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)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Gandalf the Grey
Sesame Street
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gandalf
Coronation Street
Mel Hutchwright
Avengers: Doomsday
Magneto
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gandalf the Grey
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gandalf the Grey
Beauty and the Beast
Cogsworth
ted
Narrator (voice)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Magneto
Flushed Away
The Toad (voice)
The Oscars
Self
The Good Liar
Roy Courtnay
The Da Vinci Code
Sir Leigh Teabing
The Golden Compass
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Extras
Ian McKellen
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
Omnibus
Self - Reading Poetry
Last Action Hero
Death
The Dresser
Norman
Playhouse
Alexander
Stardust
Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self
To Die For
Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
Zebedee (voice)
Cats
Gus, the Theatre Cat
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
Edward II
King Edward
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
Apt Pupil
Kurt Dussander
Walter and June
Walter
The Christophers
Julian Sklar
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
Scandal
John Profumo
Countdown to War
Adolf Hitler
Hamlet
Hamlet
Bent
Uncle Freddie
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
Spooner
An Evening with Lily Savage
Self
McKellen: Playing the Part
Himself
The Wednesday Play
Wolf
Swept from the Sea
Dr. James Kennedy
For the Love of God
The Jackdaw
Muse of Fire
Self
Plenty
Sir Andrew Charleson
Cold Comfort Farm
Amos Starkadder
Dragfox
Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Himself
David Copperfield
Creakle
Richard III
Richard III
Camp Christmas
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
Small-Time Revolutionary
Hamish Miller (voice)
I'll Do Anything
John Earl McAlpine
The Betty Driver Story
Self
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
The Prisoner
2 / Curtis
A Bit Of Scarlet
Narrator
The Promise
The Egg Trick
Magician
Mr. Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Macbeth
Macbeth
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Speaker
Othello
Iago
Vicious
Freddie Thornhill
The Shadow
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Self
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
The Keep
Dr. Theodore Cuza
Tales of the City
Archibald Anson Gidde
Hedda Gabler
George Tesman
Jack & Sarah
William
Emile
Emile
Neverwas
Gabriel Finch
The One Note Man
Narrator (voice)
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Scarfe's Follies
Six Degrees of Separation
Geoffrey
The Critic
Jimmy Erskine
Animal Crackers
Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
Priest of Love
D.H. Lawrence
Windmills of the Gods
Chairman
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Narrator (voice)
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Quintessentially British
Self
Alfred the Great
Roger
Hating Peter Tatchell
Self
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
And the Band Played On
Bill Kraus
Shakespeare on Film
All Is True
Earl of Southampton
The Wolverine
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Dr. Charles Marland-White
The Roof
And Even Yet Another Fan
Asylum
Dr. Peter Cleave
Frank and Percy
Percy
Restoration
Will Gates
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
King Lear
King Lear
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self
Gods and Monsters
James Whale
Looking for Lowry
Himself
Graceless Go I
Tony
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Perspectives
Dragged Through Time
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Gandalf
Surviving Friendly Fire
Doogal
Zebedee (voice)
A Touch of Love
George
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Self
Hamlet
Hamlet
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Self - 'Magneto'
Eighteen
Jason Anders (voice)
Miss in Her Teens
The Prologue
Playing Shakespeare
Zina
Kronfeld
The Ballad of Little Jo
Percy Corcoran
The Tragedy of King Richard II
King Richard II
Armchair Thriller
Anthony Skipling
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Self
Saint of 9/11
Narrator
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
The Great Intelligence (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
Augustus Caesar (voice)
Billy & Dom Eat the World
Himself
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Country Matters
David Masterman
After Stonewall
Self
Walter
Walter
Pillar of Fire
Narrator
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self
My First Time
Narrator
Theatreland
Himself
X-Men
Magneto
X2
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
X-Men: The Last Stand
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
On Broadway
Self
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Narrator (voice)
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Wolf
Quest for the Ring
Self
Great British Theatre
Lady Grey London
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
Gladio
Aldo Moro (voice)
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Narration (voice)
Richard II
Richard II
Churchill
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Self
Edmund the Magnificent
Self - Narrator (voice)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Alexander Ivanov
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Himself (archive footage)
How a Kite Flies
Mr. Kite (voice)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
Self
Schadenfreude
Continuity Announcer
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
Self
Dying Day
Antony Skipling
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Hamlet Within
No Man's Land
Spooner
Guerrilla Distribution
Himself
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Self
The Paul O'Grady Story
Self
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Narrator (voice)
Süleyman the Magnificent
Narrator
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
The Art of Breaking Character
Self
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Self
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The One Show
Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
An Audience with...
Self
Parkinson
Self
Reunited Apart
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self