Ian McShane

This article is about the actor. For the Scottish professional footballer, see Ian McShane (footballer).

Ian McShane
McShane in October 2022
Born
Ian David McShane

(1942-09-29) 29 September 1942 (age 82)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1962–present
Spouses
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    (m. 1965; div. 1968)​
  • Ruth Post
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    (m. 1970; div. 1975)​
  • Gwen Humble
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    (m. 1980)​
Children2
FatherHarry McShane

Ian David McShane[1] (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. He is known for his television performances, particularly as the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986–1994),[2] 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. For the film, he (as producer) 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), Captain Hook in Shrek the Third (2007), Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 4, Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), and Winston Scott in the John Wick series (2014–present).

  1. ^ "Ian McShane, Esq's Biography". Debrett's. 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  2. ^ Gilbey, Ryan (16 March 2013). "Ian McShane: rogue trader". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2013.