Ian McKellen
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.
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- Born:
- May 25, 1939 In Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 148
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hamlet Revenant 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
| Movie | A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Schadenfreude | Continuity Announcer | 2025 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2024-02-27 |
| Movie | The Life and Death of Lily Savage | Self | 2024-03-29 |
| Movie | The Critic | Jimmy Erskine | 2024-09-13 |
| Movie | The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved | 2024-06-09 | |
| Movie | The One Note Man | Narrator (voice) | 2023-08-08 |
| Movie | Quintessentially British | Self | 2022-10-27 |
| Movie | Hamlet Within | 2022-05-21 | |
| Movie | Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen | Self | 2022-03-03 |
| Movie | Infinitum: Subject Unknown | Dr. Charles Marland-White | 2021-03-03 |
| Movie | Hating Peter Tatchell | Self | 2021-11-01 |
| Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
| Movie | On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | McKellen: Playing the Part | Himself | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | All Is True | Earl of Southampton | 2018-12-21 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: King Lear | King Lear | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | Edmund the Magnificent | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | How a Kite Flies | Mr. Kite (voice) | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | The Paul O'Grady Story | Self | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
| Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf the Grey | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf the Grey | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Self | 2012-08-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf the Grey | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Self | 2011-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Small-Time Revolutionary | Hamish Miller (voice) | 2010-07-22 |
| Movie | A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation | Narrator (voice) | 2010-06-25 |
| Movie | Theatreland | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Saint of 9/11 | Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Himself | 2005-09-06 |
| Series | Extras | Ian McKellen | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Voice of the Snowman | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? | 2004-03-27 | |
| Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Self | 2004-07-23 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-17 |
| Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Magneto' | 2000-07-02 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! | Self | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | X-Men | Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| Movie | The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale | Self | 1999-06-08 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Movie | A Bit Of Scarlet | Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | An Evening with Lily Savage | Self | 1996-11-11 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Roman City | Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Movie | Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up | Narration (voice) | 1993-06-23 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-09-28 |
| Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 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 | Gladio | Aldo Moro (voice) | 1992-07-10 |
| Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Countdown to War | Adolf Hitler | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Series | Windmills of the Gods | Chairman | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
| 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 | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Army | 1978-11-29 | |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Playhouse | 1974-03-13 | |
| Movie | Hedda Gabler | George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
| Series | Country Matters | David Masterman | 1972-08-20 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 1970-11-07 |
| Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of King Richard II | King Richard II | 1970-07-30 |
| Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
| Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
| Series | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 1966-01-16 |
| Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne | Wolf | 1965-11-10 |
| Series | Coronation Street | Unknown | 1960-12-09 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |