Ian McShane
Ian McShane ( born September 29, 1942 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England ) is a British film actor, film producer and director as well as among other Golden Globe winners.
Life
Raised in Manchester McShane is the son of football player Harry McShane, who has played for Manchester United. At McShane's strengths is the presentation nastier characters.
McShane starred in various television series including, among others, in Dallas, Perry Mason and Miami Vice ( it once as a drug dealer and once as a ruthless dictator in a fictional Latin American country ). In the television series Lovejoy, which was produced 1986-1994, McShane embodied not only the main role, but also directed several episodes. He had in 1986 with the six -part miniseries Madson held, in which he also took over the production alongside the main role A similar dual function.
In the HBO television series Deadwood (2004-2006) McShane played the historical figure of the saloon and brothel owner Al Swearengen operator. In the television adaptation of Ken Follett 's novel The Pillars of the Earth (2010 ), he is seen as Bishop Waleran Bigod. In the fourth part of Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides ( 2011), he is an opponent of Captain Jack Sparrow ( Johnny Depp ), Blackbeard, dar.
McShane's dubbing voice was in the 1980s, the actor Horst Frank. In recent times, it often also lent Klaus -Dieter Klebsch his voice, the synchronized among other Hollywood stars like Alec Baldwin on German.
Private McShane is married for the third time; with his second wife, Ruth Post, he has two children.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
Golden Globe Award
- 2005: In the category of 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.
- 2005: nomination for Primetime Creative Arts for his role in Deadwood.