Portrait of Ian McShane

Acting

Ian McShane

Titles
103movies62TV shows
movies and TV shows
Career
1956: 1 title1957: 0 titles1958: 0 titles1959: 0 titles1960: 0 titles1961: 0 titles1962: 1 title1963: 0 titles1964: 1 title1965: 1 title1966: 2 titles1967: 2 titles1968: 1 title1969: 2 titles1970: 4 titles1971: 1 title1972: 1 title1973: 1 title1974: 2 titles1975: 1 title1976: 0 titles1977: 3 titles1978: 4 titles1979: 2 titles1980: 2 titles1981: 0 titles1982: 1 title1983: 3 titles1984: 2 titles1985: 3 titles1986: 3 titles1987: 1 title1988: 2 titles1989: 5 titles1990: 1 title1991: 0 titles1992: 0 titles1993: 0 titles1994: 1 title1995: 1 title1996: 1 title1997: 1 title1998: 1 title1999: 1 title2000: 1 title2001: 0 titles2002: 2 titles2003: 3 titles2004: 1 title2005: 0 titles2006: 2 titles2007: 2 titles2008: 2 titles2009: 3 titles2010: 1 title2011: 1 title2012: 1 title2013: 2 titles2014: 3 titles2015: 0 titles2016: 2 titles2017: 3 titles2018: 2 titles2019: 4 titles2020: 0 titles2021: 1 title2022: 0 titles2023: 1 title2024: 2 titles2025: 2 titles
19562025
Leading roles
58
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Deadwood
Deadwood
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ian McShane Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.2
  • Situational Comedy
    2.1, average 2.7
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character Study 7
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Underdog Story 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Hero's Journey 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Epic Scale 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

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TypeAllMovies99TV shows50
RoleAnyActing50Appearances12
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s11960s51970s121980s141990s52000s62010s62020s1
GenreAnyDrama39Crime9Action & Adventure8Comedy8Mystery7Sci-Fi & Fantasy7Family2Soap2Documentary2War & Politics2Romance1Animation1Western1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

1 titles · average score 82
GoodWatch82
Poster for ONE PIECE

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

2010s

6 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch73
Poster for American Gods

TV show · as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin

GoodWatch72
Poster for Doctor Thorne

TV show · as Sir Roger Scatcherd

GoodWatch79
Poster for Ray Donovan

TV show · as Malcolm Finney / Andrew Finney

GoodWatch84
Poster for Game of Thrones

TV show · as Brother Ray

GoodWatch71
Poster for American Horror Story

TV show · as Leigh Emerson

GoodWatch78
Poster for The Pillars of the Earth

TV show · as Waleran Bigod

2000s

6 titles · average score 80
GoodWatch77
Poster for Kings

TV show · as King Silas Benjamin

GoodWatch87
Poster for Deadwood

TV show · as Al Swearengen

Poster for Trust

TV show · as Alan Cooper-Fozard

GoodWatch72
Poster for The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Chandler

GoodWatch83
Poster for In Deep

TV show · as Jamie Lamb

1990s

5 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch83
Poster for The West Wing

TV show · as Nikolai Ivanovich

Poster for Madson

TV show · as John Madson

GoodWatch66
Poster for The Naked Truth

TV show · as Leland Banks

Poster for Chillers

TV show · as Steven Castle

1980s

14 titles · average score 72
GoodWatch82
Poster for The Simpsons

TV show · as Artemis (voice)

Poster for Young Charlie Chaplin

TV show · as Charles Chaplin Snr

GoodWatch80
Poster for War and Remembrance

TV show · as Philip Rule

GoodWatch75
Poster for Lovejoy

TV show · as Lovejoy

Poster for Evergreen

TV show · as Paul Lerner

GoodWatch75
Poster for Miami Vice

TV show · as General Manuel Borbon / Esteban Montoya

Poster for Bare Essence

TV show · as Niko Theophilus

GoodWatch78
Poster for Natural World

TV show · as Narrator

GoodWatch67
Poster for American Playhouse

TV show · as Willy Wax

GoodWatch72
Poster for Marco Polo

TV show · as Alì Ben Youssuf

GoodWatch78
Poster for Magnum, P.I.

TV show · as David Norman / Edwin Clutterbuck

All 14 titles from the 1980s

1970s

12 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch73
Poster for Minder

TV show · as Jack Last

GoodWatch74
Poster for Disraeli

TV show · as Benjamin Disraeli

Poster for Life of Shakespeare

TV show · as Christopher Marlowe

GoodWatch69
Poster for Dallas

TV show · as Don Lockwood

GoodWatch57
Poster for Armchair Thriller

TV show · as Curtis

GoodWatch76
Poster for Jesus of Nazareth

TV show · as Judas Iscariot

GoodWatch78
Poster for Roots

TV show · as Sir Eric Russell

GoodWatch63
Poster for The Fantastic Journey

TV show · as Sir James Camden

GoodWatch72
Poster for Space: 1999

TV show · as Anton Zoref

Poster for Matt Helm

TV show · as Paul

GoodWatch82
Poster for Columbo

TV show · as Leland St. John

1960s

5 titles
Poster for Wuthering Heights

TV show · as Heathcliff

Poster for You Can't Win

TV show · as Joe Lunn

Poster for Redcap

TV show · as Sapper Russell

1950s

1 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch67
Poster for Armchair Theatre

TV show · as Geoffrey

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