Ian McKellen
May 25, 1939 (85 years old) in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Critic as Jimmy Erskine
- 2024 · The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved as
- 2024 · The Life and Death of Lily Savage as Self
- 2024 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 2024 · ted as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The One Note Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Quintessentially British as Self
- 2022 · Hamlet Within as
- 2022 · Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen as Self
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self
- 2021 · Great British Theatre as
- 2021 · Infinitum: Subject Unknown as Dr. Charles Marland-White
- 2020 · Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU as
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet as
- 2019 · Cats as Gus, the Theatre Cat
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Roy Courtnay
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self
- 2018 · All Is True as Earl of Southampton
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: King Lear as King Lear
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as Himself
- 2017 · Animal Crackers as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
- 2017 · The Paul O'Grady Story as Himself
- 2017 · How a Kite Flies as Mr. Kite (voice)
- 2017 · Beauty and the Beast as Cogsworth
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self
- 2017 · Edmund the Magnificent as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage as Self
- 2016 · National Theatre Live: No Man's Land as Spooner
- 2016 · Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen as
- 2016 · Play the Devil: Making Richard III as
- 2016 · Shakespeare on Film as
- 2016 · All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2016 · The Roof as And Even Yet Another Fan
- 2015 · Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Dresser as Norman
- 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Gandalf the Grey
- 2014 · Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self
- 2014 · Trailblazer Honors as Speaker
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
- 2014 · Miss in Her Teens as The Prologue
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Gandalf the Grey
- 2013 · The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
- 2013 · The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Himself
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · The Wolverine as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
- 2013 · The Egg Trick as Magician
- 2013 · Vicious as Freddie Thornhill
- 2012 · Doctor Who: The Snowmen as The Great Intelligence (voice)
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gandalf the Grey
- 2012 · London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony as Himself
- 2011 · Looking for Lowry as Himself
- 2011 · The Betty Driver Story as Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan)
- 2010 · Lady Grey London as
- 2010 · Small-Time Revolutionary as Hamish Miller (voice)
- 2010 · A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Prisoner as 2 / Curtis
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Theatreland as Himself
- 2008 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
- 2007 · Stardust as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · For the Love of God as The Jackdaw
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Flushed Away as The Toad (voice)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
- 2006 · The Da Vinci Code as Sir Leigh Teabing
- 2006 · Saint of 9/11 as Narrator
- 2006 · Doogal as Zebedee (voice)
- 2005 · Asylum as Dr. Peter Cleave
- 2005 · Neverwas as Gabriel Finch
- 2005 · The Hobart Shakespeareans as Himself
- 2005 · Extras as Ian McKellen
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Voice of the Snowman
- 2005 · The Magic Roundabout as Zebedee (voice)
- 2005 · Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
- 2005 · Eighteen as Jason Anders (voice)
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2004 · Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! as Self
- 2004 · Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? as
- 2003 · The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
- 2003 · Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf the White
- 2003 · Churchill as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · X2 as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Émile as Emile
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Himself
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gandalf the White
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gandalf the Grey
- 2001 · A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2001 · Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! as Self
- 2000 · X-Men as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
- 2000 · X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Magneto'
- 2000 · Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Creakle
- 1999 · The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale as Self
- 1999 · Family Guy as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Kurt Dussander
- 1998 · Swept from the Sea as Dr. James Kennedy
- 1998 · Gods and Monsters as James Whale
- 1997 · Bent as Uncle Freddie
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Surviving Friendly Fire as
- 1997 · A Bit Of Scarlet as Narrator
- 1996 · An Evening with Lily Savage as Self
- 1996 · Rasputin as Tsar Nicholas II
- 1995 · Richard III as Richard III
- 1995 · Restoration as Will Gates
- 1995 · Jack & Sarah as William
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkadder
- 1994 · To Die For as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest as
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · The Shadow as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
- 1994 · David Macaulay: Roman City as Augustus Caesar (voice)
- 1994 · I'll Do Anything as John Earl McAlpine
- 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Geoffrey
- 1993 · Tales of the City as Archibald Anson Gidde
- 1993 · And the Band Played On as Bill Kraus
- 1993 · The Ballad of Little Jo as Percy Corcoran
- 1993 · Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up as Narration (voice)
- 1993 · Last Action Hero as Death
- 1992 · Gladio as Aldo Moro (voice)
- 1990 · Othello as Iago
- 1989 · The Simpsons as
- 1989 · Countdown to War as Adolf Hitler
- 1989 · Scandal as John Profumo
- 1988 · Windmills of the Gods as Chairman
- 1985 · Zina as Kronfeld
- 1985 · Plenty as Sir Andrew Charleson
- 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
- 1983 · The Keep as Dr. Theodore Cuza
- 1983 · Walter and June as Walter
- 1982 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as Chauvelin
- 1982 · Walter as Walter
- 1982 · Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare as
- 1981 · Pillar of Fire as Narrator
- 1981 · Priest of Love as D.H. Lawrence
- 1979 · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Alexander Ivanov
- 1979 · Macbeth as Macbeth
- 1978 · The Vanishing Army as
- 1978 · Armchair Thriller as Anthony Skipling
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · Playhouse as
- 1970 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 1970 · Edward II as King Edward
- 1969 · The Promise as
- 1969 · A Touch of Love as George
- Future · Hamlet Revenant as
- Future · Schadenfreude as Continuity Announcer
- Future · Dragfox as Ginger Snap the Fox
- Future · Marley as Scrooge (rumored)
- 1972 · Hedda Gabler as George Tesman
- 1972 · Country Matters as David Masterman
- 1970 · The Tragedy of King Richard II as King Richard II
- 1969 · Sesame Street as Himself
- 1969 · Alfred the Great as Roger
- 1966 · David Copperfield as David Copperfield
- 1965 · The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne as Wolf
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Captain Plume
- 1960 · Coronation Street as Mel Hutchwright
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- Future · Richard II as Richard II
- Future · Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary as Self