
Noel (voice) (uncredited)
Villain
Wolfe Lissner
Cuban Fury
Ron Parfitt
My Father's Dragon
Saiwa (voice)
The Kid
Inglés
Bare Essence
Niko Theophilus
Nemesis Game
Jeff Novak
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Merriman Lyon
The Pirate
Rashid
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charlie Cartwright
The Fantastic Journey
Sir James Camden
Bolden
Judge Perry
Sitting Target
Birdy Williams
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Robert Bryson
Braker
Alan Roswell
The Hollow Point
Leland
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Oliver Maxwell
Code Name: Diamond Head
Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
44 Inch Chest
Meredith
Grand Larceny
Flanagan
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Saunders
A Wizard's Tale
The Grump (voice)
Cheaper to Keep Her
Dr. Alfred Sunshine
The Letter
Geoff
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Yesterday's Hero
Rod Turner
Man and Boy
Marty Mann
Pottersville
Bart
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Tom Lynn
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Roger Bushell
Master of Dark Shadows
Narrator
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Brain (Bert)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Andre Marchand
Too Scared to Scream
Vincent Hardwick
Chain Letter
The Messenger of Death
High Tide
Curtis
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Prefet de police
Freelance
Mitch
American Star
Wilson
The Pleasure Girls
Keith Dexter
The Fifth Musketeer
Fouquet
Torchlight
Sidney
The Wild and the Willing
Harry Brown
White Goods
Ian Deegan
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco
Bollywood Queen
Frank
Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
David Cleveland
Soul Survivors
Otis Cooke
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Narrator
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
A Sound from the Sea
Tom
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
Rocket to the Moon
Willy Wax
Age of Sail
William Avery (voice)
Sky West and Crooked
Roibin
Funeral Games
Caulfield
Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
Self (archive footage)
Terror in Moscow
Narrator
What Would You Do?
Derek
How We Used to Live
Narrator
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Narrator
Dick Francis: In the Frame
David Cleveland