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 p...
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Deep Cover
2025
as Metcalfe
Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, s...

Ballerina
2025
as Winston
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self
Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Tai Lung (voice)
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will t...

American Star
2024
as Wilson
An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, ...

American Star
2024
Producer
An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, ...

John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Winston
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face ...

My Father's Dragon
2022
as Saiwa (voice)
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elme...

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Narrator
Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working class kid ...

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews wit...

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
2019
as Self
Documentary on the making of the 2019 movie.

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Al Swearengen
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo...

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
Executive Producer
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo...

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Winston
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member o...

Bolden
2019
as Judge Perry
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Narrator
Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes storie...

Hellboy
2019
as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a ...

Age of Sail
2018
as William Avery (voice)
An old, down on his luck sailor rescues a young girl at sea after she fell off a passenger ship.

A Wizard's Tale
2018
as The Grump (voice)
Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his Grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real a...

Pottersville
2017
as Bart
Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The ...

Jawbone
2017
as Joe Padgett
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his ...

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Winston Scott
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oat...

The Hollow Point
2016
as Leland
Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican d...

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
2016
as Umayya (voice)
A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into...

Grimsby
2016
as MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...

John Wick
2014
as Winston
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

The Kid
2014
as Inglés
Two youths, Niño and Compi, enter the world of drug smuggling in the Strait of Gibraltar; while two police officers, Jesús and Eva, try to eradicate t...

Hercules
2014
as Amphiarus
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

Cuban Fury
2014
as Ron Parfitt
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite h...
How We Used to Live
2013
as Narrator
Documentarian Paul Kelly returns to the festival with his latest collaboration with the band Saint Etienne, following the loose trilogy of London film...

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as King Brahmwell
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unlea...

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Beith
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almos...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to f...

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alo...

44 Inch Chest
2009
as Meredith
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.

Case 39
2009
as Detective Mike Barron
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emi...

Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm
2009
as Self (archive footage)
In 2004, Trevor Horn celebrated 25 years as one of the world's most successful pop music producers. This unique Wembley concert) shows Trevor Horn's b...

Coraline
2009
as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In...

Death Race
2008
as Coach
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyla...

Kung Fu Panda
2008
as Tai Lung (voice)
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transform...

The Golden Compass
2007
as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as Merriman Lyon
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the f...

Hot Rod
2007
as Frank Powell
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather,...

Shrek the Third
2007
as Captain Hook (voice)
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace a...

We Are Marshall
2006
as Paul Griffen
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving p...

Scoop
2006
as Joe Strombel
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Nine Lives
2005
as Larry
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Nemesis Game
2003
as Jeff Novak
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an ...

Terror in Moscow
2003
as Narrator
In October 2002, 41 Chechen terrorists took more than 700 people hostage in a Moscow theater, demanding an end to Russia's war against their homeland....

Agent Cody Banks
2003
as Brinkman
Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an...

Bollywood Queen
2002
as Frank
A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.

Man and Boy
2002
as Marty Mann
When television executive Harry has a one-night-stand, his wife Gina walks out on him, leaving Harry to look after the couple's young son.

The Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self
A brief promotional featurette about the film including comments from most of the cast, as well as from director Jonathan Glazer.

Sexy Beast
2000
as Teddy Bass
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shat...

D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Oliver Maxwell
J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, pl...

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Robert Bryson
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

Traders of the Lost Scrolls
1997
as Narrator
Jim Charlesworth, director of Princeton University's Dead Sea Scrolls Project believes that a large number of scrolls have yet to come to light. The p...

Soul Survivors
1995
as Otis Cooke
Otis Cooke is a DJ with a late-night American soul music programme in Liverpool. His favorite band, The Tallahassees, disbanded years ago, but their b...

White Goods
1994
as Ian Deegan
Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, th...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990
as Andre Marchand
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
as David Cleveland
A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.

Chain Letter
1989
as The Messenger of Death
The Messenger of Death has an interesting way of getting victims. His assistant, Miss Smith, would write a letter where recipients would be told to pa...

Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
as Gen. Manuel Borbon
Crockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a dictator escape from his war-torn country - with doub...

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Roger Bushell
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

Grand Larceny
1987
as Flanagan
A woman who hasn't seen her father in 18 years, learns of his death and goes to his estate in France to carry out his wishes. She then learns that her...

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Prefet de police
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Willy Wax
In 1938 New York City, a dentist finds his business and marriage failing as he embarks on a love affair with a young dental assistant.

Braker
1985
as Alan Roswell
Lieutenant Harry Braker and his new partner investigate the murder of a sleazy record executive.

Torchlight
1985
as Sidney
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.

Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Vincent Hardwick
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.

Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Philip Durant
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed ...

Exposed
1983
as Greg Miller
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for he...

Grace Kelly
1983
as Prince Rainier of Monaco
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movi...

The Letter
1982
as Geoff
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.

Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
as Dr. Alfred Sunshine
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as The Brain (Bert)
A group of fervent right wing French nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.

High Tide
1980
as Curtis
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last word...

Yesterday's Hero
1979
as Rod Turner
Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer....

The Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Fouquet
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king ...

The Pirate
1978
as Rashid
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort...

Disraeli
1978
as Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977
as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler
A failed Quinn Martin pilot for a series starring a Hawaii-based government counter intelligence agency run by the indomitable Aunt Mary. In this, his...

The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Sir James Camden
1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded i...

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Saunders
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.

Journey into Fear
1975
as Banat
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.

Ransom
1974
as Ray Petrie
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in hi...
What Would You Do?
1974
as Derek
Derek is happily married with two young children and a steady job. Everything is rosy for him. A visit to the town where he spent his bachelor days ta...

The Last of Sheila
1973
as Anthony
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scaveng...

Sitting Target
1972
as Birdy Williams
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beauti...

Villain
1971
as Wolfe Lissner
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Tom Lynn
Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorceress to become her lover. When his attention wand...
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as Tom
While hitchhiking towards the coast, two young men find themselves trapped at an inn by its strange landlord and his beautiful wife.

Performance
1970
as Noel - Black Musician (voice) (uncredited)
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When ...

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
as Fred C. Dobbs
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

Freelance
1970
as Mitch
A street-smart witness to a gangland slaying tries to beat the hit man at his own game.

Battle of Britain
1969
as Sgt. Pilot Andy
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the N...

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Charlie Cartwright
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
Funeral Games
1968
as Caulfield
Pringle, leader of the Brotherhood, recieves an anonymous letter accusing his wife of adultery. He employs a private investigator, Caulfield, who disc...

Wuthering Heights
1967
as Heathcliff
Adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.

Sky West and Crooked
1966
as Roibin
A young, lonely, emotionally challenged teenage girl finds solace in burying dead animals after the sudden traumatic death of a childhood friend 10 ye...

The Pleasure Girls
1965
as Keith Dexter
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swi...

The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Harry Brown
Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play '...