Ian McShane — English Actor born on September 29, 1942,

Ian David McShane is a British actor, voice actor, director, and producer. Despite appearing in numerous films, he is best known for his television roles, particularly BBC's Lovejoy,HBO's drama series Deadwood and Game of Thrones. He also starred as King Silas Benjamin in the NBC series Kings, Bishop Waleran in The Pillars of the Earth, Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda, and as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides... (wikipedia)

The bad boy: always more fun.
You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.