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:
- 177
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
- Latest Project:
- Movie Quintessentially British 2022-10-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Marley | Scrooge (rumored) | 2025 |
| Movie | Untitled "Anthony Hopkins" documentary | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
| Movie | Quintessentially British | Self | 2022-10-27 |
| Movie | The Hill | Officer Stonekirk | 2021 |
| Movie | Infinitum: Subject Unknown | Dr. Charles Marland-White | 2021-03-03 |
| Movie | Hating Peter Tatchell | Self | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
| Movie | All Is True | Earl of Southampton | 2018-12-21 |
| Movie | McKellen: Playing the Part | Himself | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: King Lear | King Lear | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | The Paul O'Grady Story | Himself | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | British Airways Safety Video: Director's Cut | Self | 2017-07-17 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | How a Kite Flies | Mr. Kite (voice) | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Movie | Edmund the Magnificent | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | Play the Devil: Making Richard III | 2016-05-31 | |
| Movie | Shakespeare on Film | 2016-05-31 | |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
| Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
| Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Movie | X-Men: Unguarded | Self | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' | 2015-07-14 | |
| Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | X-Men: Reunited | Himself | 2014-11-14 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf | 2014-12-10 |
| Series | Trailblazer Honors | Himself | 2014-06-27 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
| Movie | The Egg Trick | Magician | 2013-06-21 |
| Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Himself | 2012-08-29 |
| Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | 2011-02-01 |
| Movie | Lady Grey London | 2011-01-01 | |
| 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 |
| Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | Theatreland | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
| Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Self | 2006-10-02 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Ringers - Lord of the Fans | 2005-01-21 | |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 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 | |
| Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
| Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | Designing Middle-Earth | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Costume Design | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | The Passing of an Age | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Home of the Horse Lords | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Factor: The Look of X-Men | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled | 2003-12-26 | |
| Movie | The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision | Self | 2003-12-26 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-01 |
| Movie | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 | Himself | 2003-11-25 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Himself | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Designing Middle-Earth | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | X-Men: Production Scrapbook | Himself | 2003-11-02 |
| Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
| Movie | Weta Workshop | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | The Road Goes Ever On... | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Costume Design | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | From Book to Script | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Scale | Self | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth | Gandalf (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Fellowship of the Cast | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | A Day in the Life of a Hobbit | Himself | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self - Gandalf | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! | Self | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | X-Men | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Magneto' | 2000-07-02 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale | Self | 1999-06-08 |
| Movie | David Copperfield | Mr Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-01-21 |
| Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | A Bit Of Scarlet | Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Roman City | Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
| Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
| Movie | And the Band Played On | Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-09-28 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up | Narration (voice) | 1993-06-23 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
| Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Movie | Countdown to War | Adolf Hitler | 1989-04-07 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Series | Windmills of the Gods | Chairman | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
| 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 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
| Movie | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | 1982-04-25 | |
| 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 | 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 | Unknown | 1974-03-13 |
| Movie | Hedda Gabler | George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
| Series | Country Matters | David Masterman | 1972-08-20 |
| Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of King Richard II | King Richard II | 1970-07-30 |
| Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
| Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
| 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 |