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:
- 105
- First Appeared:
- In the series Armchair Theatre 1956-07-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie John Wick Presents: Ballerina 2025-06-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | John Wick Presents: Ballerina | Winston | 2025-06-06 |
| 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 | My Father's Dragon | Saiwa (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Narrator | 2021-11-29 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | (archive footage) | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | Bolden | Judge Perry | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | 2019-04-10 |
| Movie | Master of Dark Shadows | Narrator | 2019-04-16 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Winston | 2019-05-15 |
| Movie | Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn | Self | 2019-07-23 |
| Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Al Swearengen | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | A Wizard's Tale | The Grump (voice) | 2018-03-01 |
| Movie | Age of Sail | William Avery (voice) | 2018-08-29 |
| Series | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday | 2017-04-30 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Winston | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | Jawbone | Joe Padgett | 2017-05-12 |
| Movie | Pottersville | Bart | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Grimsby | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | 2016-02-24 |
| Series | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 2016-03-06 |
| Movie | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Umayya (voice) | 2016-09-08 |
| Movie | The Hollow Point | Leland | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Hercules | Amphiarus | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | El nino | Inglés | 2014-08-29 |
| Movie | John Wick | Winston | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | King Brahmwell | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | Snow White and the Huntsman | Beith | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Edward "Blackbeard" Teach | 2011-05-15 |
| 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 |
| Series | Kings | King Silas Benjamin | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron | 2009-08-13 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Tai Lung (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
| Movie | Death Race | Coach | 2008-08-22 |
| 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 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Merriman Lyon | 2007-10-05 |
| 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 | Trust | Alan Cooper-Fozard | 2003-01-09 |
| Movie | Nemesis Game | Jeff Novak | 2003-09-16 |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | Brinkman | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Man and Boy | Marty Mann | 2002-03-30 |
| Movie | Bollywood Queen | Frank | 2002-12-11 |
| Movie | Sexy Beast | Teddy Bass | 2001-01-12 |
| 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 | Madson | John Madson | 1996-04-17 |
| Movie | White Goods | Ian Deegan | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Andre Marchand | 1990-03-11 |
| 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 | Grand Larceny | Flanagan | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Lovejoy | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | Rocket to the Moon | Willy Wax | 1986-05-05 |
| Movie | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police | 1986-12-07 |
| Movie | Torchlight | Sidney | 1985-02-01 |
| 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 | Bare Essence | Niko Theophilus | 1983-04-15 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 1983-02-21 |
| Movie | Exposed | Greg Miller | 1983-04-22 |
| Movie | The Letter | Geoff | 1982-05-03 |
| Series | Marco Polo | Ali Ben Yussouf | 1982-12-05 |
| Movie | Cheaper to Keep Her | Dr. Alfred Sunshine | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | The Brain (Bert) | 1980-05-13 |
| Movie | High Tide | Curtis | 1980-03-11 |
| Movie | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet | 1979-04-06 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner | 1979-04-24 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Rashid | 1978-11-21 |
| Series | Life of Shakespeare | Christopher Marlowe | 1978-06-13 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Curtis | 1978-02-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Banat | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Saunders | 1975-10-27 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Freelance | Mitch | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Fred C. Dobbs | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | 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 | You Can't Win | Joe Lunn | 1966-07-07 |
| Movie | The Pleasure Girls | Keith Dexter | 1965-05-01 |
| Movie | Sky West and Crooked | Roibin | 1965-08-31 |
| 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 |
