Ian McKellen

Birthday:

05/25/1939

Place of birth:

Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK:

Biography:

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 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.



Credits

Hamlet (2024)
Hamlet
The Critic (2023)
Jimmy Erskine
The One Note Man (2023)
Narrator (voice)
Quintessentially British (2022)
Self
Hamlet Within (2022)
Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen (2022)
Self
Hating Peter Tatchell (2021)
Self
Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021)
Dr. Charles Marland-White
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU (2020)
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet (2020)
Cats (2019)
Gus, the Theatre Cat
The Good Liar (2019)
Roy Courtnay
On Broadway (2019)
Self
All Is True (2018)
Earl of Southampton
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
King Lear
McKellen: Playing the Part (2018)
Himself
Animal Crackers (2017)
Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
The Paul O'Grady Story (2017)
Himself
How a Kite Flies (2017)
Mr. Kite (voice)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Cogsworth
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
Self
Edmund the Magnificent (2017)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)
Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (2016)
Spooner
Play the Devil: Making Richard III (2016)
Shakespeare on Film (2016)
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen (2016)
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016)
Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
Self - Performer
The Roof (2016)
And Even Yet Another Fan
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
Self (archive footage)
The Dresser (2015)
Norman
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Sherlock Holmes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Gandalf
Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014)
Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Miss in Her Teens (2014)
The Prologue
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Gandalf
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin (2013)
Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
Himself
Muse of Fire (2013)
Self
The Wolverine (2013)
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
The Egg Trick (2013)
Magician
Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
The Great Intelligence (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Gandalf
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony (2012)
Himself
Looking for Lowry (2011)
Himself
The Betty Driver Story (2011)
Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan)
Small-Time Revolutionary (2010)
Hamish Miller (voice)
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (2010)
Narrator (voice)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Self (archive footage)
Theatreland (2009)
Himself
King Lear (2008)
King Lear
The Golden Compass (2007)
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Stardust (2007)
Narrator (voice)
For the Love of God (2007)
The Jackdaw
Flushed Away (2006)
The Toad (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Sir Leigh Teabing
Saint of 9/11 (2006)
Narrator
Doogal (2006)
Zebedee (voice)
Asylum (2005)
Dr. Peter Cleave
Neverwas (2005)
Gabriel Finch
The Hobart Shakespeareans (2005)
Himself
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Zebedee (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)
Self
Eighteen (2005)
Jason Anders (voice)
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
Himself
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? (2004)
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003)
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Gandalf
X2 (2003)
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
X-Men: Premieres Around the World (2003)
Self
Émile (2003)
Emile
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories (2003)
Himself
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Gandalf
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Gandalf
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001)
Self
Quest for the Ring (2001)
Self
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001)
Narrator (voice)
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! (2000)
Self
X-Men (2000)
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
Self - 'Magneto'
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
Narrator (voice)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)
Self
Apt Pupil (1998)
Kurt Dussander
Swept from the Sea (1998)
Dr. James Kennedy
Gods and Monsters (1998)
James Whale
Bent (1997)
Uncle Freddie
Surviving Friendly Fire (1997)
A Bit Of Scarlet (1997)
Narrator
An Evening with Lily Savage (1996)
Self
Rasputin (1996)
Tsar Nicholas II
Richard III (1995)
Richard III
Restoration (1995)
Will Gates
Jack & Sarah (1995)
William
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Amos Starkadder
To Die For (1994)
Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)
The Shadow (1994)
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)
Augustus Caesar (voice)
I'll Do Anything (1994)
John Earl McAlpine
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Geoffrey
And the Band Played On (1993)
Bill Kraus
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
Percy Corcoran
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up (1993)
Narration (voice)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Death
Gladio (1992)
Aldo Moro (voice)
Othello (1990)
Iago
Countdown to War (1989)
Adolf Hitler
Scandal (1989)
John Profumo
Zina (1985)
Kronfeld
Plenty (1985)
Sir Andrew Charleson
The Keep (1983)
Dr. Theodore Cuza
Walter and June (1983)
Walter
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Chauvelin
Walter (1982)
Walter
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982)
Priest of Love (1981)
D.H. Lawrence
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979)
Alexander Ivanov
Macbeth (1979)
Macbeth
The Vanishing Army (1978)
Hedda Gabler (1972)
George Tesman
Hamlet (1970)
Hamlet
Edward II (1970)
King Edward
The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
King Richard II
The Promise (1969)
Alfred the Great (1969)
Roger
A Touch of Love (1969)
George
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965)
Wolf
Richard II ()
Richard II
Schadenfreude ()
Continuity Announcer
Dragfox ()
Ginger Snap the Fox
Hamlet Revenant ()
Untitled "Anthony Hopkins" documentary ()
Self
Marley ()
Scrooge (rumored)
The Isle (2019)
Associate Producer
Richard III (1995)
Screenplay
Richard III (1995)
Executive Producer