Ian McShane

Career timeline

1. 1942 · Born

   Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

2. 1964 · Screen debut

   The Wednesday Play (TV)

3. 1986 · Directing debut

   Lovejoy (TV)

4. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

5. 1996 · First production

   Madson (TV)

6. 2025 · Latest release

   Deep Cover (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1960s

15 1970s

15 1980s

5 1990s

17 2000s

21 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama48
• Crime22
• Action21
• Comedy16
• Thriller14
• Adventure14

Highest-rated title Game of Thrones 2011 8.5 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Ian McShane in our catalogue.

Lance Reddick

5 titles together

Tyler Bates

5 titles together

Keanu Reeves

4 titles together

Seth Rogen

4 titles together

Chad Stahelski

4 titles together

Clark Johnson

3 titles together

Shay Hatten

3 titles together

Ray Winstone

3 titles together

Alan Taylor

3 titles together

Michael Nader

3 titles together

1. 2025 Deep Cover as Metcalfe 6.7 Movie
2. 2025 Ballerina as Winston 7.3 Movie
3. 2025 Wick Is Pain as Self 7.4 Movie
4. 2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 as Tai Lung (voice) 7.0 Movie
5. 2023 ONE PIECE as Narrator (voice) 8.1 TV
6. 2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 as Winston 7.7 Movie
7. 2022 My Father's Dragon as Saiwa (voice) 7.0 Movie
8. 2019 Deadwood: The Movie as Al Swearengen 6.7 Movie
9. 2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Winston 7.4 Movie
10. 2019 Hellboy as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm 5.6 Movie
11. 2017 Jawbone as Joe Padgett 6.1 Movie
12. 2017 American Gods as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin 7.1 TV
13. 2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 as Winston Scott 7.4 Movie
14. 2016 The Hollow Point as Leland 5.7 Movie
15. 2016 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero as Umayya (voice) 6.8 Movie
16. 2016 Doctor Thorne as Sir Roger Scatcherd 7.3 TV
17. 2014 John Wick as Winston 7.5 Movie
18. 2014 The Kid as Inglés 6.5 Movie
19. 2014 Hercules as Amphiarus 5.8 Movie
20. 2014 Cuban Fury as Ron Parfitt 6.1 Movie
21. 2013 Ray Donovan as Malcolm Finney 7.5 TV
22. 2013 Jack the Giant Slayer as King Brahmwell 5.9 Movie
23. 2012 Snow White and the Huntsman as Beith 6.0 Movie
24. 2011 American Horror Story as Leigh Emerson 8.1 TV
25. 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach 6.6 Movie
26. 2011 Game of Thrones as Brother Ray 8.5 TV
27. 2010 The Pillars of the Earth as Waleran Bigod 7.7 TV
28. 2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
29. 2009 Case 39 as Detective Mike Barron 6.3 Movie
30. 2009 Kings as King Silas Benjamin 7.6 TV
31. 2009 Coraline as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice) 8.0 Movie
32. 2008 Death Race as Coach 6.3 Movie
33. 2008 Kung Fu Panda as Tai Lung (voice) 7.4 Movie
34. 2007 The Golden Compass as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) 6.1 Movie
35. 2007 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Merriman Lyon 5.5 Movie
36. 2007 Hot Rod as Frank Powell 6.4 Movie
37. 2007 Shrek the Third as Captain Hook (voice) 6.3 Movie
38. 2006 We Are Marshall as Paul Griffen 6.9 Movie
39. 2006 Scoop as Joe Strombel 6.6 Movie
40. 2004 Deadwood as Al Swearengen 8.1 TV
41. 2003 Agent Cody Banks as Brinkman 5.6 Movie
42. 2003 Trust as Alan Cooper-Fozard TV
43. 2002 The Twilight Zone as Chandler 7.2 TV
44. 2001 In Deep as Jamie Lamb TV
45. 2001 Sexy Beast as Teddy Bass 7.0 Movie
46. 1999 The West Wing as Nikolai Ivanovich 8.3 TV
47. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Toby Moore 8.0 TV
48. 1996 Madson as John Madson TV
49. 1995 The Naked Truth as Leland Banks 6.5 TV
50. 1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Andre Marchand Movie
51. 1989 The Simpsons as Artemis (voice) 8.0 TV
52. 1988 War and Remembrance as Philip Rule 7.8 TV
53. 1988 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell TV
54. 1988 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Roger Bushell Movie
55. 1987 Going Live! as Self TV
56. 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse as Marbury TV
57. 1986 Lovejoy as Lovejoy 7.4 TV
58. 1985 Braker as Alan Roswell Movie
59. 1985 Evergreen as Paul Lerner TV
60. 1984 Miami Vice as Esteban Montoya 7.5 TV
61. 1984 Torchlight as Sidney Movie
62. 1983 Exposed as Greg Miller Movie
63. 1983 Bare Essence as Niko Theophilus TV
64. 1982 American Playhouse as Willy Wax TV
65. 1980 Magnum, P.I. as David Norman 7.3 TV
66. 1979 Minder as Jack Last 7.2 TV
67. 1978 Will Shakespeare as Christopher Marlowe TV
68. 1978 Dallas as Don Lockwood 6.9 TV
69. 1977 Code Name: Diamond Head as Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler Movie
70. 1977 Jesus of Nazareth as Judas Iscariot 7.8 TV
71. 1977 The Fantastic Journey as Sir James Camden TV
72. 1977 Roots as Sir Eric Russell 7.4 TV
73. 1975 Matt Helm as Paul TV
74. 1975 Space: 1999 as Anton Zoref 7.1 TV
75. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV
76. 1973 The Last of Sheila as Anthony Wood 7.0 Movie
77. 1972 Sitting Target as Birdy Williams 6.1 Movie
78. 1971 Columbo as Leland St. John 8.1 TV
79. 1970 Performance. as Noel (voice) (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
80. 1970 Freelance as Mitch Movie
81. 1969 Battle of Britain as Sgt. Pilot Andy 6.8 Movie
82. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as David Garrick TV
83. 1966 You Can't Win as Joe Lunn TV
84. 1964 Redcap as Sapper Russell TV
85. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Frank TV

1. 1996 Madson TV

1. 1986 Lovejoy 7.4 TV

1. 2019 Deadwood: The Movie 6.7 Movie

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