Al Swearengen Archives

McShane starred in the British crime comedy series Lovejoy and is now most famous for playing Wednesday on American Gods and Al Swearengen on Deadwood. Paul Darrow Never Stopped Working Apart from Blake's 7, Darrow appeared in over 200 TV shows in Britain, including Z Cars, The Saint, Emmerdale, Holyoaks, Doctor Who (both in the 1970s and[...]

The Shakespeare-with-swearing series from creator David Milch is getting a feature-length movie release from HBO, which will reportedly pick up in the South Dakota mining town post-statehood. Ian McShanePhoto by Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com During the HBO TCA (Television Critics Association) Winter Press Tour Panel, series star Ian McShane (Al Swearengen, proprietor of Deadwood saloon The Gem) offered some[...]

Perhaps the best thing to come from the newly found "let's remake, revival EVERYTHING" craze sweeping Hollywood and the TVverse is HBO making good on

And who can forget his turn on HBO's Deadwood as Al Swearengen, owner of the Gem Saloon and all-around force of destruction with a black-belt in dropping f-bombs. McShane's enjoyed a fulfilling acting career that's spanned over a half-century…one that's survived even this:   Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to Blackburn, Lancashire-born McShane as… Drug dealer[...]