Person Details

Birthday: 1939-05-25 12:30:22

Aliases: Иэн МакКеллен , Sir Ian McKellen , Sir Ian McKellan , 伊恩·麦克莱恩 , Sir Ian Murray McKellen , Σερ Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ian McKellern

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Homepage: http://www.mckellen.com

Movie Involvements: 100

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
7

Doctor Who

(2005) Voice of the Snowman
Play of the Month
Average
5

Play of the Month

(1965) Captain Plume
Who Do You Think You Are?
Average
6
Coronation Street
Average
5

Coronation Street

(1960) Mel Hutchwright
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Average
7
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Average
8
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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8
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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8

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Hamlet
Narrator (voice)
2023 Jimmy Erskine
Narrator (voice)
2022 Self
N/A
Self
2021 Self
N/A
Dr. Charles Marland-White
2020 N/A
N/A
2019 Gus, the Theatre Cat
Roy Courtnay
Self
2018 Earl of Southampton
King Lear
Himself
2017 Himself
Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
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
Speaker
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Prologue
Self
2013 Gandalf
Self
Himself
Self
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Magician
Freddie Thornhill
2012 The Great Intelligence (voice)
Gandalf
Himself
2011 Himself
Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan)
2010 Hamish Miller (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
2009 2 / Curtis
Himself
2008 King Lear
2007 Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Narrator (voice)
The Jackdaw
Self
Self - Guest
2006 The Toad (voice)
Self - Guest
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Sir Leigh Teabing
Narrator
Zebedee (voice)
2005 Dr. Peter Cleave
Gabriel Finch
Himself
Ian McKellen
Voice of the Snowman
Zebedee (voice)
Self
Jason Anders (voice)
2004 Self
N/A
Himself
N/A
2003 Self
Gandalf
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Self
Self
N/A
Himself
Emile
2002 Gandalf
Self
2001 Self
Gandalf
Self
Self
Narrator (voice)
2000 Self
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Self - 'Magneto'
Narrator (voice)
1999 Creakle
Self
Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
1998 Kurt Dussander
Dr. James Kennedy
James Whale
1997 Uncle Freddie
Self - Guest
N/A
Narrator
1996 Self
Tsar Nicholas II
1995 Will Gates
Richard III
William
Amos Starkadder
1994 Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
N/A
Self
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Augustus Caesar (voice)
John Earl McAlpine
1993 Geoffrey
Archibald Anson Gidde
Bill Kraus
Percy Corcoran
Narration (voice)
Death
1992 Aldo Moro (voice)
1990 Iago
1989 N/A
Adolf Hitler
John Profumo
1988 Chairman
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 N/A
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
1966 David Copperfield
1965 Wolf
Captain Plume
1960 Mel Hutchwright
1953 Self
Scrooge (rumored)
Self
Richard II
N/A
Continuity Announcer
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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