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Ian McKellen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/05/1939

Age

86 years old

Place of Birth

Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McKellen

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.... Read More

Known For

The Critic

Hamlet

The One Note Man

Hamlet Within

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

Mr. Holmes

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Filmography

Cast

2024

The Critic

as Jimmy Erskine

2024

Hamlet

as Hamlet

2023

The One Note Man

as Narrator (voice)

2022

Hamlet Within

2020

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Sha...

2016

All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on...

as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)

2015

Mr. Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armie...

as Gandalf the Grey

2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Magneto

2014

Miss in Her Teens

as The Prologue

2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Gandalf the Grey

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as Self

2013

Muse of Fire

as Self

2013

The Wolverine

as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Gandalf the Grey

2012

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremon...

as Self

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

2006

Flushed Away

as The Toad (voice)

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

2006

The Da Vinci Code

as Sir Leigh Teabing

2006

Saint of 9/11

as Narrator

2006

Doogal

as Zebedee (voice)

2005

Neverwas

as Gabriel Finch

2005

Asylum

as Dr. Peter Cleave

2004

The Magic Roundabout

as Zebedee (voice)

2004

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think H...

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the...

as Gandalf

2003

X2

as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

2003

Émile

as Emile

2003

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memor...

as Self

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Gandalf

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of...

as Gandalf

2001

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

as Narrator (voice)

2000

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Rev...

as Self

2000

X-Men

as Magneto

2000

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

as Narrator (voice)

1998

Apt Pupil

as Kurt Dussander

1998

Gods and Monsters

as James Whale

1998

Swept from the Sea

as Dr. James Kennedy

1997

Bent

as Uncle Freddie

1997

Surviving Friendly Fire

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

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...

1994

The Shadow

as Dr. Reinhardt Lane

1994

I'll Do Anything

as John Earl McAlpine

1993

Six Degrees of Separation

as Geoffrey

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

Scandal

as John Profumo

1985

Zina

as Kronfeld

1985

Plenty

as Sir Andrew Charleson

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

1981

Priest of Love

as D.H. Lawrence

1979

Macbeth

as Macbeth

1969

Alfred the Great

as Roger

2024

Dragfox

as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)

2024

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

as Self

2022

Quintessentially British

as Self

2019

Cats

as Gus, the Theatre Cat

2019

The Good Liar

as Roy Courtnay

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 Self

2017

Beauty and the Beast

as Cogsworth

2017

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

as Self

2016

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

as Self

2016

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

as Spooner

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

2014

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

2012

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

as The Great Intelligence (voice)

2011

Looking for Lowry

as Himself

2011

The Betty Driver Story

as Self

2010

Lady Grey London

2010

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

as Narrator (voice)

2007

The Art of Breaking Character

as Self

2005

The Hobart Shakespeareans

as Himself

2004

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Retur...

as Self

2003

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

as Self

2003

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Maki...

2003

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

2003

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

as Self

2001

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lo...

as Self

2001

Quest for the Ring

as Self

1972

Hedda Gabler

as George Tesman

1970

Hamlet

as Hamlet

2026

Avengers: Doomsday

as Magneto

2025

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of...

as Self (archive footage)

2025

Dragged Through Time

2025

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

2022

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

as Self

2021

Hating Peter Tatchell

as Self

2021

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

as Dr. Charles Marland-White

2020

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

2019

On Broadway

as Self

2018

All Is True

as Earl of Southampton

2017

How a Kite Flies

as Mr. Kite (voice)

2017

Edmund the Magnificent

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016

Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhe...

2016

Shakespeare on Film

2016

Play the Devil: Making Richard III

2013

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

as Self

2013

The Egg Trick

as Magician

2010

Small-Time Revolutionary

as Hamish Miller (voice)

2005

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

as Self

2005

Eighteen

as Jason Anders (voice)

2004

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

as Self

2004

The Making of the Return of the King

as Self

2003

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

as Self

2003

The Making of The Two Towers

2001

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the ...

as Self

2000

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

as Self - 'Magneto'

1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journe...

as Self

1999

After Stonewall

as Self

1995

Restoration

as Will Gates

1994

David Macaulay: Roman City

as Augustus Caesar (voice)

1993

Camp Christmas

1989

Countdown to War

as Adolf Hitler

1988

Scarfe's Follies

1970

The Tragedy of King Richard II

as King Richard II

1987

Süleyman the Magnificent

as Narrator

1980

Dying Day

as Antony Skipling

1979

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

as Alexander Ivanov

1974

Graceless Go I

as Tony

1970

Edward II

as King Edward

1969

The Promise

1969

A Touch of Love

as George

1965

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampay...

as Wolf

Crew

2019

The Isle

as Associate Producer

1995

Richard III

as Executive Producer

1995

Richard III

as Screenplay