Ian McShane

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Ian McShane (born 29 September 1942) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor.

McShane was born in Blackburn, Lancashire to Irene and Harry McShane, a professional footballer with Manchester United. He grew up in Urmston, Manchester. He attended Stretford Grammar School.

In the United Kingdom his best known role is that of roguish but dashing antiques dealer Lovejoy in the BBC drama series of the same name. He also enjoyed fame in the United States as bounding English cad Don Lockwood in the soap opera Dallas.

Even before Lovejoy, McShane was a pin-up as a result of appearances in television series such as Wuthering Heights (1967, as Heathcliff), Jesus of Nazareth (1977, as Judas Iscariot), and Disraeli (1978) -- as well as films like Sky West and Crooked (1966) and Battle of Britain (1969).

Work in the 2000s has included roles in movies Scoop, Sexy Beast and Agent Cody Banks, and playing the role of historical figure Al Swearengen in the HBO series Deadwood. For his performance in this role he won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama. In 2000 he appeared as Darryl Van Horne in Cameron Mackintosh's musical The Witches of Eastwick - his first London stage appearance since he starred with Dame Judi Dench in The Promise in the late 1960s. His next roles are the part of Captain Hook in Shrek the Third, the voice of Iofur Raknison in His Dark Materials: Northern Lights and the voice of Mr. Bobinski, a beet-eating Russian giant in the film Coraline.

He is currently filming Hot Rod in the Vancouver area.

He is married to Gwen Humble.

[edit] External links

• Ian McShane at the Internet Movie Database