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Ian McShane
1 FOLLOWER • 64 CREDITS • SEP 29, 1942 • 81
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.
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Known For
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Simpsons
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The West Wing
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Dallas
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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CBS Summer Playhouse
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Space: 1999
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Police Woman
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American Horror Story
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The Naked Truth
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Columbo
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Game of Thrones
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The Fantastic Journey
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The Twilight Zone
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Magnum, P.I.
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Ray Donovan
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Miami Vice
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ONE PIECE
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Grimsby
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A.D.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
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Marco Polo
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Shrek the Third
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3EkF2C1R4rOzckdPrZ3BarZJo4.jpg)
War and Remembrance
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fZPSd91yGE9fCcCe6OoQr6E3Bev.jpg)
John Wick
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tJbeE6RJyIphgEPYJacSduQwSN5.jpg)
Master of Dark Shadows
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fhK0mqqirPsckxkNisvi32A4lf6.jpg)
Agent Cody Banks
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6DTH9poR8RAw859L6OuokT7z993.jpg)
The Golden Compass
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8GN5WqE8rmZpMWmfgRAgeSN1wXQ.jpg)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9ItMoIgUevdT7L9njGKCZj5uJHn.jpg)
John Wick Presents: Ballerina
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jRkt03dXCVKnbvcQm3ygU1cjg9Y.jpg)
Hot Rod
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wQk3EJxsVi1fStqPzpnz9DafYMv.jpg)
Jesus of Nazareth
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Kung Fu Panda 4
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4jeFXQYytChdZYE9JYO7Un87IlW.jpg)
Coraline
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8HUa5kRubYbnAD5UVpnhTGGgMTW.jpg)
Snow White and the Huntsman
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Battle of Britain
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Jack the Giant Slayer
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/952uUaNc6zJbb0rXSwFPskp2SKY.jpg)
The Pillars of the Earth
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Deep Cover
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We Are Marshall
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wWt4JYXTg5Wr3xBW2phBrMKgp3x.jpg)
Kung Fu Panda
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/keGfSvCmYj7CvdRx36OdVrAEibE.jpg)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vZloFAK7NmvMGKE7VkF5UHaz0I.jpg)
John Wick: Chapter 4
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5A79GeOb3uChQ0l0ZDjDyODKQp3.jpg)
Death Race
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bk8LyaMqUtaQ9hUShuvFznQYQKR.jpg)
Hellboy
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hXWBc0ioZP3cN4zCu6SN3YHXZVO.jpg)
John Wick: Chapter 2
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
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Sexy Beast
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Case 39
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Deadwood
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5X3VOy9lD44VclKsWTi8gHZGjhL.jpg)
Hercules
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/I3nqs2RHuGNjhIHrU7yG3Ai0fc.jpg)
The Hollow Point
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gHDKbQ6l4OdgQ9W5OxaA9RP9YMO.jpg)
Kings
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3KCAZaKHmoMIN9dHutqaMtubQqD.jpg)
American Gods
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American Star
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