Ian McKellen

Actor

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.

Born: May 25, 1939 (Age 84) in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

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Ian McKellen Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Touch of Love Movie	6.1	Actor	George	1969
Alfred the Great Movie	6	Actor	Roger	1969
Animal Crackers Movie Available on 20 streaming services.	6	Actor	Horatio P. Huntington (voice)	2017
Apt Pupil Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Kurt Dussander	1998
Asylum Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Dr. Peter Cleave	2005
Beauty and the Beast Movie Available on 39 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Cogsworth	2017
Bent Movie Available on 37 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Uncle Freddie	1997
Émile Movie	6.1	Actor	Emile	2003
Flushed Away Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	The Toad (voice)	2006
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! Movie	7.5	Actor	Himself	2004
Gods and Monsters Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	James Whale	1998
To Die For Movie	5.3	Actor	Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)	1994
I'll Do Anything Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	5.7	Actor	John Earl McAlpine	1994
Jack & Sarah Movie	6.8	Actor	William	1995
Last Action Hero Movie Available on 32 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Death	1993
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	8.7	Actor	Gandalf	2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	8.8	Actor	Gandalf	2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	8.7	Actor	Gandalf	2002
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Gandalf	2012
X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Available on 38 streaming services.	8	Actor	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Gandalf	2013
X-Men Movie Available on 30 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto	2000
X2 Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto	2003
X-Men: The Last Stand Movie Available on 35 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto	2006
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Movie Available on 42 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Gandalf	2014
The Wolverine Movie Available on 33 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)	2013
Stardust Movie Available on 37 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2007
The Golden Compass Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Iorek Byrnison (voice)	2007
Mr. Holmes Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Sherlock Holmes	2015
The Shadow Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	5.8	Actor	Dr. Reinhardt Lane	1994
Six Degrees of Separation Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Geoffrey	1993
Richard III Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Richard III	1995
The Keep Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	5.5	Actor	Dr. Theodore Cuza	1983
Restoration Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Will Gates	1995
Neverwas Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Gabriel Finch	2005
Scandal Movie	6.3	Actor	John Profumo	1989
The Magic Roundabout Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Zebedee (voice)	2005
Swept from the Sea Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Dr. James Kennedy	1998
Plenty Movie	6.2	Actor	Sir Andrew Charleson	1985
The Ballad of Little Jo Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Percy Corcoran	1993
Miss in Her Teens Movie	5.7	Actor	The Prologue	2014
Priest of Love Movie	5.8	Actor	D.H. Lawrence	1981
Saint of 9/11 Movie	7.4	Actor	Narrator	2006
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self	2017
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land Movie	7.6	Actor	Spooner	2016
Muse of Fire Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Self	2013
Zina Movie	6.4	Actor	Kronfeld	1985
McKellen: Playing the Part Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Himself	2018
The Good Liar Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Roy Courtnay	2019
National Theatre Live: King Lear Movie	8.1	Actor	King Lear	2018
All Is True Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Earl of Southampton	2018
Cats Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	3	Actor	Gus, the Theatre Cat	2019
A Bit Of Scarlet Movie	6.3	Actor	Narrator	1997
Hamlet Revenant Movie	7.2	Actor
The Promise Movie	7.2	Actor		1969
Marley Movie		Actor	Scrooge (rumored)
Hating Peter Tatchell Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self	2021
Eighteen Movie	6.1	Actor	Jason Anders (voice)	2005
On Broadway Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	7	Actor	Self	2019
Ringers: Lord of the Fans Movie	5.9	Actor	Self	2005
Infinitum: Subject Unknown Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	4.3	Actor	Dr. Charles Marland-White	2021
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! Movie	6.7	Actor	Self	2000
Hedda Gabler Movie	8.7	Actor	George Tesman	1972
The Vanishing Army Movie	7.2	Actor		1978
Othello Movie	7.4	Actor	Iago	1990
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Movie	7	Actor	Self	1999
X-Men: The Mutant Watch Movie	7	Actor	Self - 'Magneto'	2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie	6.7	Actor	Self	2001
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2010
Doctor Who: The Snowmen Movie	8.1	Actor	The Great Intelligence (voice)	2012
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	2013
Surviving Friendly Fire Movie	8.6	Actor		1997
The Critic Movie		Actor	Jimmy Erskine	2023
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? Movie	8.7	Actor		2004
Quintessentially British Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Self	2022
The Da Vinci Code Movie Available on 32 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Sir Leigh Teabing	2006
Doogal Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	3	Actor	Zebedee (voice)	2006
Richard II Movie		Actor	Richard II
Schadenfreude Movie		Actor	Continuity Announcer
Hamlet Movie	7.3	Actor	Hamlet	2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Movie	8.4	Actor	Alexander Ivanov	1979
Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen Movie		Actor	Self
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest Movie		Actor
Nelson Mandela Redrawn Movie	7	Actor	Self	2014
Dragfox Movie		Actor	Ginger Snap the Fox
Untitled "Anthony Hopkins" documentary Movie		Actor	Self
