Ian McKellen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, eight BAFTA film and TV nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films. McKellen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and was made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours.
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- Born:
- May 25, 1939 In Burnley, England
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 124
- First Appeared:
- In the series Jackanory
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hamlet Revenant 2024
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2024 | |
| Series | Jackanory | Reader | 2024 |
| Movie | Hating Peter Tatchell | Self | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
| Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | McKellen: Playing the Part | Himself | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: King Lear | King Lear | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | All Is True | Earl of Southampton | 2018-12-21 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | The Paul O'Grady Story | Himself | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | How a Kite Flies | Mr. Kite (voice) | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | 2016-04-23 | |
| Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
| Movie | X-Men: Apocalypse | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Older) | 2016-05-18 |
| Movie | Play the Devil: Making Richard III | 2016-05-31 | |
| Movie | Shakespeare on Film | 2016-05-31 | |
| Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Movie | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-01 |
| Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-23 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
| Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Himself | 2012-08-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf | 2012-11-26 |
| Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | 2011-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Movie | Saint of 9/11 | Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Himself | 2006-02-12 |
| Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Himself | 2005-09-06 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Voice of the Snowman | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
| Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-01 |
| Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
| Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Himself | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | X-Men | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-01-21 |
| Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | A Bit Of Scarlet | Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Roman City | Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | And the Band Played On | Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-09-28 |
| Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
| Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
| Series | Playing Shakespeare | 1984-07-29 | |
| Movie | The Keep | Dr. Theodore Cuza | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | Walter and June | Walter | 1983-04-30 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
| Movie | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | 1982-04-25 | |
| Movie | Walter | Walter | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | Priest of Love | D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
| Series | Pillar of Fire | Narrator | 1981-11-10 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Army | 1978-11-29 | |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Playhouse | 1974-03-13 | |
| Series | Country Matters | David Masterman | 1972-08-20 |
| Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
| Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
| Series | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 1966-01-16 |
| Series | Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Series | Coronation Street | Unknown | 1960-12-09 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |