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Ian McKellen
Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn May 25, 1939 (86 years)
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards.
McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart.
McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III(1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019).
McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG.
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McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart.
McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III(1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019).
McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG.
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| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday · as Magneto |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Hamlet · as Hamlet |
| 2024 | ted (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Critic · as Jimmy Erskine |
| 2023 | The One Note Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Great British Theatre (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Infinitum: Subject Unknown · as Dr. Charles Marland-White |
| 2019 | Cats · as Gus, The Theatre Cat |
| 2019 | The Good Liar · as Roy Courtnay |
| 2018 | All Is True · as Earl Of Southampton |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: King Lear · as King Lear |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers · as Horatio P. Huntington (voice) |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Cogsworth |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land · as Spooner |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Eurovision Song Contest · as Freddie Thornhill |
| 2015 | The Dresser · as Norman |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2015 | The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special · as Gandalf |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Gandalf The Grey |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past · as Magneto |
| 2014 | Miss in Her Teens · as The Prologue |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Gandalf The Grey |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Richard Iii |
| 2013 | The Wolverine · as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) |
| 2013 | The Egg Trick · as Magician |
| 2013 | Vicious (TV Series) · as Freddie Thornhill |
| 2012 | Doctor Who: The Snowmen · as The Great Intelligence (voice) |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Gandalf The Grey |
| 2012 | London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony: Enlightenment · as The Tempest - Prospero |
| 2011 | Perspectives (TV Series) |
| 2010 | A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Academy · as Murray |
| 2009 | The Prisoner (2009) (TV Series) · as 2 / Curtis |
| 2008 | King Lear · as King Lear |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass · as Iorek Byrnison (voice) |
| 2007 | BBC World News America (TV Series) · as Hamlet |
| 2007 | Stardust · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Flushed Away · as The Toad (voice) |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code · as Sir Leigh Teabing |
| 2006 | Saint of 9/11 · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Displaced · as Cast |
| 2006 | Doogal · as Zebedee (voice) |
| 2005 | Neverwas · as Gabriel Finch |
| 2005 | Asylum · as Dr. Peter Cleave |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Great Intelligence |
| 2005 | Eighteen · as Jason Anders (voice) |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Magic Roundabout · as Zebedee (voice) |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Gandalf |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos · as Nosferatu |
| 2003 | X2: X-Men United · as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Gandalf |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster · as James Whale |
| 2002 | Lord of the Piercing · as Gandalf |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Gandalf |
| 2001 | Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | X-Men · as Magneto |
| 2000 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | William Shakespeare · as Richard Iii |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) (TV Series) · as Creakle |
| 1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself · as Mr. Mckellen |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice) |
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters · as James Whale |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil · as Kurt Dussander |
| 1997 | Swept from the Sea · as Dr. James Kennedy |
| 1997 | The Great Composers (TV Series) · as Tchaikovsky |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | A Bit of Scarlet · as Narrator |
| 1996 | Rasputin · as Tsar Nicholas Ii |
| 1995 | Restoration · as Will Gates |
| 1995 | Richard III · as Richard Iii |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah · as William |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm · as Amos Starkadder |
| 1994 | Heaven's a Drag · as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | The Shadow · as Dr. Reinhardt Lane |
| 1994 | David Macaulay: Roman City · as Augustus Caesar (voice) |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything · as John Earl Mcalpine |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation · as Geoffrey |
| 1993 | Tales of the City (TV Series) · as Archibald Anson Gidde |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On · as Bill Kraus |
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo · as Percy Corcoran |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero · as Death |
| 1991 | Pet Shop Boys: Videography · as Nosferatu |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Ian Mckellen (voice) |
| 1989 | Countdown to War · as Adolf Hitler |
| 1989 | Scandal · as John Profumo |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods (TV Series) · as Chairman |
| 1988 | Süleyman the Magnificent · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Zina · as Kronfeld |
| 1985 | Plenty · as Sir Andrew Charleson |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Iago |
| 1985 | Explorer (TV Series) · as Gandalf The Grey |
| 1983 | The Keep · as Dr. Theodore Cuza |
| 1983 | Walter & June · as Walter |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel · as Chauvelin |
| 1982 | Walter · as Walter |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) · as Aldo Moro |
| 1982 | Playing Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Pillar of Fire (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1981 | Priest of Love · as D.h. Lawrence |
| 1979 | Macbeth · as Macbeth |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller (TV Series) · as Anthony Skipling |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Alexander |
| 1972 | Country Matters (TV Series) · as David Masterman |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as King Lear |
| 1970 | Hamlet · as Hamlet |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1970 | Edward II · as King Edward |
| 1970 | The Tragedy of King Richard II · as King Richard Ii |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great · as Roger |
| 1969 | A Touch of Love · as George |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Lyov |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1966 | David Copperfield (TV Series) · as David Copperfield |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Captain Plume |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Wolf |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Mel Hutchwright |