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