Ian McShane
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).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.0818 |
| Birthday | 1942-09-29 |
| Place of Birth | Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Ian David McShane, 이안 맥쉐인, 伊恩·麦克沙恩, ایان مک شین, ایان مکشین, Іан Макшейн, |
2006
Scoop
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Rocket to the Moon
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4.4/21
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Grace Kelly
6.2/8
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Man and Boy
4.5/6
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My Father's Dragon
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2014
Cuban Fury
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Sky West and Crooked
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Hercules
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6.8/12
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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
5.958/12
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1967
Wuthering Heights
6/1
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The Wild and the Willing
5.8/4
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5.7/201
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Disraeli
0/0
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6.461/256
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5.2/12
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Grimsby
5.96/2463
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How We Used to Live
0/0
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John Wick
7.454/20530
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Yesterday's Hero
3.8/5
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6.713/537
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7.256/2380
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Torchlight
2.7/3
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3.5/2
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Funeral Games
0/0
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A Sound from the Sea
0/0
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What Would You Do?
0/0
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3.714/7
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7.337/14034
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Soul Survivors
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High Tide
8/1
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Pottersville
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6.9/160
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Chain Letter
1/1
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Jawbone
6.171/76
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Shrek the Third
6.305/9659
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4.545/11
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5.8/62
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Bolden
4.2/17
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5.5/2
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7.135/26
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6.741/442
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5.8/5
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9.053/19
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3/2
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1/3
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