Actor
Ian McShane
- Born: 29 September 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
- Estimated net worth: $10 million
Ian McShane is a British actor known for his distinctive voice and commanding screen presence. He gained widespread recognition for his roles in 'Deadwood' and the 'John Wick' franchise. With a career spanning several decades, McShane has built a reputation…
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About Ian McShane
Ian McShane is a British actor known for his distinctive voice and commanding screen presence. He gained widespread recognition for his roles in 'Deadwood' and the 'John Wick' franchise. With a career spanning several decades, McShane has built a reputation for portraying complex characters in both drama and action genres, often showcasing his unique style and charisma.
- Born
- 29 September 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
- Spouses
- Gwendolyn Y. Smith (1980-1993)
- Children
- 2, Kate McShane, and an unnamed child
- Parents
- Harry McShane, and a mother whose name is not widely known
- Estimated net worth
- $10 million
Fun facts about Ian McShane
- Ian McShane was originally trained as a dancer before pursuing acting.
- He has provided his voice for various animated characters, including in 'Kung Fu Panda 2'.
Famous Ian McShane quotes
“I am not a monster. I am a man.”
“You can’t kill me.”
“You know what they say about the past. It's not what you think it is.”
Ian McShane filmography
Cast (174)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort Movie | Blackbeard (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2025 | Deep Cover Movie | Metcalfe | 6.7 |
| 2025 | Ballerina Movie | Winston | 7.3 |
| 2025 | Wick Is Pain Movie | Self | 7.4 |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 Movie | Tai Lung (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2024 | American Star Movie | Wilson | 5.7 |
| 2023 | ONE PIECE TV | Narrator (voice) | 8.1 |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 Movie | Winston | 7.7 |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon Movie | Saiwa (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2021 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story Movie | Narrator | 6.4 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU Movie | (archive footage) | 9.7 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 2019 | Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn Movie | Self | 5.8 |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie Movie | Al Swearengen | 6.7 |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Movie | Winston | 7.4 |
| 2019 | Bolden Movie | Judge Perry | 4.1 |
| 2019 | Master of Dark Shadows Movie | Narrator | 9.0 |
| 2019 | Hellboy Movie | Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm | 5.6 |
| 2018 | Age of Sail Movie | William Avery (voice) | 7.1 |
| 2018 | A Wizard's Tale Movie | The Grump (voice) | 5.8 |
| 2017 | Pottersville Movie | Bart | 4.8 |
| 2017 | Jawbone Movie | Joe Padgett | 6.1 |
| 2017 | American Gods TV | Mr. Wednesday / God Odin | 7.1 |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 Movie | Winston Scott | 7.3 |
| 2016 | The Hollow Point Movie | Leland | 5.7 |
| 2016 | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero Movie | Umayya (voice) | 6.8 |
| 2016 | Doctor Thorne TV | Sir Roger Scatcherd | 7.3 |
| 2016 | Grimsby Movie | MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited) | 6.0 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self | 6.1 |
| 2014 | John Wick Movie | Winston | 7.5 |
| 2014 | The Kid Movie | Inglés | 6.4 |
| 2014 | Hercules Movie | Amphiarus | 5.8 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self - Guest | 5.1 |
| 2014 | Cuban Fury Movie | Ron Parfitt | 6.1 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones TV | Self | 5.0 |
| 2013 | How We Used to Live Movie | Narrator | |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan TV | Andrew Finney | 7.5 |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan TV | Malcolm Finney | 7.5 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer Movie | King Brahmwell | 5.9 |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman Movie | Beith | 6.0 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story TV | Leigh Emerson | 8.1 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie | Edward "Blackbeard" Teach | 6.6 |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones TV | Brother Ray | 8.5 |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth TV | Waleran Bigod | 7.7 |
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice Movie | Narrator (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest Movie | Meredith | 5.5 |
| 2009 | Case 39 Movie | Detective Mike Barron | 6.3 |
| 2009 | Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Kings TV | King Silas Benjamin | 7.6 |
| 2009 | Coraline Movie | Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) | 7.9 |
