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Male
Birthday, Age
1939 May 25 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McKellen

Biography
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 (197

Known For

Actor ( 3 )
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Gandalf the Grey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Gandalf the Grey
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Gandalf the Grey

Full Filmography
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Gandalf
Movie • 2001-12-18
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Gandalf
Movie • 2002-12-18
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Gandalf
Movie • 2003-12-17
The Da Vinci Code
as Sir Leigh Teabing
Movie • 2006-05-17
Gods and Monsters
as James Whale
Movie • 1998-09-12
The Golden Compass
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Movie • 2007-12-04
Stardust
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2007-08-10
Swept from the Sea
as Dr. James Kennedy
Movie • 1998-01-23
Jack & Sarah
as William
Movie • 1995-06-02
And the Band Played On
as Bill Kraus
Movie • 1993-09-11
Six Degrees of Separation
as Geoffrey
Movie • 1993-12-08
Neverwas
as Gabriel Finch
Movie • 2005-09-09
Richard III
as Richard III
Movie • 1995-12-29
Flushed Away
as The Toad (voice)
Movie • 2006-10-22
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
Movie • 2020-06-11
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
Movie • 1982-11-09
Doogal
as Zebedee (voice)
Movie • 2006-02-24
Asylum
as Dr. Peter Cleave
Movie • 2005-09-09
The Shadow
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Movie • 1994-07-01
Scandal
as John Profumo
Movie • 1989-03-03
Cold Comfort Farm
as Amos Starkadder
Movie • 1995-01-01
Apt Pupil
as Kurt Dussander
Movie • 1998-10-23
Last Action Hero
as Death
Movie • 1993-06-18
The Keep
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
Movie • 1983-12-16
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Movie • 1979-02-02
Plenty
as Sir Andrew Charleson
Movie • 1985-09-20
Hamlet Within
Movie • 2022-05-21
Émile
as Emile
Movie • 2003-01-01
X-Men
as Magneto
Movie • 2000-07-13
X2
as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Movie • 2003-04-27
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Movie • 2006-05-24
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
as Wolf
Movie • 1965-11-10
An Evening with Lily Savage
as Self
Movie • 1996-11-11
King Lear
as King Lear
Movie • 2008-08-06
The Magic Roundabout
as Zebedee (voice)
Movie • 2004-10-24
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2000-05-05
Rasputin
as Tsar Nicholas II
Movie • 1996-03-23
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Gandalf the Grey
Movie • 2012-12-12
Priest of Love
as D.H. Lawrence
Movie • 1981-10-11
Gladio
as Aldo Moro (voice)
Movie • 1992-07-10
Bent
as Uncle Freddie
Movie • 1997-11-26
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Percy Corcoran
Movie • 1993-08-20
Alfred the Great
as Roger
Movie • 1969-10-08
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Gandalf the Grey
Movie • 2013-12-11
Walter
as Walter
Movie • 1982-11-02
Richard II
as Richard II
Movie •
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
as Self
Movie • 2000-08-29
Saint of 9/11
as Narrator
Movie • 2006-04-27
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Gandalf the Grey
Movie • 2014-12-10
Schadenfreude
as Continuity Announcer
Movie •
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Magneto
Movie • 2014-05-15
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
as Self
Movie • 2012-08-29
A Touch of Love
as George
Movie • 1969-09-01
Theatreland
as Himself
Movie • 2009-01-01
To Die For
as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Movie • 1994-12-02
Surviving Friendly Fire
Movie • 1997-06-21
Walter and June
as Walter
Movie • 1983-04-30
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
as Self
Movie • 2003-01-01
Muse of Fire
as Self
Movie • 2013-09-26
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
as Alexander Ivanov
Movie • 1979-11-14
A Bit Of Scarlet
as Narrator
Movie • 1997-06-20
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Movie • 1982-04-25
The Critic
as Jimmy Erskine
Movie • 2024-09-13
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2001-09-13
Miss in Her Teens
as The Prologue
Movie • 2014-04-15
Othello
as Iago
Movie • 1990-06-23
Zina
as Kronfeld
Movie • 1985-11-01
For the Love of God
as The Jackdaw
Movie • 2007-02-28
The One Note Man
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2023-08-08
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Movie • 2016-04-24
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Movie • 2024-02-27
Mr. Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 2015-06-19
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
Movie • 2004-03-27
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
as Narration (voice)
Movie • 1993-06-23
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Movie • 1994-09-23
I'll Do Anything
as John Earl McAlpine
Movie • 1994-02-04
The Wolverine
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Movie • 2013-07-21
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
Movie • 2013-11-23
Animal Crackers
as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
Movie • 2017-06-23
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Movie • 1970-11-07
The Hobart Shakespeareans
as Himself
Movie • 2005-09-06
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
as Self
Movie •
Quintessentially British
as Self
Movie • 2022-10-27
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
Movie • 2014-07-18
Looking for Lowry
as Himself
Movie • 2011-04-24
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Movie • 2015-11-01
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
as Self
Movie • 2024-03-29
The Dresser
as Norman
Movie • 2015-10-31
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
as The Great Intelligence (voice)
Movie • 2012-12-25
Lady Grey London
Movie • 2010-12-08
Beauty and the Beast
as Cogsworth
Movie • 2017-03-16
Edward II
as King Edward
Movie • 1970-08-06
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Movie • 2024-06-09
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Movie • 2016-04-23
The Promise
Movie • 1969-12-01
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Movie • 2004-12-14
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self
