Ian McKellen

Actor

Born May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

Gandalf

Coming soon

Avengers: Doomsday

Magneto

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

L S Lowry

Schadenfreude

Continuity Announcer

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Self (archive footage)

The Christophers

Julian Sklar

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Billy & Dom Eat the World

Self

The Critic

Jimmy Erskine

Dragfox

Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

Self

Hamlet

ted

Narrator (voice)

The One Note Man

Narrator (voice)

Quintessentially British

Self

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

Self

Hamlet Within

Hating Peter Tatchell

Self

Amol Rajan Interviews

Self - Interviewed Guest

Great British Theatre

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Dr. Charles Marland-White

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

Reunited Apart

Self

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

Cats

Gus, the Theatre Cat

The Good Liar

Roy Courtnay

On Broadway

Self

The Isle

All Is True

Earl of Southampton

National Theatre Live: King Lear

King Lear

Animal Crackers

Horatio P. Huntington (voice)

McKellen: Playing the Part

Self

The Paul O'Grady Story

Self

How a Kite Flies

Mr. Kite (voice)

Beauty and the Beast

Cogsworth

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Self

Edmund the Magnificent

Self - Narrator (voice)

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Self

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Spooner

All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Self - Performer

The Roof

And Even Yet Another Fan

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

The Dresser

Norman

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

Self

X-Men: Unguarded

Self

Mr. Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Gandalf the Grey

Double Take: Xavier & Magneto

Self

X-Men: Reunited

Self

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Self

Trailblazer Honors

Self - Speaker

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Magneto

Miss in Her Teens

The Prologue

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gandalf the Grey

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

Self

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Self

Muse of Fire

Self

The Wolverine

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)

The Egg Trick

Magician

Vicious

Freddie Thornhill

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

The Great Intelligence (voice)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Gandalf the Grey

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Self

Looking for Lowry

Self

Perspectives

The Betty Driver Story

Self

The Talk

Self

Small-Time Revolutionary

Hamish Miller (voice)

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Narrator (voice)

The Prisoner

2 / Curtis

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Theatreland

Self

King Lear

The Golden Compass

Iorek Byrnison (voice)

Stardust

Narrator (voice)

The Graham Norton Show

Self - Guest

Guerrilla Distribution

Self

Flushed Away

The Toad (voice)

The One Show

Self - Guest

X-Men: The Last Stand

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

The Da Vinci Code

Sir Leigh Teabing

Saint of 9/11

Narrator

Doogal

Zebedee (voice)

Neverwas

Gabriel Finch

Asylum

Dr. Peter Cleave

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Self

Extras

Ian McKellen

The Magic Roundabout

Zebedee (voice)

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Self

Eighteen

Jason Anders (voice)

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Self

My First Time

Narrator

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

The Paul O'Grady Show

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Self

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

Self

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Self

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Gandalf

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Self

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

Self

Churchill

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Emile

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Gandalf

The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

Self

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Self

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Self

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Gandalf

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Self

Quest for the Ring

Self

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Narrator (voice)

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

Self

X-Men

Magneto

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Self - 'Magneto'

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Narrator (voice)

David Copperfield

Creakle

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

Self

After Stonewall

Self

Family Guy

Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)

Apt Pupil

Kurt Dussander

Gods and Monsters

James Whale

Swept from the Sea

Dr. James Kennedy

Parkinson

Self

Bent

Uncle Freddie

The View

Self - Guest

Surviving Friendly Fire

A Bit Of Scarlet

Narrator

HARDtalk

An Evening with Lily Savage

Self

Rasputin

Tsar Nicholas II

Richard III

Restoration

Will Gates

Jack & Sarah

William

Cold Comfort Farm

Amos Starkadder

To Die For

Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Self

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

Age of Dissent

Self

The Shadow

Dr. Reinhardt Lane

David Macaulay: Roman City

Augustus Caesar (voice)

I'll Do Anything

John Earl McAlpine

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Self

Camp Christmas

Six Degrees of Separation

Geoffrey

A Simple Matter of Justice

Self

Tales of the City

Archibald Anson Gidde

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

And the Band Played On

Bill Kraus

Late Show with David Letterman

Self - Guest

The Ballad of Little Jo

Percy Corcoran

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

Narration (voice)

Last Action Hero

Death

Gladio

Aldo Moro (voice)

Have I Got News for You

Self

Othello

Iago

The Simpsons

Ian McKellen (voice)

Countdown to War

Adolf Hitler

Scandal

John Profumo

Windmills of the Gods

Chairman

Scarfe's Follies

Süleyman the Magnificent

Narrator

Zina

Kronfeld

Plenty

Sir Andrew Charleson

Playing Shakespeare

The Keep

Dr. Theodore Cuza

Walter and June

Walter

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chauvelin

Walter

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

Pillar of Fire

Narrator

Priest of Love

D.H. Lawrence

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Alexander Ivanov

Macbeth

An Audience with...

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Playhouse

Alexander

Country Matters

David Masterman

Hamlet

Edward II

King Edward

The Tragedy of King Richard II

King Richard II

Sesame Street

Self

Alfred the Great

Roger

A Touch of Love

George

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Lyov

Omnibus

Self - Reading Poetry

ITV Playhouse

Tony

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

Wolf

BBC Play of the Month

Captain Plume

The Wednesday Play

Wolf

Coronation Street

Mel Hutchwright

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

The Oscars

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter