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

Game of Thrones

as Brother Ray

John Wick

as Winston

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

John Wick: Chapter 2

as Winston

Kung Fu Panda

as Tai Lung (voice)

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

as Winston

The Simpsons

as Artemis (voice)

Shrek the Third

as Captain Hook (voice)

Coraline

as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

Snow White and the Huntsman

as Beith