People
Ian McKellen
- Name: Ian McKellen
- Birthday: 1939-05-25
- Also known as: 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
- Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Popularity: 28.854
Biography:
Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. With a career spanning more than sixty years, he is noted for his roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and five Emmy Awards.
McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 he made his first West End... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Critic as Jimmy Erskine | 2024-09-13 |
| Dragfox as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) | 2024-08-29 |
| The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved | 2024-06-09 |
| The Life and Death of Lily Savage as Self | 2024-03-29 |
| Hamlet as Hamlet | 2024-02-27 |
| The One Note Man as Narrator (voice) | 2023-08-08 |
| Quintessentially British as Self | 2022-10-27 |
| Hamlet Within | 2022-05-21 |
| Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen as Self | 2022-03-03 |
| Hating Peter Tatchell as Self | 2021-11-01 |
| Infinitum: Subject Unknown as Dr. Charles Marland-White | 2021-03-03 |
| Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU | 2020-06-11 |
| Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet | 2020-04-05 |
| Cats as Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
| The Good Liar as Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
| On Broadway as Self | 2019-10-12 |
| All Is True as Earl of Southampton | 2018-12-21 |
| National Theatre Live: King Lear as King Lear | 2018-09-27 |
| McKellen: Playing the Part as Himself | 2018-05-25 |
| The Paul O'Grady Story as Self | 2017-06-23 |
| Animal Crackers as Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| How a Kite Flies as Mr. Kite (voice) | 2017-04-28 |
| Beauty and the Beast as Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Edmund the Magnificent as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
| Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage as Self | 2016-12-30 |
| National Theatre Live: No Man's Land as Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
| Shakespeare on Film | 2016-05-31 |
| Play the Devil: Making Richard III | 2016-05-31 |
| Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen | 2016-05-31 |
| All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice) | 2016-04-24 |
| Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
| The Roof as And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-01 |
| The Dresser as Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Gandalf the Grey | 2014-12-10 |
| Nelson Mandela Redrawn as Self | 2014-07-18 |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past as Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
| Miss in Her Teens as The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Gandalf the Grey | 2013-12-11 |
| The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self | 2013-12-03 |
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Muse of Fire as Self | 2013-09-26 |
| The Wolverine as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
| The Egg Trick as Magician | 2013-06-21 |
| Doctor Who: The Snowmen as The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gandalf the Grey | 2012-12-12 |
| London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony as Self | 2012-08-29 |
| Looking for Lowry as Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| The Betty Driver Story as Self | 2011-02-01 |
| Lady Grey London | 2010-12-08 |
| Small-Time Revolutionary as Hamish Miller (voice) | 2010-07-22 |
| A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation as Narrator (voice) | 2010-06-25 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Theatreland as Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| King Lear as King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| The Golden Compass as Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Stardust as Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
| The Art of Breaking Character as Self | 2007-03-26 |
| For the Love of God as The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Flushed Away as The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
| The Da Vinci Code as Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
| Saint of 9/11 as Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
| Doogal as Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Neverwas as Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
| Asylum as Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
| The Hobart Shakespeareans as Himself | 2005-09-06 |
| The Magic Roundabout as Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Eighteen as Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
| Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! as Self | 2004-07-23 |
| Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? | 2004-03-27 |
| The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self | 2003-12-26 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf | 2003-12-17 |
| Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self | 2003-12-12 |
| The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 | 2003-11-25 |
| X2 as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
| X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self | 2003-02-11 |
| Evolution X - The Making of X-Men | 2003-02-11 |
| Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Émile as Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
| Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self | 2001-12-23 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
| A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Quest for the Ring as Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love as Narrator (voice) | 2001-09-13 |
| Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! as Self | 2000-08-29 |
| X-Men as Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Magneto' | 2000-07-02 |
| Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man as Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale as Self | 1999-06-08 |
| Apt Pupil as Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Gods and Monsters as James Whale | 1998-09-12 |
| Swept from the Sea as Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Bent as Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Surviving Friendly Fire | 1997-06-21 |
| A Bit Of Scarlet as Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
| An Evening with Lily Savage as Self | 1996-11-11 |
| Rasputin as Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Restoration as Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Richard III as Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Jack & Sarah as William | 1995-06-02 |
| Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| To Die For as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest | 1994-09-23 |
| The Shadow as Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| David Macaulay: Roman City as Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
| I'll Do Anything as John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Six Degrees of Separation as Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
| And the Band Played On as Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
| The Ballad of Little Jo as Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
| Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up as Narration (voice) | 1993-06-23 |
| Last Action Hero as Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Gladio as Aldo Moro (voice) | 1992-07-10 |
| Othello as Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Countdown to War as Adolf Hitler | 1989-04-07 |
| Scandal as John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Scarfe's Follies | 1988-01-28 |
| Zina as Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
| Plenty as Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
| The Keep as Dr. Theodore Cuza | 1983-12-16 |
| Walter and June as Walter | 1983-04-30 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel as Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
| Walter as Walter | 1982-11-02 |
| Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | 1982-04-25 |
| Priest of Love as D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
| Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Alexander Ivanov | 1979-11-14 |
| Macbeth as Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
| Hedda Gabler as George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
| Hamlet as Hamlet | 1970-11-07 |
| Edward II as King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| The Tragedy of King Richard II as King Richard II | 1970-07-30 |
| The Promise | 1969-12-01 |
| Alfred the Great as Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| A Touch of Love as George | 1969-09-01 |
| The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne as Wolf | 1965-11-10 |
