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Aliases: Иэн МакКеллен , Sir Ian McKellen , 伊恩·麦克莱恩 , Sir Ian Murray McKellen , Σερ Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν ΜακΚέλεν , Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν , Ian McKellern , 이안 맥켈런 , イアン・マッケラン , 伊恩·麦凯伦 , 伊恩·麥克連 , Єн Маккеллен
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Homepage: http://www.mckellen.com
Movie Involvements: 104
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
Biography
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 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
Coronation Street
(1960) Mel HutchwrightDoctor Who
(2005) Voice of the SnowmanPlay of the Month
(1965) Captain PlumeTales of the City
(1993) Archibald Anson GiddeWho Do You Think You Are?
(2004) SelfThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014) GandalfTrailblazer Honors
(2014) SpeakerThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) GandalfActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2024 | Jimmy Erskine | |
N/A | ||
Hamlet | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2023 | Narrator (voice) | |
2022 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
2021 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Dr. Charles Marland-White | ||
2020 | N/A | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
2019 | Gus, the Theatre Cat | |
Roy Courtnay | ||
Self | ||
2018 | Earl of Southampton | |
King Lear | ||
Himself | ||
2017 | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | |
Himself | ||
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 the Grey | ||
Self | ||
Speaker | ||
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | ||
The Prologue | ||
Self | ||
2013 | Gandalf the Grey | |
Self | ||
Himself | ||
Self | ||
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | ||
Magician | ||
Freddie Thornhill | ||
2012 | The Great Intelligence (voice) | |
Gandalf the Grey | ||
Himself | ||
2011 | Himself | |
Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | ||
2010 | N/A | |
Hamish Miller (voice) | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
2009 | 2 / Curtis | |
Self - Guest | ||
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 | Gabriel Finch | |
Dr. Peter Cleave | ||
Himself | ||
Ian McKellen | ||
Voice of the Snowman | ||
Zebedee (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Jason Anders (voice) | ||
2004 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
2003 | Self | |
Self | ||
Gandalf the White | ||
Himself - Narrator (voice) | ||
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Emile | ||
Himself | ||
2002 | Gandalf the White | |
Self | ||
2001 | Self | |
Gandalf the Grey | ||
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 | Richard III | |
Will Gates | ||
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 | |
Self | ||
Scrooge (rumored) | ||
Self | ||
Continuity Announcer | ||
N/A | ||
Richard II | ||
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 |