Ian McShane
Born: 1942-09-29
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McShane

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McShane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons8.0
The Simpsons
1989
Game of Thrones8.5
Game of Thrones
2011
The Daily Show6.4
The Daily Show
1996
Columbo8.1
Columbo
1971
Late Night with Seth Meyers5.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
American Horror Story8.1
American Horror Story
2011
The West Wing8.3
The West Wing
1999
Real Time with Bill Maher6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Kelly Clarkson Show6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Dallas6.9
Dallas
1978
Golden Globe Awards7.2
Golden Globe Awards
1944