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Acting

Ian McShane

Career: Active from 1962 to 2025, busiest in 1989 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 56
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Deadwood
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 98 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian McShane Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Wholesome
2.7, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.4, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
2.2, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 8
Moral Ambiguity 5
Visual Spectacle 4
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Social Commentary 4
Historical Drama 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Family Secrets 3
Period Piece 3
Underdog Story 3
Sharp Dialogue 3
Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

149

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Coraline e o Mundo Secreto

as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

2020s

9 titles · average score 72

Ballerina

69

as Winston

Deep Cover

73

as Metcalfe

Kung Fu Panda 4

62

as Tai Lung (voice)

American Star

64

as Wilson

John Wick: Chapter 4

83

as Winston

ONE PIECE

83

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

My Father's Dragon

73

as Saiwa (voice)

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

69

as Narrator

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

as (archive footage)

2010s

28 titles · average score 64

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

79

as Winston

Hellboy

37

as Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Deadwood: The Movie

85

as Al Swearengen

A Wizard's Tale

38

as The Grump (voice)

American Gods

72

TV show · as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin

Jawbone

81

as Joe Padgett

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

65

as Umayya (voice)

The Hollow Point

45

as Leland

Hercules

53

as Amphiarus

Jack the Giant Slayer

54

as King Brahmwell

Snow White and the Huntsman

54

as Beith

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

50

as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

2000s

24 titles · average score 61

Case 39

40

as Detective Mike Barron

Kings

70

TV show · as King Silas Benjamin

44 Inch Chest

48

as Meredith

Coraline

82

as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

Death Race

52

as Coach

Kung Fu Panda

82

as Tai Lung (voice)

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

36

as Merriman Lyon

Scoop

53

as Joe Strombel

We Are Marshall

60

as Paul Griffen

Deadwood

88

TV show · as Al Swearengen

Nemesis Game

49

as Jeff Novak

Sexy Beast

80

as Teddy Bass

1990s

11 titles · average score 66

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Toby Moore

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Nikolai Ivanovich

D.R.E.A.M. Team

50

as Oliver Maxwell

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

62

as Robert Bryson

Traders of the Lost Scrolls

as Narrator

Madson

TV show · as John Madson

Soul Survivors

as Otis Cooke

The Naked Truth

65

TV show · as Leland Banks

White Goods

as Ian Deegan

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

65

as Andre Marchand

Chillers

65

TV show · as Steven Castle

1980s

32 titles · average score 62

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Artemis (voice)

Dick Francis: In the Frame

as David Cleveland

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

as David Cleveland

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

57

TV show · as Roger Bushell

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Lovejoy

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

58

as Prefet de police

Evergreen

TV show · as Paul Lerner

Torchlight

as Sidney

Bare Essence

TV show · as Niko Theophilus

Exposed

53

as Greg Miller

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

62

as The Brain (Bert)

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Edwin Clutterbuck / David Norman

1970s

30 titles · average score 61

Yesterday's Hero

33

as Rod Turner

Disraeli

75

TV show · as Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli

75

as Benjamin Disraeli

Jesus of Nazareth

79

TV show · as Judas Iscariot

Ransom

51

as Ray Petrie

The Last of Sheila

82

as Anthony Wood

Sitting Target

61

as Birdy Williams

Villain

62

as Wolfe Lissner

Columbo

83

TV show · as Leland St. John

The Ballad of Tam Lin

46

as Tom Lynn

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

43

as Fred C. Dobbs

Freelance

as Mitch

1960s

13 titles · average score 59

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

60

as Charlie Cartwright

Battle of Britain

64

as Sgt. Pilot Andy

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as David Garrick / Ken Harrison

as Caulfield

Wuthering Heights

TV show · as Heathcliff

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Caulfield / Tom

Sky West and Crooked

60

as Roibin

The Pleasure Girls

56

as Keith Dexter

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Frank

Redcap

TV show · as Sapper Russell

The Wild and the Willing

58

as Harry Brown

1950s

1 title · average score 68

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Roddy Cain / Geoffrey