Ian McKellen
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 i…
Also Known As
Sir Ian McKellen · Sir Ian Murray McKellen · Ian McKellern
Acting (50)
Schadenfreude
Continuity Announcer
Hamlet Within
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Gandalf the Grey
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Magneto
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gandalf the Grey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gandalf the Grey
King Lear
King Lear
The Golden Compass
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Stardust
Narrator (voice)
Flushed Away
The Toad (voice)
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 Magic Roundabout
Zebedee (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gandalf
X2
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Emile
Emile
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gandalf
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Self
X-Men
Magneto
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Narrator (voice)
Apt Pupil
Kurt Dussander
Gods and Monsters
James Whale
Swept from the Sea
Dr. James Kennedy
Bent
Uncle Freddie
An Evening with Lily Savage
Self
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II
Richard III
Richard III
Jack & Sarah
William
Cold Comfort Farm
Amos Starkadder
The Shadow
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Six Degrees of Separation
Geoffrey
And the Band Played On
Bill Kraus
The Ballad of Little Jo
Percy Corcoran
Last Action Hero
Death
Gladio
Aldo Moro (voice)
Scandal
John Profumo
Plenty
Sir Andrew Charleson
The Keep
Dr. Theodore Cuza
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
Walter
Walter
Priest of Love
D.H. Lawrence
Macbeth
Macbeth
Alfred the Great
Roger
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Wolf
