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Ian McShane

Also known as Ian David McShane

British actor (born 1942)

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Ian McShane is a British actor born in 1942 who has built a long career in film, television, and theater. He is known for his distinctive voice and powerful performances in various roles spanning multiple decades.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 2

Top works

Hercules
Cuban Fury

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1942-09-29

Discography

From Both Sides Now1992

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,661
Total plays: 10,679

A natural at portraying complex villains, anti-heroes, and charming heavies, Ian McShane is the classically trained, award-winning actor who has grabbed attention and acclaim from audiences and critics around the world with his unforgettable gallery of scoundrels, kings, mobsters and thugs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ian+McShane">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,574x
RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,753x
<i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,308x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,383x

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Quotes

“Game of Thrones is just tits and dragons.”

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Commons category: Ian McShane
date of birth: 1942-09-29
birth name: Ian David McShane
start of work period: 1962-00-00
name in native language: Ian McShane

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Article

Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986, 1991–1994), 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), Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda (2008), reprised the role in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), and Winston Scott in the John Wick franchise (2014–present).