Movie • 2003-12-12
Restoration
as Will Gates
Movie • 1995-12-29
Hedda Gabler
as George Tesman
Movie • 1972-10-20
Dragfox
as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
Movie • 2024-08-31
The Roof
as And Even Yet Another Fan
Movie • 2016-03-31
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
Movie • 2003-02-11
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
Movie • 2003-11-25
The Art of Breaking Character
as Self
Movie • 2007-03-26
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
Movie • 2016-12-30
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
as Spooner
Movie • 2016-12-15
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
as Self
Movie • 2003-02-11
Quest for the Ring
as Self
Movie • 2001-11-29
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Movie • 2001-12-09
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2010-06-25
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
Movie • 2017-03-11
The Good Liar
as Roy Courtnay
Movie • 2019-11-08
The Betty Driver Story
as Self
Movie • 2011-02-01
The Paul O'Grady Story
as Self
Movie • 2017-06-23
McKellen: Playing the Part
as Himself
Movie • 2018-05-25
Cats
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
Movie • 2019-12-19
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
Movie • 2018-09-27
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
as Self
Movie • 2004-07-23
All Is True
as Earl of Southampton
Movie • 2018-12-21
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Augustus Caesar (voice)
Movie • 1994-02-15
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
as Self
Movie • 2003-12-26
Edmund the Magnificent
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2017-03-01
How a Kite Flies
as Mr. Kite (voice)
Movie • 2017-04-28
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self
Movie • 2001-12-23
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
as Self
Movie • 1999-06-08
The Egg Trick
as Magician
Movie • 2013-06-21
Hating Peter Tatchell
as Self
Movie • 2021-11-01
Eighteen
as Jason Anders (voice)
Movie • 2005-01-01
Small-Time Revolutionary
as Hamish Miller (voice)
Movie • 2010-07-22
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
Movie • 2005-01-21
The Tragedy of King Richard II
as King Richard II
Movie • 1970-07-30
Countdown to War
as Adolf Hitler
Movie • 1989-04-07
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
Movie • 2013-12-03
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
Movie • 2016-05-31
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
Movie • 2016-05-31
Shakespeare on Film
Movie • 2016-05-31
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
as Self - 'Magneto'
Movie • 2000-07-02
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
as Dr. Charles Marland-White
Movie • 2021-03-03
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Movie • 2020-04-05
On Broadway
as Self
Movie • 2019-10-12
Scarfe's Follies
Movie • 1988-01-28
Camp Christmas
Movie • 1993-12-24
The Christophers
Movie •
The Making of The Two Towers
Movie • 2003-04-01
The Making of the Return of the King
as Self
Movie • 2004-04-01
Süleyman the Magnificent
as Narrator
Movie • 1987-01-01
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
as Self
Movie • 2022-07-02
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
Movie • 2025-03-23
Avengers: Doomsday
as Magneto
Movie • 2026-12-18
Dragged Through Time
Movie • 2025-07-26
Graceless Go I
as Tony
Movie • 1974-10-08
After Stonewall
as Self
Movie • 1999-06-06
No Man's Land
as Spooner
Movie •
Dying Day
as Antony Skipling
Movie • 1980-02-12
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage)
Movie • 2025-09-10
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Tv • 1994-08-14
The Simpsons
as Ian McKellen (voice)
Tv • 1989-12-17
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tv • 2003-01-26
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2006-08-14
The View
as Self - Guest
Tv • 1997-08-11
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
Tv • 2002-06-08
The Paul O'Grady Show
Tv • 2004-10-11
Armchair Thriller
as Anthony Skipling
Tv • 1978-02-21
BBC Play of the Month
as Captain Plume
Tv • 1965-10-19
The Oscars
as Self
Tv • 1953-03-19
Churchill
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2003-10-08
Country Matters
as David Masterman
Tv • 1972-08-20
Vicious
as Freddie Thornhill
Tv • 2013-04-29
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
Tv • 2004-10-12
Extras
as Ian McKellen
Tv • 2005-07-21
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Tv • 1975-10-11
An Audience with...
as Self
Tv • 1978-01-08
Great British Theatre
Tv • 2021-06-12
David Copperfield
as Creakle
Tv • 1999-12-25
Windmills of the Gods
as Chairman
Tv • 1988-02-07
Playing Shakespeare
Tv • 1984-07-29
Sesame Street
as Himself
Tv • 1969-11-10
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Speaker
Tv • 2014-06-27
ted
as Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2024-01-11
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Tv • 2014-02-25
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2007-02-22
The Prisoner
as 2 / Curtis
Tv • 2009-11-15
Tales of the City
as Archibald Anson Gidde
Tv • 1993-09-28
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Tv • 2007-02-22
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2009-07-16
Family Guy
as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
Tv • 1999-01-31
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Tv • 2003-02-21
Reunited Apart
as Self
Tv • 2020-04-27
Coronation Street
as Mel Hutchwright
Tv • 1960-12-09
Perspectives
Tv • 2011-04-24
Pillar of Fire
as Narrator
Tv • 1981-11-10
Parkinson
as Self
Tv • 1998-01-09
Have I Got News for You
as Self
Tv • 1990-09-28
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Tv • 2014-12-21
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1944-01-20
Billy & Dom Eat the World
as Himself
Tv • 2025-01-12
Omnibus
as Self - Reading Poetry
Tv • 1967-10-13
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Tv • 1956-04-01
Playhouse
as Alexander
Tv • 1974-03-13
BBC Play of the Month
as Simon Bliss
Tv • 1965-10-19
BBC Play of the Month
as Ross / T.E. Lawrence
Tv • 1965-10-19
BBC Play of the Month
as George Tesman
Tv • 1965-10-19
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1956-04-01
David Copperfield
as David Copperfield
Tv • 1966-01-16
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