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:
- 107
- 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 | 2026 |
| Movie | From the World of John Wick: Ballerina | Winston | 2025-06-04 |
| 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 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Winston | 2019-05-15 |
| Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Al Swearengen | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | Bolden | Judge Perry | 2019-05-03 |
| 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 | Pottersville | Bart | 2017-11-10 |
| Series | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday / God Odin | 2017-04-30 |
| Movie | Jawbone | Joe Padgett | 2017-05-12 |
| Movie | Grimsby | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | 2016-02-24 |
| Series | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 2016-03-06 |
| Movie | The Hollow Point | Leland | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Umayya (voice) | 2016-09-08 |
| Movie | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | John Wick | Winston | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | Hercules | Amphiarus | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | The Kid | Inglés | 2014-08-29 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron | 2009-08-13 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith | 2009-10-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 | We Are Marshall | Paul Griffen | 2006-12-12 |
| Movie | Scoop | Joe Strombel | 2006-07-27 |
| 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 | Bollywood Queen | Frank | 2002-12-11 |
| Movie | Man and Boy | Marty Mann | 2002-03-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dick Francis: Twice Shy | David Cleveland | 1989-12-14 |
| Series | Young Charlie Chaplin | Charles Chaplin Snr | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Roger Bushell | 1988-11-05 |
| 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 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police | 1986-12-07 |
| Series | Evergreen | Paul Lerner | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Torchlight | Sidney | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | Braker | Alan Roswell | 1985-04-28 |
| Series | A.D. | Sejanus | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Ordeal by Innocence | Philip Durant | 1984-06-22 |
| Movie | Too Scared to Scream | Vincent Hardwick | 1984-09-28 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 1983-02-21 |
| Movie | Exposed | Greg Miller | 1983-04-22 |
| Series | Bare Essence | Niko Theophilus | 1983-04-15 |
| 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 | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner | 1979-04-24 |
| Movie | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet | 1979-04-06 |
| Series | Life of Shakespeare | Christopher Marlowe | 1978-06-13 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Rashid | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Series | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Movie | Jesus Of Nazareth | Judas Iscariot | 1977-03-27 |
| 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 |
| Series | Matt Helm | Paul | 1975-09-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Redcap | Sapper Russell | 1964-10-17 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Willing | Harry Brown | 1962-10-16 |
| Series | Armchair Theatre | Geoffrey | 1956-07-08 |