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Aliases: Иэн МакКеллен , Sir Ian McKellen , Sir Ian Murray McKellen , Σερ Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ian McKellern , 이안 맥켈런 , イアン・マッケラン , 伊恩·麦凯伦 , 伊恩·麥克連 , Єн Маккеллен , ایان مک‌کلن , ی ین مک‌کلن , إيان ماكلين

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Homepage: http://www.mckellen.com

Movie Involvements: 107

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

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 (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McKellen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Coronation Street
Average
5

Coronation Street

(1960) Mel Hutchwright
Who Do You Think You Are?
Average
7
Tony Awards
Average
5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Winner
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(2005) Voice of the Snowman
Avengers: Doomsday
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0

Avengers: Doomsday

(2026) Magneto
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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8
BBC Play of the Month
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5

BBC Play of the Month

(1965) Captain Plume
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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8

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2026 Magneto
2025 N/A
Himself
2024 Jimmy Erskine
Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking)
N/A
Self
Hamlet
Narrator (voice)
2023 Narrator (voice)
2022 Self
Self
N/A
2021 Self
N/A
Dr. Charles Marland-White
2020 N/A
Self
N/A
2019 Gus, the Theatre Cat
Roy Courtnay
Self
2018 Earl of Southampton
King Lear
Himself
2017 Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
Self
Mr. Kite (voice)
Cogsworth
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016 Self
Spooner
N/A
N/A
N/A
Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Self - Performer
And Even Yet Another Fan
2015 Self (archive footage)
Norman
Sherlock Holmes
2014 Self
Gandalf the Grey
Self
Self - Speaker
Magneto
The Prologue
Self
2013 Gandalf the Grey
Self
Self
Self
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Magician
Freddie Thornhill
2012 The Great Intelligence (voice)
Gandalf the Grey
Self
2011 N/A
Himself
Self
2010 N/A
Hamish Miller (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
2009 2 / Curtis
Self - Guest
Himself
2008 King Lear
2007 Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Self
The Jackdaw
Self - Guest
Self
2006 The Toad (voice)
Self - Guest
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Sir Leigh Teabing
Narrator
Zebedee (voice)
2005 Gabriel Finch
Dr. Peter Cleave
Himself
Ian McKellen
Voice of the Snowman
Self
Jason Anders (voice)
2004 Self
Zebedee (voice)
Self
N/A
Self
Self
N/A
2003 Self
Gandalf
Self
N/A
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
N/A
Self
N/A
Self
N/A
Emile
Self
2002 Gandalf
Self
Gandalf the Grey (archive footage)
2001 Self
Gandalf
Self
Self
Narrator (voice)
2000 Self
Magneto
Self - 'Magneto'
Narrator (voice)
1999 Creakle
Self
Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
1998 Kurt Dussander
James Whale
Dr. James Kennedy
Self
1997 Uncle Freddie
Self - Guest
N/A
Narrator
1996 Self
Tsar Nicholas II
1995 Richard III
Will Gates
William
Amos Starkadder
1994 Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
N/A
Self
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Augustus Caesar (voice)
John Earl McAlpine
1993 N/A
Geoffrey
Archibald Anson Gidde
Bill Kraus
Percy Corcoran
Narration (voice)
Death
1992 Aldo Moro (voice)
1990 Self
Iago
1989 Ian McKellen (voice)
Adolf Hitler
John Profumo
1988 Chairman
N/A
1985 Kronfeld
Sir Andrew Charleson
1984 N/A
1983 Dr. Theodore Cuza
Walter
1982 Chauvelin
Walter
N/A
1981 Narrator
D.H. Lawrence
1979 Alexander Ivanov
Macbeth
1978 Anthony Skipling
Self
1975 Self - Host
1974 N/A
1972 George Tesman
David Masterman
1970 Hamlet
King Edward
King Richard II
1969 N/A
Himself
Roger
George
1967 Self - Reading Poetry
1966 David Copperfield
1965 Wolf
Captain Plume
1960 Mel Hutchwright
1956 Self - Winner
1953 Self
1944 Self - Presenter
Self - Interviewed Guest
N/A
Richard II
Continuity Announcer
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Associate Producer
1995 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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