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:
- 99
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Highlander
- 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 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Narrator | 2021-11-29 |
| Movie | Master of Dark Shadows | Narrator | 2019-04-16 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | 2019-04-10 |
| Movie | Bolden | Judge Perry | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Winston | 2019-05-15 |
| Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Al Swearengen | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Winston | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | Jawbone | Joe Padgett | 2017-05-12 |
| Series | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday | 2017-04-30 |
| Movie | Pottersville | Bart | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Grimsby | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | 2016-02-24 |
| Movie | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Umayya (voice) | 2016-09-08 |
| Movie | The Hollow Point | Leland | 2016-12-16 |
| Series | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 2016-03-06 |
| Movie | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | The Kid | Inglés | 2014-08-29 |
| Movie | John Wick | Winston | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Hercules | Amphiarus | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | King Brahmwell | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | Snow White and the Huntsman | Beith | 2012-05-30 |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Brother Ray | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach | 2011-05-15 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Leigh Emerson | 2011-10-05 |
| 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 | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron | 2009-08-13 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith | 2009-10-08 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Hot Rod | Frank Powell | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Scoop | Joe Strombel | 2006-07-27 |
| Movie | Nine Lives | Larry | 2005-09-02 |
| Series | Trust | Alan Cooper-Fozzard | 2003-01-09 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Terror in Moscow | Narrator | 2003-05-12 |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | Brinkman | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Nemesis Game | Jeff Novak | 2003-09-16 |
| Movie | Bollywood Queen | Frank | 2002-12-11 |
| Movie | Man and Boy | Marty Mann | 2002-03-30 |
| Movie | Sexy Beast | Teddy Bass | 2001-01-12 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
| Movie | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Oliver Maxwell | 1999-09-25 |
| Movie | Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Robert Bryson | 1998-12-20 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | The Naked Truth | Leland Banks | 1995-09-13 |
| Series | Chillers | Unknown | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Andre Marchand | 1990-03-11 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Philip Rule | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell | 1988-11-05 |
| Movie | Grand Larceny | Flanagan | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Going Live! | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Marbury | 1987-06-12 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Lovejoy | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police | 1986-12-07 |
| Series | A.D. | Sejanus | 1985-03-31 |
| Series | Evergreen | Paul Lerner | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Torchlight | Sidney | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | Too Scared to Scream | Vincent Hardwick | 1984-09-28 |
| Movie | Ordeal by Innocence | Philip Durant | 1984-06-22 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 1983-02-21 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Movie | Exposed | Greg Miller | 1983-04-22 |
| Movie | The Letter | Geoff | 1982-05-03 |
| Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Cheaper to Keep Her | Dr. Alfred Sunshine | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | The Brain (Bert) | 1980-05-13 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | Minder | Unknown | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet | 1979-04-06 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner | 1979-04-24 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Curtis | 1978-02-21 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Rashid | 1978-11-21 |
| Series | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Judas Iscariot | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | Code Name: Diamond Head | Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler | 1977-05-03 |
| Series | Matt Helm | Paul | 1975-09-20 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Banat | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | Ransom | Ray Petrie | 1974-12-06 |
| 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 | Performance | Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited) | 1970-08-03 |
| Movie | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Fred C. Dobbs | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Tom Lynn | 1970-12-01 |
| 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 |
| 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 |