Vicious TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	8	Actor	Freddie Thornhill 12 Episodes	2013-2016
Armchair Thriller TV Show	7.2	Actor	Anthony Skipling 60 Episodes	1978-1981
Churchill Limited Series	7.1	Actor	Himself - Narrator (voice) 3 Episodes	2003-2004
The One Show TV Show	3.4	Actor	Self - Guest 2 Episodes	2006
The Paul O'Grady Show TV Show	5.1	Actor	1 Episode	2004-2015
David Copperfield TV Show		Actor	David Copperfield 13 Episodes	1966-1966
BBC2 Playhouse TV Show	6.5	Actor	3 Episodes	1973-1983
Who Do You Think You Are? TV Show	8.2	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2004
BBC Play of the Month TV Show	6.6	Actor	Captain Plume 1 Episode	1965-1983
The Simpsons TV Show Available on 19 streaming services.	8.5	Actor	1 Episode	1989
Family Guy TV Show Available on 16 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice) 1 Episode	1999
The View TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	2.7	Actor	Self - Guest 2 Episodes	1997
Sesame Street TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Himself 1 Episode	1969
Coronation Street TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	5.8	Actor	Mel Hutchwright 13 Episodes	1960
Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2014
The Graham Norton Show TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Self (archive footage) 1 Episode	2007
Real Time with Bill Maher TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	1 Episode	2003
Extras TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Ian McKellen 1 Episode	2005-2007
Inside the Actors Studio TV Show	8.4	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1994
The Graham Norton Show TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Self 8 Episodes	2007
Saturday Night Live TV Show Available on 18 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self - Host 1 Episode	1975
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway TV Show	6.3	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2002-2024
The Oscars TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	Self 3 Episodes	1953
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2014
Ted Limited Series Available on 2 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Narrator (voice) 2 Episodes	2024-2024
Trailblazer Honors TV Show		Actor	Speaker 1 Episode	2014
Doctor Who TV Show Available on 15 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Voice of the Snowman 1 Episode	2005-2021
The Graham Norton Show TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Self - Guest 3 Episodes	2007
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man Short Film	6.7	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2000
For the Love of God Short Film	6.6	Actor	The Jackdaw	2007
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation Short Film	7	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2010
The Roof Short Film	7	Actor	And Even Yet Another Fan	2016
Edmund the Magnificent Short Film	7.4	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)	2017
How a Kite Flies Short Film		Actor	Mr. Kite (voice)	2018
The Egg Trick Short Film		Actor	Magician	2013
Small-Time Revolutionary Short Film	7.1	Actor	Hamish Miller (voice)	2010
Play the Devil: Making Richard III Short Film		Actor		2016
The One Note Man Short Film	6.1	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2023
And the Band Played On Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Bill Kraus	1993
Cold Comfort Farm Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Amos Starkadder	1995
The Scarlet Pimpernel Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Chauvelin	1982
Rasputin Movie	7	Actor	Tsar Nicholas II	1996
The Dresser Movie Available on 31 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Norman	2015
A Passage to Middle-earth: The Making of 'Lord of the Rings' Movie	7.4	Actor	Self	2001
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Movie	7	Actor	Self - Performer	2016
Edward II Movie	7.2	Actor	King Edward	1970
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare TV Special	7.7	Actor		1982
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage Movie	8.2	Actor	Self	2016
The Paul O'Grady Story Movie	6.7	Actor	Himself	2017
David Macaulay: Roman City Movie	7.9	Actor	Augustus Caesar (voice)	1994
The Hobart Shakespeareans Movie	7.4	Actor	Himself	2005
The Betty Driver Story Movie	8.1	Actor	Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan)	2011
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Movie	8.3	Actor	Himself	2013
King Lear Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	King Lear	2008
The Tragedy of King Richard II Movie	7.9	Actor	King Richard II	1970
Countdown to War Movie	6.4	Actor	Adolf Hitler	1989
Walter Movie	7.2	Actor	Walter	1982
Macbeth Movie	7.4	Actor	Macbeth	1979
Walter & June Movie	7.1	Actor	Walter	1983
Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love Movie	7.5	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2001
Gladio Movie	8.3	Actor	Aldo Moro (voice)	1992
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up Movie	7.3	Actor	Narration (voice)	1992
Hamlet Movie	7.6	Actor	Hamlet	1970
The Prisoner Limited Series Available on 4 streaming services.	6	Actor	2 / Curtis 6 Episodes	2009-2009
Windmills of the Gods Limited Series	5.8	Actor	Chairman 2 Episodes	1988-1988
Country Matters TV Show	7.3	Actor	David Masterman 13 Episodes	1972
Playing Shakespeare Limited Series	8.3	Actor	9 Episodes	1982-1982
An Audience with... TV Special	7.3	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1978-2013
The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled Movie	6.4	Actor	Self	2003
Tales of the City Limited Series Available on 9 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Archibald Anson Gidde 2 Episodes	1993-1993
Pillar of Fire Limited Series	7.7	Actor	Narrator 20 Episodes	1981-1981
Great British Theatre Limited Series	7.3	Actor	5 Episodes	2021-2021
David Copperfield Limited Series Available on 9 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Creakle 2 Episodes	1999-2000
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC Limited Series	8.8	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2015
An Evening with Lily Savage TV Special	8.7	Actor	Self	1996
Richard III Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7.4	Writing	Screenplay, Executive Producer	1995
The Isle Movie Available on 31 streaming services.	5.1	Production	Associate Producer	2019
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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