Ian McKellen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 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. McKellen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and was made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours.
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- Born:
- May 25, 1939 In Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 118
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Academy Awards 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Series Pillar of Fire 2018
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Pillar of Fire | Unknown | 2018 |
| Series | Jackanory | Reader | 2018 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | 2017-03-11 | |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | 2016-04-23 | |
| Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Himself | 2016-12-30 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
| Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | X-Men: Unguarded | Himself | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | The Battle of Dol Guldur | Gandalf | 2015-03-18 |
| Movie | Mutant vs. Machine | Himself | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Old) | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | X-Men: Reunited | Himself | 2014-11-14 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf | 2014-12-10 |
| Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-23 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | 2013-11-23 | |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Himself | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Himself | 2012-08-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | 2012-12-25 | |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf | 2012-11-26 |
| Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | 2011-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
| Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | Saint of 9/11 | Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Doogal | Zebedee | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Excitement Continues | Himself | 2006-10-02 |
| Movie | X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy | Himself | 2006-10-02 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Voice of the Snowman | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee | 2005-01-19 |
| Series | Extras | Ian McKellen | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Himself | 2005-09-06 |
| Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
| Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | X-Factor: The Look of X-Men | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 | Himself | 2003-11-25 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf the White | 2003-12-01 |
| Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
| Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-24 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf the White | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Himself | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Himself | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf the Grey | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Rings | Himself | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Movie | X-Men: Production Scrapbook | Himself | 2000-11-02 |
| Movie | X-Men | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-01-21 |
| Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | A Bit Of Scarlet | Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-05-08 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey Miller | 1993-12-08 |
| Movie | And the Band Played On | Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
| Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1986-07-22 |
| Movie | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | Playing Shakespeare | 1984-07-29 | |
| Movie | Walter and June | Walter | 1983-04-30 |
| Movie | The Keep | Dr. Theodore Cuza | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | 1982-04-25 | |
| Movie | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
| Movie | Walter | Walter | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | Priest of Love | D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
| Movie | A Performance of Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Playhouse | 1974-03-13 | |
| Series | Country Matters | David Masterman | 1972-08-20 |
| Movie | Hedda Gabler | George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
| Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| Movie | A Touch of Love | George Matthews | 1969-08-19 |
| Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
| Series | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 1966-01-16 |
| Series | Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Series | Coronation Street | Unknown | 1960-12-09 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |