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Acting

Ian McShane

Born
Sep 29, 1942 · Age 84
Place of birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Movie credits
102
TV credits
72
Directing credits
1
Also known as (1)
  • Ian David McShane

Biography

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…