Ian McShane

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Ian McShane (2006)

Ian McShane (born September 29, 1942 in Blackburn , Lancashire , England ) is a British film actor , film producer and director and, among other things, Golden Globe prize winner.

Life

McShane, who grew up in Manchester , is the son of football player Harry McShane , who played for Manchester United . One of McShane's strengths is the representation of sinister characters.

McShane worked in various television series, including in Dallas , Perry Mason and Miami Vice , once as a drug dealer and once as an unscrupulous dictator in a fictional Latin American country. In the television series Lovejoy , which was produced between 1986 and 1994, McShane not only impersonated the main role, but also directed some episodes. In 1986, he held a similar double function in the 6-part miniseries Madson , in which, in addition to the lead role, he also took on the production.

In the HBO television series Deadwood (2004-2006) McShane played the historical character of the saloon operator and brothel owner Al Swearengen . In the television adaptation of Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth , he can be seen as Bishop Waleran Bigod. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), he portrays Captain Blackbeard, Jack Sparrow's opponent. Further film and television productions followed. In 2017 he took on a leading role in the television series American Gods , a film adaptation of the book of the same name .

McShane's dubbing voice was actor Horst Frank in the 1980s . In recent times, Klaus-Dieter Klebsch has often lent him his voice. McShane is married for the third time; he has two children with his second wife, Ruth Post.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Golden Globe Award

  • 2005: For Best Actor in a Television Series / Drama for his role in Deadwood .
  • 2011: Nomination for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for his role in The Pillars of the Earth .

Emmy Award

  • 2005: Nomination in the Primetime Creative Arts category for his role in Deadwood .

Web links

Commons : Ian McShane  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Award Search: Ian McShane. (No longer available online.) HFPA , archived from the original on December 15, 2009 ; accessed on December 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goldenglobes.org
  2. ↑ Sean Hayes to Present Jerry Lewis With Governors Award at 2005 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, September 1, 2005, accessed December 17, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME McShane, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film actor, film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackburn , Lancashire, England