Ian McShane is known for his role as Lovejoy on the BBC TV show "Lovejoy (1986-1994)".

He played Al Swearengen on the HBO TV western show "Deadwood (2004-2006)" and Mr. Wednesday on the Starz TV show "American Gods (2017-)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "First Night", "Z Cars", "Love Story", "The Sullavan Brothers", "Redcap", "You Can't Win", "Armchair Theatre", "ITV Play of the Week", "The Wednesday Play", "Wuthering Heights", "Rogue's Gallery", "Space: 1999", "Matt Helm", "Police Woman", "Most Wanted", "Roots", "The Fantastic Journey", "Jesus of Nazareth", "Will Shakespeare", "Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic", "Armchair Thriller", "Magnum, P.I.", "Marco Polo", "Bare Essence", "Evergreen", "A.D.", "Dirty Dozen: The Series", "Minder", "Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin", "War and Remembrance", "Dallas", "Miami Vice", "Mistress of Suspense", "Columbo", "Madson", "The Naked Truth", "Thieves", "In Deep", "The West Wing", "Trust", "The Twilight Zone", "Kings", "The Pillars of the Earth", "American Horror Story", "Ray Donovan", "Doctor Thorne" and "Game of Thrones".

He played David Cleveland in the "Dick Francis" movies, Dr. Brinkman in the movie "Agent Cody Banks (2003)", Merriman Lyon in "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)", Ragnar Sturlusson in "The Golden Compass (2007)", Coach in "Death Race (2008)", Blackbeard in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)", Beith in "Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)", King Brahmwell in "Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)", Amphiaraus in "Hercules (2014)", Winston in "John Wick (2014)" and "John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)".

Some other moviesheappearedin are "Young and willing (1962)", "The Pleasure Girls (1965)", "Gypsy Girl (1966)", "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)", "Battle of Britain (1969)", "Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)", "The Devil's Widow (1970)", "Villain (1971)", "Freelance (1971)", "Sitting Target (1971)", "Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1972)", "The Last of Sheila (1973)", "The Terrorists (1975)", "Journey Into Fear (1975)", "The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)", "Code Name: Diamond Head (1977)", "A Month in the Country (1977)", "The Pirate (1978)", "Dirty Money (1979)", "The Fifth Musketeer (1979)", "Yesterday's Hero (1979)", "Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)", "The Letter (1982)", "Grace Kelly (1983)", "Exposed (1983)", "Ordeal by Innocence (1984)", "Too Scared to Scream (1985)", "Torchlight (1985)", "Braker (1985)", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)", "Grand Larceny (1987)", "Chain Letter (1988)", "The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)", "Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)", "White Goods (1994)", "Soul Survivors (1995)", "Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)", "D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)", "Sexy Beast (2000)", "Bollywood Queen (2002)", "Nemesis Game (2003)", "Nine Lives (2005)", "Scoop (2006)", "We Are Marshall (2006)", "Hot rod (2007)", "Case 39)", "44 Inch Chest (2009)", "Cuban Fury (2014)", "El Niño (2014)", "The Brothers Grimsby (2016)", "The Hollow Point (2016)" and "Jawbone (2017)".

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