ACTOR

Ian McShane

1942 - Today

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Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. He is known for his television performances, particularly as the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in Deadwood (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, as well as Mr. Wednesday in American Gods (2017–2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian McShane has received more than 13,456,060 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Ian McShane is the 244th most popular actor (down from 238th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 330th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Actor.

Ian McShane is most famous for his role as Blackbeard in the TV series "Black Sails" and as Al Swearengen in the TV series "Deadwood."

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 75

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian McShane ranks 244 out of 13,578. Before him are Viggo Mortensen, Danny Trejo, Michel Piccoli, Bryan Cranston, Jayne Mansfield, and Jodie Foster. After him are Raffaella Carrà, Paul Walker, Kevin Spacey, Shirley Temple, Gal Gadot, and John Malkovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ian McShane ranks 34. Before him are Michael Haneke, Alassane Ouattara, Werner Herzog, Javier Solana, José Eduardo dos Santos, and Lou Reed. After him are Mohamed ElBaradei, Giorgio Agamben, Tobin Bell, Michel Mayor, Giacinto Facchetti, and Jacques Rogge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McShane ranks 339 out of 8,785. Before him are John Galsworthy (1867), William Petty (1623), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Norman Haworth (1883), Margaret Tudor (1489), and Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800). After him are William Baffin (1584), Benjamin Britten (1913), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), David Beckham (1975), Malcolm McDowell (1943), and Chaim Herzog (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian McShane ranks 39. Before him are Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Julie Andrews (1935), Peter Sellers (1925), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), John Hurt (1940), and Robbie Coltrane (1950). After him are Malcolm McDowell (1943), Angela Lansbury (1925), Alan Bates (1934), Emma Thompson (1959), Colin Firth (1960), and Benny Hill (1924).

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Television and Movie Roles

John Wick: Chapter 2
Winston
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Winston
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
May 15o 20116.552 / 10