| 2008 | Death Race Movie | Coach | 6.3 |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda Movie | Tai Lung (voice) | 7.3 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass Movie | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising Movie | Merriman Lyon | 5.5 |
| 2007 | Hot Rod Movie | Frank Powell | 6.4 |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third Movie | Captain Hook (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2007 | The Dame Edna Treatment TV | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall Movie | Paul Griffen | 6.9 |
| 2006 | The One Show TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Scoop Movie | Joe Strombel | 6.6 |
| 2005 | Nine Lives Movie | Larry | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Deadwood TV | Al Swearengen | 8.1 |
| 2003 | Nemesis Game Movie | Jeff Novak | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Terror in Moscow Movie | Narrator | 7.3 |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks Movie | Brinkman | 5.6 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Trust TV | Alan Cooper-Fozard | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Bollywood Queen Movie | Frank | 4.8 |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone TV | Chandler | 7.2 |
| 2002 | Man and Boy Movie | Marty Mann | 5.4 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV | Self | 6.1 |
| 2001 | The Making of Sexy Beast Movie | Self | |
| 2001 | In Deep TV | Jamie Lamb | 8.0 |
| 2001 | Sexy Beast Movie | Teddy Bass | 7.0 |
| 1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team Movie | Oliver Maxwell | 5.4 |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Nikolai Ivanovich | 8.3 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Toby Moore | 8.0 |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: The River of Souls Movie | Robert Bryson | 6.4 |
| 1997 | Traders of the Lost Scrolls Movie | Narrator | 6.0 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show TV | Self | 6.4 |
| 1996 | Madson TV | John Madson | 7.0 |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth TV | Leland Banks | 6.5 |
| 1995 | Soul Survivors Movie | Otis Cooke | 7.0 |
| 1994 | White Goods Movie | Ian Deegan | 7.0 |
| 1993 | GMTV TV | Self | 5.8 |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception Movie | Andre Marchand | 6.8 |
| 1990 | Chillers TV | Steven Castle | 6.7 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons TV | Artemis (voice) | 8.0 |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: Twice Shy Movie | David Cleveland | 4.7 |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: In the Frame Movie | David Cleveland | 5.0 |
| 1989 | Dick Francis: Blood Sport Movie | Unknown character | 2.8 |
| 1989 | Chain Letter Movie | The Messenger of Death | 1.0 |
| 1989 | Miami Vice: Freefall Movie | Gen. Manuel Borbon | |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin TV | Charles Chaplin Snr | 10.0 |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance TV | Philip Rule | 7.9 |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story TV | Roger Bushell | 5.8 |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Movie | Roger Bushell | 5.5 |
| 1987 | Going Live! TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse TV | Marbury | 7.0 |
| 1987 | Grand Larceny Movie | Flanagan | 5.0 |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue Movie | Prefet de police | 5.9 |
| 1986 | Rocket to the Moon Movie | Willy Wax | 10.0 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Lovejoy | 7.4 |
| 1985 | Braker Movie | Alan Roswell | 5.0 |
| 1985 | A.D. TV | Sejanus | 5.4 |
| 1985 | Evergreen TV | Paul Lerner | 5.7 |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream Movie | Vincent Hardwick | 5.2 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice TV | Esteban Montoya | 7.4 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice TV | General Manuel Borbon | 7.4 |
| 1984 | Ordeal by Innocence Movie | Philip Durant | 5.1 |
| 1984 | Torchlight Movie | Sidney | 3.8 |
| 1983 | Natural World TV | Narrator | 7.4 |
| 1983 | Exposed Movie | Greg Miller | 4.8 |
| 1983 | Bare Essence TV | Niko Theophilus | 6.7 |
| 1983 | Grace Kelly Movie | Prince Rainier of Monaco | 6.4 |
| 1982 | Marco Polo TV | Alì Ben Youssuf | 6.8 |
| 1982 | Wogan TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1982 | The Letter Movie | Geoff | 4.7 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Willy Wax | 6.6 |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep Her Movie | Dr. Alfred Sunshine | 4.3 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. TV | David Norman | 7.3 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. TV | Edwin Clutterbuck | 7.3 |
| 1980 | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery Movie | The Brain (Bert) | 6.0 |
| 1980 | High Tide Movie | Curtis | 8.0 |
| 1979 | Minder TV | Jack Last | 7.2 |
| 1979 | Yesterday's Hero Movie | Rod Turner | 4.8 |
| 1979 | The Fifth Musketeer Movie | Fouquet | 4.9 |
| 1978 | Disraeli TV | Benjamin Disraeli | 7.6 |
| 1978 | Disraeli Movie | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare TV | Christopher Marlowe | 10.0 |
