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Ian McShane
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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.
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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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The One Show
The Simpsons
Golden Globe Awards
Miami Vice
The Kelly Clarkson Show
GMTV
The Daily Show
Dallas
Real Time with Bill Maher
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
CBS Summer Playhouse
Space: 1999
American Horror Story
Police Woman
Wogan
The Naked Truth
Game of Thrones
Columbo
The Fantastic Journey
The Twilight Zone
Going Live!
The Wednesday Play
Magnum, P.I.
In Deep
Ray Donovan
ONE PIECE
Grimsby
A.D.
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Marco Polo
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Shrek the Third
Wick Is Pain
War and Remembrance
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
Master of Dark Shadows
Agent Cody Banks
The Golden Compass
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Coraline
Kung Fu Panda 4
Hot Rod
Jesus of Nazareth
Deep Cover
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Madson
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
We Are Marshall
Battle of Britain
Jack the Giant Slayer
The West Wing
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Pillars of the Earth
John Wick: Chapter 4
Trust
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Kung Fu Panda
Case 39
Ballerina
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Sexy Beast
Death Race
Hellboy
American Gods
Deadwood
The Hollow Point
Traders of the Lost Scrolls
Hercules
Bare Essence
American Star
Kings
Lovejoy
Wuthering Heights
Production Credits
American Gods
American Star
Madson
Lovejoy
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