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:
- 135
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Highlander
- Latest Project:
- Movie Deep Cover 2025-06-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Highlander | Gregor MacLeod | 2026 |
| Movie | Deep Cover | Metcalfe | 2025-06-12 |
| Movie | Ballerina | Winston | 2025-06-04 |
| Movie | Wick Is Pain | Self | 2025-05-08 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Tai Lung (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
| Movie | American Star | Wilson | 2024-01-26 |
| 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 | Spies in Disguise | Agent D (voice) | 2019-12-04 |
| Movie | Master of Dark Shadows | Narrator | 2019-04-16 |
| 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 | A Wizard's Tale | The Grump (voice) | 2018-03-01 |
| Movie | Age of Sail | William Avery (voice) | 2018-08-29 |
| Movie | Pottersville | Bart | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Winston Scott | 2017-02-08 |
| Series | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday / God Odin | 2017-04-30 |
| Movie | Jawbone | Joe Padgett | 2017-05-12 |
| Series | Doctor Thorne | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 2016-03-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Hercules | Amphiarus | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Cuban Fury | Ron Parfitt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | John Wick | Winston | 2014-10-22 |
| Movie | The Kid | Inglés | 2014-08-29 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | King Brahmwell | 2013-02-27 |
| Series | Ray Donovan | Malcolm Finney | 2013-06-30 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Narrator (voice) | 2010-07-13 |
| Series | The Pillars of the Earth | Waleran Bigod | 2010-07-23 |
| Movie | Coraline | Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Series | Kings | King Silas Benjamin | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | Case 39 | Detective Mike Barron | 2009-08-13 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Meredith | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm | Self (archive footage) | 2009-06-16 |
| Movie | Death Race | Coach | 2008-08-22 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Tai Lung (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
| Series | The Dame Edna Treatment | Unknown | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Agent Cody Banks | Brinkman | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Terror in Moscow | Narrator | 2003-05-12 |
| Movie | Nemesis Game | Jeff Novak | 2003-09-16 |
| Movie | Man and Boy | Marty Mann | 2002-03-30 |
| Movie | Bollywood Queen | Frank | 2002-12-11 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
| Movie | Sexy Beast | Teddy Bass | 2001-01-12 |
| Series | In Deep | Unknown | 2001-02-19 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Naked Truth | Leland Banks | 1995-09-13 |
| Movie | Soul Survivors | Otis Cooke | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | White Goods | Ian Deegan | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | Chillers | Unknown | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Andre Marchand | 1990-03-11 |
| Series | Young Charlie Chaplin | Charles Chaplin Snr | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Dick Francis: Twice Shy | David Cleveland | 1989-12-14 |
| 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 |
| Series | Going Live! | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Marbury | 1987-06-12 |
| Movie | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Prefet de police | 1986-12-07 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Lovejoy | 1986-01-10 |
| Series | Evergreen | Paul Lerner | 1985-02-24 |
| Series | A.D. | Sejanus | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Braker | Alan Roswell | 1985-04-28 |
| Movie | Torchlight | Sidney | 1984-05-14 |
| Movie | Too Scared to Scream | Vincent Hardwick | 1984-09-28 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Ordeal by Innocence | Philip Durant | 1984-06-22 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 1983-02-21 |
| Series | Bare Essence | Niko Theophilus | 1983-04-15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | The Brain (Bert) | 1980-05-13 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | The Fifth Musketeer | Fouquet | 1979-04-06 |
| Series | Minder | Unknown | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Hero | Rod Turner | 1979-04-24 |
| Series | Life of Shakespeare | Christopher Marlowe | 1978-06-13 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Curtis | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | 1978-09-05 |
| Movie | 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 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Banat | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Saunders | 1975-10-27 |
| Series | Matt Helm | Paul | 1975-09-20 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Ransom | Ray Petrie | 1974-12-06 |
| Movie | The Last of Sheila | Anthony | 1973-06-14 |
| Movie | Sitting Target | Birdy Williams | 1972-05-01 |
| Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
| 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 | Performance | Noel (voice) (uncredited) | 1970-08-03 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Tom Lynn | 1970-12-01 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Sgt. Pilot Andy | 1969-09-15 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Charlie Cartwright | 1969-04-24 |
| Movie | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1967-10-28 |
| Movie | Sky West and Crooked | Roibin | 1966-01-14 |
| Series | You Can't Win | Joe Lunn | 1966-07-07 |
| 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 |