| 1978 | Dallas TV | Don Lockwood | 6.9 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller TV | Curtis | 4.7 |
| 1977 | The Pirate TV | Rashid | 5.0 |
| 1977 | Code Name: Diamond Head Movie | Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler | 3.1 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth TV | Judas Iscariot | 7.8 |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey TV | Sir James Camden | 6.2 |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey Movie | Sir James Camden | 6.0 |
| 1977 | Roots TV | Sir Eric Russell | 7.4 |
| 1975 | The Lives of Jenny Dolan Movie | Saunders | 7.0 |
| 1975 | Matt Helm TV | Paul | 7.8 |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 TV | Anton Zoref | 7.1 |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear Movie | Banat | 6.0 |
| 1974 | Ransom Movie | Ray Petrie | 5.5 |
| 1974 | Police Woman TV | Unknown character | 6.4 |
| 1974 | What Would You Do? Movie | Derek | |
| 1973 | The Last of Sheila Movie | Anthony Wood | 7.0 |
| 1972 | Sitting Target Movie | Birdy Williams | 6.1 |
| 1971 | Columbo TV | Leland St. John | 8.1 |
| 1971 | Villain Movie | Wolfe Lissner | 6.1 |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Tam Lin Movie | Tom Lynn | 5.3 |
| 1970 | A Sound from the Sea Movie | Tom | |
| 1970 | Performance. Movie | Noel (voice) (uncredited) | 6.8 |
| 1970 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Movie | Fred C. Dobbs | 4.3 |
| 1970 | Freelance Movie | Mitch | 4.3 |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain Movie | Sgt. Pilot Andy | 6.8 |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Movie | Charlie Cartwright | 5.9 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV | David Garrick | 7.0 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV | Ken Harrison | 7.0 |
| 1968 | Funeral Games Movie | Caulfield | 10.0 |
| 1967 | Wuthering Heights TV | Heathcliff | |
| 1967 | Wuthering Heights Movie | Heathcliff | 7.5 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Caulfield | 7.0 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Tom | 7.0 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Derek | 7.0 |
| 1966 | You Can't Win TV | Joe Lunn | |
| 1966 | Sky West and Crooked Movie | Roibin | 5.6 |
| 1965 | The Pleasure Girls Movie | Keith Dexter | 5.6 |
| 1964 | Redcap TV | Sapper Russell | 8.0 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play TV | Frank | 5.2 |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing Movie | Harry Brown | 5.8 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre TV | Roddy Cain | 6.0 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre TV | Geoffrey | 6.0 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Nominee | 7.0 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Presenter | 7.0 |
Crew (5)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | American Star Movie | Producer · Production | 5.7 |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.7 |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 5.5 |
| 1996 | Madson TV | Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Director · Directing | 7.4 |
Latest releases
- Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort2025 / TMDB 8.0
- Deep Cover2025 / TMDB 6.7
- Ballerina2025 / TMDB 7.3
- Wick Is Pain2025 / TMDB 7.4
- Kung Fu Panda 42024 / TMDB 7.0
- American Star2024 / TMDB 5.7
Questions about Ian McShane
What are Ian McShane's most famous roles?
Ian McShane is best known for his roles as Al Swearengen in 'Deadwood' and Winston in the 'John Wick' series. His performances in these roles have garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.
Has Ian McShane won any awards?
Ian McShane has received several awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series for 'Deadwood'. He has also earned multiple nominations throughout his career.
What was Ian McShane's first film?
Ian McShane's first film was 'The Wild and the Willing', released in 1962. This marked the beginning of his long and varied career in film and television.
What are some of Ian McShane's successful films?
In addition to the 'John Wick' series, Ian McShane has appeared in successful films such as 'Sexy Beast', 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides', and 'The Golden Compass'.
Is Ian McShane involved in any recent projects?
Ian McShane is set to appear in 'From the World of John Wick: Ballerina', which is scheduled for release in 2025, continuing his role in the John Wick franchise.
What is Ian McShane's estimated net worth?
Ian McShane's estimated net worth is around $10 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television over many years.
How many children does Ian McShane have?
Ian McShane has two children, including a daughter named Kate McShane and another child whose name is not publicly disclosed.
What is Ian McShane's acting style?
Ian McShane is known for his powerful voice and intense performances. He often portrays complex characters, bringing depth and nuance to his roles, particularly in dramatic and action-oriented films.