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
(2005) Voice of the SnowmanPlay of the Month
(1965) Captain PlumeWho Do You Think You Are?
(2004) SelfCoronation Street
(1960) Mel HutchwrightThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014) GandalfThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) GandalfThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) GandalfThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002) GandalfActing
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 |