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Ian McShane

Ian McShane
Ian McShane
Born: Sep 20, 1942 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Actor
Active: '60s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
Career Highlights: Sexy Beast, Jesus of Nazareth, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
First Major Screen Credit: Young and Willing (1962)
24 Videos for Ian McShane
Coraline (2009) Scoop (2006) Sexy Beast (2000)
Kings [TV Series] (2009) We Are Marshall (2006) Soul Survivors (1995)
Death Race (2008) Deadwood: Season 02 (2005) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Deadwood: Season 01 (2004) Will Shakespeare [TV Series] (1978)
Hot Rod (2007) Nine Lives (2004) Will Shakespeare [TV Series] (1978)
Shrek the Third (2007) Agent Cody Banks (2003) Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
The Golden Compass (2007) Nemesis Game (2003) Ransom (1974)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) D.R.E.A.M. Team (2001) Battle of Britain (1969)
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Biography:

Another distinguished product of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lancashire-born Ian McShane made his professional stage, film and TV debut all in the same year: 1962. McShane's subsequent stage credits were as extensive as they were impressive, ranging from centuries-old classics to Tennessee Williams and Joe Orton.

His TV resumé includes any number of TV-movies and miniseries: he played Judas in the internationally produced Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and was seen as the title character in the British mini Disraeli (1979). In America, he was a regular on the 1989-90 season of Dallas, playing Don Lockwood.

McShane gained an international fan following as a result of his starring role in the widely-distributed TV series The Lovejoy Mysteries, originally filmed in 1986, then brought back by popular demand in 1990. Throughout the 90s, McShane was mostly absent from both the big screen and the small one.

However, in 2000, he received recognition for playing a tough crime boss in the critically acclaimed Sexy Beast. It was certainly this hard-edged persona that attracted the producers of HBO's Deadwood to McShane. In 2004, he found himself with a regular gig on the foul-mouthed Western series, starring as an unscrupulous tavern-owner in a lawless 19th-century American prospecting town.

He stayed with the show for its entire run, soon moving on to star as Max in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, before signing on to star in the NBC drama Kings in 2008. From 1965 to 1968, Ian McShane was married to actress Suzanne Farmer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.