Ian McShane

82, from Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Artwork for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesImage of Ian McShane

Biography

Ian David McShane (born September 29, 1942) is an English actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films, it is by his television roles that he is generally known, starting with the BBC's Lovejoy (1986–94) and particularly in the HBO Western drama Deadwood (2004–06). He starred as King Silas Benjamin in NBC series Kings and as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Timeline

2025Aged 83

  • Poster for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

    Winston

2024Aged 82

  • Poster for American Star

    Wilson

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda 4

    Tai Lung (voice)

2023Aged 81

  • Poster for John Wick: Chapter 4

    Winston

2022Aged 80

  • Poster for My Father's Dragon

    Saiwa (voice)

2021Aged 79

  • Poster for Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

    Narrator

2020Aged 78

  • Poster for The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

    (archive footage)

2019Aged 77

2018Aged 76

  • Poster for A Wizard's Tale

    The Grump (voice)

  • Poster for Age of Sail

    William Avery (voice)

2017Aged 75

  • Poster for John Wick: Chapter 2

    Winston

  • Poster for Jawbone

    Joe Padgett

  • Poster for Pottersville

    Bart

2016Aged 74

  • Poster for Grimsby

    MI6 Spy Boss (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

    Umayya (voice)

  • Poster for The Hollow Point

    Leland

2014Aged 72

  • Poster for Cuban Fury

    Ron Parfitt

  • Poster for Hercules

    Amphiarus

  • Poster for The Kid

    Inglés

  • Poster for John Wick

    Winston

2013Aged 71

2012Aged 70

  • Poster for Snow White and the Huntsman

    Beith

2011Aged 69

  • Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

2010Aged 68

  • Poster for The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Narrator (voice)

2009Aged 67

  • Poster for Coraline

    Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

  • Poster for Trevor Horn and Friends - Slaves to the Rhythm

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Case 39

    Detective Mike Barron

  • Poster for 44 Inch Chest

    Meredith

2008Aged 66

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda

    Tai Lung (voice)

  • Poster for Death Race

    Coach

2007Aged 65

  • Poster for Shrek the Third

    Captain Hook (voice)

  • Poster for Hot Rod

    Frank Powell

  • Poster for The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

    Merriman Lyon

  • Poster for The Golden Compass

    Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

2006Aged 64

  • Poster for Scoop

    Joe Strombel

  • Poster for We Are Marshall

    Paul Griffen

2005Aged 63

  • Poster for Nine Lives

    Larry

2003Aged 61

  • Poster for Agent Cody Banks

    Brinkman

  • Poster for Terror in Moscow

    Narrator

  • Poster for Nemesis Game

    Jeff Novak

2002Aged 60

  • Poster for Man and Boy

    Marty Mann

  • Poster for Bollywood Queen

    Frank

2001Aged 59

  • Poster for Sexy Beast

    Teddy Bass

  • Poster for The Making of Sexy Beast

    Self

1999Aged 57

  • Poster for D.R.E.A.M. Team

    Oliver Maxwell

1998Aged 56

  • Poster for Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    Robert Bryson

1997Aged 55

  • Poster for Traders of the Lost Scrolls

    Narrator

1995Aged 53

  • Poster for Soul Survivors

    Otis Cooke

1994Aged 52

  • Poster for White Goods

    Ian Deegan

1990Aged 48

  • Poster for Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

    Andre Marchand

1989Aged 47

  • Poster for Miami Vice: Freefall

    Gen. Manuel Borbon

  • Poster for Chain Letter

    The Messenger of Death

  • Poster for Dick Francis: Twice Shy

    David Cleveland

1988Aged 46

  • Poster for The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

    Roger Bushell

1987Aged 45

  • Poster for Grand Larceny

    Flanagan

1986Aged 44

  • Poster for Rocket to the Moon

    Willy Wax

  • Poster for The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Prefet de police

1985Aged 43

  • Poster for Torchlight

    Sidney

  • Poster for Braker

    Alan Roswell

1984Aged 42

  • Poster for Ordeal by Innocence

    Philip Durant

  • Poster for Too Scared to Scream

    Vincent Hardwick

1983Aged 41

  • Poster for Grace Kelly

    Prince Rainier of Monaco

  • Poster for Exposed

    Greg Miller

1982Aged 40

  • Poster for The Letter

    Geoff

1981Aged 39

  • Poster for Cheaper to Keep Her

    Dr. Alfred Sunshine

1980Aged 38

  • Poster for High Tide

    Curtis

  • Poster for The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

    The Brain (Bert)

1979Aged 37

  • Poster for The Fifth Musketeer

    Fouquet

  • Poster for Yesterday's Hero

    Rod Turner

1978Aged 36

  • Poster for Disraeli

    Benjamin Disraeli

  • Poster for The Pirate

    Rashid

1977Aged 35

  • Poster for The Fantastic Journey

    Sir James Camden

  • Poster for Code Name: Diamond Head

    Sean Donovan / Father Horton / Colonel Millard Butler

1975Aged 33

  • Poster for Journey into Fear

    Banat

  • Poster for The Lives of Jenny Dolan

    Saunders

1974Aged 32

1973Aged 31

  • Poster for The Last of Sheila

    Anthony

1972Aged 30

  • Poster for Sitting Target

    Birdy Williams

1971Aged 29

  • Poster for Villain

    Wolfe Lissner

1970Aged 28

1969Aged 27

  • Poster for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

    Charlie Cartwright

  • Poster for Battle of Britain

    Sgt. Pilot Andy

1968Aged 26

1967Aged 25

  • Poster for Wuthering Heights

    Heathcliff

1965Aged 23

  • Poster for The Pleasure Girls

    Keith Dexter

  • Poster for Sky West and Crooked

    Roibin

1962Aged 20

  • Poster for The Wild and the Willing

    Harry Brown

Year unknown