Ian McShane Biography

Another distinguished product of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lancashire-born Ian McShane made his professional stage, film and TV debut all in the same year: 1962. McShane's subsequent stage credits were as extensive as they were impressive, ranging from centuries-old classics to Tennessee Williams and Joe Orton. His TV resumé includes any number of TV-movies and miniseries: he played Judas in the internationally produced Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and was seen as the title character in the British "mini" Disraeli (1979). In America, he was a regular on the 1989-90 season of Dallas, playing Don Lockwood. McShane gained an international fan following as a result of his starring role in the widely-distributed TV series The Lovejoy Mysteries, originally filmed in 1986, then brought back by popular demand in 1990. Throughout the 90s, McShane was mostly absent from both the big screen and the small one. However, in 2000, he received recognition for playing a tough crime boss in the critically acclaimed Sexy Beast. It was certainly this hard-edged persona that attracted the producers of HBO's Deadwood to McShane. In 2004, he found himself with a regular gig on the foul-mouthed Western series, starring as an unscrupulous tavern-owner in a lawless 19th-century American prospecting town. He stayed with the show for its entire run, soon moving on to star as Max in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, before signing on to star in the NBC drama Kings in 2008. Loosely based on the story of King David, the show followed the story of a dynastic family in present-day America, but was cancelled after just a season. He went on to appear in the quirky thriller A 44 Inch Chest, before joining the likes of Donald Sutherland in the fantasy mini-series The Pillars of the Earth in 2010. Sticking with the fantastical theme, McShane next signed on to play the legendary pirate Blackbeard in the 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.In years to come, McShane would appear in several films, like Snow White and the Huntsman, as well as the mini series Pillars of the Earth.From 1965 to 1968, Ian McShane was married to actress Suzanne Farmer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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• 1. King Brahmwell: So what did you find out there? Do these giants have any weaknesses?
  2. Elmont: Not many, no.
  From Jack the Giant Slayer. Submitted by Tracey M (2 months ago)

• 1. King Brahmwell: Fee fi fo fum. Ask not whence the thunder comes. For between Heaven and Earth is a perilous place. Home to a fearsome giant race.
  From Jack the Giant Slayer. Submitted by Scott W (3 months ago)

• 1. Coach: [after the Dreadnought is destroyed] Now that's entertainment.
  From Death Race. Submitted by Nick P (4 months ago)

• 1. Teddy Bass: Where there's a will, and there is a fucking will, there's a way, and there is a fucking way.
  From Sexy Beast. Submitted by Hari A (5 months ago)

• 1. The Spaniard: You are a fool. You seek in this place what only faith can provide.
  2. Blackbeard: Faith. In faith there is light enough to see, but darkness enough to blind.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Typhon Q (8 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: You know when I feel closest to our Maker? When I see suffering, pain, and anguish, when the true design of this world is revealed.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Typhon Q (8 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: [Growls]
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)

• 1. Teddy Bass: See, If I cared, Gal, if I fucking cared, if I gave a solitary fuck about Don... Get out of the fucking car!
  From Sexy Beast. Submitted by Zbigniew Z (10 months ago)

• 1. Caesar: What about you Huntsman? What's in this for you? Is it just about the gold, or is there something more than that?
  From Snow White and the Huntsman. Submitted by Meghan L (11 months ago)

• 1. Caesar: What about you Huntsman? Are you really in this for the gold? Or is there something else going on?
  From Snow White and the Huntsman. Submitted by Meghan L (11 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: You know when I feel closer to our maker? When I see suffering, pain and anguish.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by viktor g (12 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: Pray he be delivered from...evil?
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by viktor g (12 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: Finally! A worthy opponent. Our battle will be LEGENDARY!
  2. Tigress: [Attacks Tai Lung, and the fight begins]
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: So where is this Po? Did I scare him off?
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: You have a new favorite.
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)

• 1. Captain Hook: We're not your friends.
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• 1. Tai Lung: Who are you?
  2. Po: Buddy, I... am the Dragon Warrior!
  3. Tai Lung: You?
  4. Tai Lung: He's a panda! You're a panda! What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me?
  5. Po: Don't tempt me.
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Rocky F (14 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: The Scroll has given him power... NOOO!
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (15 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: [Referring to Po] You?! [To Shifu] HIM?! But he's a panda!
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (17 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: [Growls at Tigress]
  2. Tigress: [Growls back]
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• 1. Tai Lung: Tell me!
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• 1. Tai Lung: [During his fight with Master Shifu] All I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how proud you are, Shifu! Tell me! TELL ME!!
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (17 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: [Roars]
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• 1. Tai Lung: Who denied me my destiny?
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (17 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: I'm glad Shifu sent you. I was beginning to think I have been forgotten. Fly back there and tell them 'The *real* dragon warrior is coming home.'
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Derek K (17 months ago)

• 1. Angelica: Remember father, we need him.
  2. Blackbeard: If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am!
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Thomas L (18 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: Mutineers... hang!
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Akira M (19 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: Shifu taught you well. [disables Monkey with a nerve strike] But he didn't teach you everything.
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: So where is this Po? [Laughs] Did I scare him off?
  2. Master Shifu: This battle is between you and me.
  3. Tai Lung: So, that is how it's going to be...
  4. Master Shifu: That is how it must be.
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: Mutiny means... HANG!
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Javis C (21 months ago)

• 1. Mr. Bobinsky: I don't understand. [voice trails off)
  2. Coraline Jones: Of course you dont. Your just another copy the other mother has made of the real Mr. Boboinsky.
  From Coraline. Submitted by Lisa L (23 months ago)

• 1. Mr. Bobinsky: Caroline, wait! The mice asked me to give you message.
  2. Coraline Jones: The jumping mice?
  3. Mr. Bobinsky: They are saying, 'Do not go through little door.' Do you know such a thing?
  4. Coraline Jones: The one behind the wallpaper? But it's all bricked up.
  From Coraline. Submitted by Lisa L (23 months ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: The Wuxi finger hold!
  2. Po: Oh, you know this hold?
  3. Tai Lung: You're bluffing. You're bluffing! Shifu didn't teach you that.
  4. Po: Nope. I figured it out. Skadoosh!
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Phil B (23 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: Bring the mermaid!
  2. Philip: You're killing her.
  3. Blackbeard: I'm a bad man.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Alice K (24 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: If I do not make it to the fountain, neither will you.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Alice K (24 months ago)

• 1. Captain Jack Sparrow: Captain, I wish to report a mutiny. I can name fingers and point names.
  2. Blackbeard: Perfect.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Asif K (24 months ago)

• 1. Philip: You're killing her.
  2. Blackbeard: I'm a bad man.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Asif K (24 months ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: I'm a bad man.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Noel Joseph B (2 years ago)

• 1. Tai Lung: You can't defeat me! You're just a big fat panda!
  2. Po: I'm not a big fat panda. I'm THE big fat panda.
  From Kung Fu Panda. Submitted by Benny B (2 years ago)

• 1. Captain Jack Sparrow: Captain, I wish to report a mutiny! I can name fingers and point names.
  2. Blackbeard: No need, Mr. Sparrow. They are sheep. You, their Shepherd.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Midhav R (2 years ago)

• 1. Blackbeard: If I don't kill a man once in awhile, they forget who I am.
  From Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Submitted by Midhav R (2 years ago)

• 1. Coach: Don't talk to the other drivers. Frank never did. Part of the mystique. Let the mask do the work.
  From Death Race. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)