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Ian McShane

Posted on Dec 13, 2020, Modified : Feb 2, 2021 Purnima

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About Ian McShane

Ian McShane is well known English actor, singer, and voice actor who has been seen working actively on his career since the year 1962.

Quick Infos
Full Name	Ian David McShane
Date of Birth	29 September 1942
Birth Place	Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Parent(s)	Harry McShane and Irene
Occupation	actor, singer and voice actor
spouse(s)	Suzan Farmer(m.1960, div.1960) Gwen Humble(m.1980)
Net Worth	$10 million dollars

Personal Life and Relationship

Ian McShane, whose real name is Ian David McShane, was born on 29 September 1942 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England as the son of his father, Harry McShane, and mother, Irene. His father used to be a professional footballer who had died in 2012. He was the only one child of his parents.

In the year 1960, Ian McShane married actress Suzan Farmer but they divorced in the same year. After that, he lived in a relationship with Sylvia Kristel in 1977. But they end their relationship after they fought with each other which made Kristel fall down the stairs when she was three months pregnant and it causes miscarry. Later, this incident made his another marriage with model Ruth Post cancel where they had two children together who were Kate and Morgan. Later, he married Gwen Humble on 30 August 1980 and currently living in Venice, California.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Ian McShane holds an English nationality and belongs to the ethnicity of Scottish, Irish and English. Currently, he is 78 years old with a height of 5 feet 7.5 inches and a weight of 70 kg. He had got black hair with blue eyes. As he was born on 29 September 1942, his zodiac sign is Libra.

Early Life and Education

Earlier, he attended Stretford Grammar School, and later, he also became a member of the National Youth Theatre. After that, he went to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Film Career

Ian McShane started his career after he had been cast as Harry Brown in a British romantic drama movie “The Wild and the Willing” in the year 1962. After that, he was cast as Keith Dexter in a British drama movie “The Pleasure Girls” in 1965. Later, in 1966, he was also seen appearing as Robin in a romantic drama movie “Sky West and Crooked”. Further, he was seen playing the role of a Deluxe Color romantic comedy movie “If it’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium” in 1969. In the same year, she was also cast in a British Second World War movie “Battle of Britain”.

Later, he was seen appearing in several movies like “Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You”, “Tam-Lin”, “Freelance”, “Villain”, “Left Hand of Gemini”, “Sitting Target”, “The Last of Sheila”, “Ransom”, “Journey into Fear”, “The Great Riviera Bank Robbery”, “The Fifth Musketeer”, “Yesterday’s Hero”, “Cheaper to Keep Her”, “Exposed”, “Ordeal by Innocence”, “Too Scared to Scream” and “Torchlight”. Likewise, he was cast as Teddy Bass in a crime movie “Sexy Beast” in 2000 which was directed by Jonathan Glazer.

Further, Ian McShane was seen playing the role of Frank in the movie “Bollywood Queen” in the year 2002. After that, he was also seen as Dr. Brinkman on an American spy comedy movie “Agent Cody Banks” in 2003. Also, he was seen appearing in various movies like “Nemesis Game”, “Nine Lives”, “Scoop”, “We Are Marshall”, “Hot Rod”, “The Seeker”, “Death Race” and “Case 39”. Besides this, he was also seen providing his voice over the character Captain Hook on an American computer-animated comedy movie “Sherk the Third” in 2007.

In the same year, he also voiced over the character Ragnar Sturlusson on a fantasy adventure movie “The Golden Compass”. In the year 2008, he had also provided his voice over the character Tai Lung on the American computer-animated wuxia action-comedy movie “Kung Fu Panda” for which he had received the nomination in Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production.

Later, Ian McShane had also voice over the character Mr. Bobinsky on an American stop-motion animated dark fantasy-horror movie “Coraline” in 2009. He was also seen playing the role of Meredith on a British crime comedy-drama movie “44 Inch Chest” in 2009 and then, in 2010, he was seen providing his voice on an American action-fantasy movie “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.

Later, he was cast on several movies including “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” with Geoffrey Rush, “Snow White and the Huntsman”, “Jack the Giant Slayer”, “Cuban Fury”, “Hercules”, “John Wick”, “EI Nino”, “Grimsby”, “The Hollow Point”, “John Wick: Chapter 2”, “Jawbone”, “Pottersville”, “ Hellboy”, “Bolden” and “John Wicked: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”.

In the year 2015, he was also seen providing his voice over the character Umayya on an animated action-adventure movie “Bilal: A New Breed of Hero” and in 2018, he was also provided his voice over the character The Grump on a Mexican-British animated movie “Here Comes the Grump”.

Television Career

Ian McShane started his television career after he had been cast as Frank Barnes on “Spanner in the Grass Works” in 1964. After that, he was cast as Joe Lunn on 7 episodes of a British television series “You Can’t Win” in 1966. Further, he was seen appearing on several television series like “Wuthering Heights”, “Whose Life Is It Anyway?”, “Space: 1999”, “The Lives of Jenny Dolan”, “The Fantastic Journey”, “Roots”, “Jesus of Nazareth”, “Code Name: Diamond Head”, “Will Shakespeare”, “Disraeli”, “The Pirate”, “Armchair Thriller- High Tide”, “Magnum, P.I.”, “The Letter”, “Marco Polo”, “Bare Essence”, “Grace Kelly”, “Evergreen”, “A.D.”, “Braker”, “American Playhouse” and “Lovejoy”.

After that, he was seen appearing as Flanagan in the thriller movie “Grand Larceny” in the year 1987. Later, he was also cast into the role of Esteban Montoya on an American crime drama television series “Miami Vice” from the year of 1987 to 1989. Likewise, he was seen playing the roles on several series and movies including “The Dirty Dozen”, “War and Remembrance”, “Chain Letter”, “Dallas”, “Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin”, “Minder”, “Miami Vice”.

Also, “Dick Francis Mysteries: Blood Sport”, “Dick Francis Mysteries: In The Frame”, “Dick Francis Mysteries: Twice Shy”, “Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception”, “Columbo”, “Mistress of Suspense”, “White Goods”, “Soul Survivors”, “Madson”, “The Naked Truth”, “Babylon 5: The River of Souls”, “D.R.E.A.M Team”, “Thieves”, “The West Wing”, “In Deep” and “Man and Boy”.

In the year 2003, Ian McShane was seen as Alan Cooper-Fozzard in a British television legal drama “Trust” and the same year, he was also cast as Dr. Chandler on a series “The Twilight Zone”. Besides, he was seen appearing on several series and television movies like “Deadwood”, “Kings”, “The Pillars of the Earth”, “American Horror Story: Asylum”, “Ray Donovan”, “Doctor Thorne”, “Game of Thrones”, “American Gods”, “Deadwood: The Movie” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”. Besides this, he was also seen providing his voice on “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special”.

In 2019, he also voiced over Winston on a video game John Wick Hex.

Awards

Ian McShane had won Television Critics Association Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama for “Deadwood” in 2004 and also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor-Television Series Drama for the same movie. Later, in 2010, he had won San Diego Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Performance from the movie “44 Inch Chest”.