Ian McShane
Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films, it is by his television roles that he is generally known, starting with the BBC's Lovejoy (1986–94) and particularly in the HBO Western drama Deadwood (2004–06). He starred as King Silas Benjamin in NBC series Kings and as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McShane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Sep 29, 1942 In Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 137
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Deep Cover
- Latest Project:
- Movie From the World of John Wick: Ballerina 2025-06-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Highlander | Gregor MacLeod | 2025 |
| Movie | From the World of John Wick: Ballerina | Winston | 2025-06-04 |
| Movie | Deep Cover | 2025 | |
| Movie | American Star | Wilson | 2024-01-26 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Tai Lung (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Winston | 2023-03-22 |
| Movie | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Narrator | 2021-11-29 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | 2019-04-10 |
| Movie | Master of Dark Shadows | Narrator | 2019-04-16 |
| Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Al Swearengen | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Winston | 2019-05-15 |
| Movie | Bolden | Judge Perry | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn | Self | 2019-07-23 |
| Movie | A Wizard's Tale | The Grump (voice) | 2018-03-01 |
| Movie | Age of Sail | William Avery (voice) | 2018-08-29 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Winston | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | Jawbone | Joe Padgett | 2017-05-12 |
| Series | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday / God Odin | 2017-04-30 |
| Movie | Pottersville | Bart | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Grimsby | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | 2016-02-24 |
| Movie | The Hollow Point | Leland | 2016-12-16 |
| Series | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 2016-03-06 |
| Movie | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Umayya (voice) | 2016-09-08 |
| Movie | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Hercules | Amphiarus | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | The Kid | Inglés | 2014-08-29 |
| Movie | John Wick | Winston | 2014-10-22 |
| Series | Ray Donovan | Malcolm Finney | 2013-06-30 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | King Brahmwell | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | Snow White and the Huntsman | Beith | 2012-05-30 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Leigh Emerson | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach | 2011-05-15 |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Brother Ray | 2011-04-17 |
| Series | The Pillars of the Earth | Waleran Bigod | 2010-07-23 |
| Movie | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Narrator (voice) | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | Coraline | Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron | 2009-08-13 |
| Series | Kings | King Silas Benjamin | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | Death Race | Coach | 2008-08-22 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Tai Lung (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
| Movie | Shrek the Third | Captain Hook (voice) | 2007-05-17 |
| Series | The Dame Edna Treatment | Unknown | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | Hot Rod | Frank Powell | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Merriman Lyon | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Scoop | Joe Strombel | 2006-07-27 |
| Movie | We Are Marshall | Paul Griffen | 2006-12-12 |
| Movie | Nine Lives | Larry | 2005-09-02 |
| Series | Deadwood | Al Swearengen | 2004-03-21 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Series | Trust | Alan Cooper-Fozard | 2003-01-09 |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | Brinkman | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Nemesis Game | Jeff Novak | 2003-09-16 |
| Movie | Terror in Moscow | Narrator | 2003-05-12 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
| Movie | Bollywood Queen | Frank | 2002-12-11 |
| Movie | Man and Boy | Marty Mann | 2002-03-30 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
| Series | In Deep | Unknown | 2001-02-19 |
| Movie | Sexy Beast | Teddy Bass | 2001-01-12 |
| Movie | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Oliver Maxwell | 1999-09-25 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Robert Bryson | 1998-12-20 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Soul Survivors | Otis Cooke | 1995-09-10 |
| Series | The Naked Truth | Leland Banks | 1995-09-13 |
| Movie | White Goods | Ian Deegan | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Andre Marchand | 1990-03-11 |
| Series | Chillers | Unknown | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Dick Francis: Twice Shy | David Cleveland | 1989-12-14 |
| Series | Young Charlie Chaplin | Charles Chaplin Snr | 1989-01-25 |
| Series | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell | 1988-11-06 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Philip Rule | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell | 1988-11-05 |
| Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Marbury | 1987-06-12 |
| Series | Going Live! | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Movie | Grand Larceny | Flanagan | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police | 1986-12-07 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Lovejoy | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | Torchlight | Sidney | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | Braker | Alan Roswell | 1985-04-28 |
| Series | A.D. | Sejanus | 1985-03-31 |
| Series | Evergreen | Paul Lerner | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Ordeal by Innocence | Philip Durant | 1984-06-22 |
| Movie | Too Scared to Scream | Vincent Hardwick | 1984-09-28 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 1983-02-21 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Series | Bare Essence | Niko Theophilus | 1983-04-15 |
| Movie | Exposed | Greg Miller | 1983-04-22 |
| Movie | The Letter | Geoff | 1982-05-03 |
| Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Marco Polo | Ali Ben Yussouf | 1982-12-05 |
| Movie | Cheaper to Keep Her | Dr. Alfred Sunshine | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | High Tide | Curtis | 1980-03-11 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | The Brain (Bert) | 1980-05-13 |
| Movie | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet | 1979-04-06 |
| Series | Minder | Unknown | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner | 1979-04-24 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Curtis | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | Life of Shakespeare | Christopher Marlowe | 1978-06-13 |
| Movie | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Series | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Rashid | 1978-11-21 |
| Series | Roots | Unknown | 1977-01-23 |
| Series | The Fantastic Journey | Unknown | 1977-02-03 |
| Movie | Code Name: Diamond Head | Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler | 1977-05-03 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Judas Iscariot | 1977-03-27 |
| Series | Matt Helm | Paul | 1975-09-20 |
| Movie | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Saunders | 1975-10-27 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Banat | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | Ransom | Ray Petrie | 1974-12-06 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | What Would You Do? | Derek | 1974-02-19 |
| Movie | The Last of Sheila | Anthony | 1973-06-14 |
| Movie | Sitting Target | Birdy Williams | 1972-05-01 |
| Movie | Villain | Wolfe Lissner | 1971-05-26 |
| Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
| Movie | Freelance | Mitch | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | A Sound from the Sea | Tom | 1970-08-17 |
| Movie | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Fred C. Dobbs | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Tom Lynn | 1970-12-01 |
| Movie | Performance | Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited) | 1970-08-03 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Charlie Cartwright | 1969-04-24 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Sgt. Pilot Andy | 1969-09-15 |
| Movie | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1967-10-28 |
| Series | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1967-10-28 |
| Series | You Can't Win | Joe Lunn | 1966-07-07 |
| Movie | Sky West and Crooked | Roibin | 1965-08-31 |
| Movie | The Pleasure Girls | Keith Dexter | 1965-05-01 |
| Series | The Wednesday Play | Unknown | 1964-09-30 |
| Series | Redcap | Sapper Russell | 1964-10-17 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Willing | Harry Brown | 1962-10-16 |
| Series | Armchair Theatre | Geoffrey | 1956-07-08 |