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Ian McKellen

AKA: Иэн МакКеллен
Birthday: 1939-05-25
Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Home Page: http://www.mckellen.com


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.

Filmography

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Character: Gandalf the White
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Character: Gandalf the White

The Da Vinci Code
Character: Sir Leigh Teabing
Swept from the Sea
Character: Dr. James Kennedy
Jack & Sarah
Character: William

The Golden Compass
Character: Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Stardust
Character: Narrator (voice)
And the Band Played On
Character: Bill Kraus

Gods and Monsters
Character: James Whale
Neverwas
Character: Gabriel Finch
Six Degrees of Separation
Character: Geoffrey

Richard III
Character: Richard III
Flushed Away
Character: The Toad (voice)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Chauvelin

Doogal
Character: Zebedee (voice)
Asylum
Character: Dr. Peter Cleave
The Shadow
Character: Dr. Reinhardt Lane

Scandal
Character: John Profumo
Cold Comfort Farm
Character: Amos Starkadder
The Keep
Character: Dr. Theodore Cuza

Apt Pupil
Character: Kurt Dussander
Last Action Hero
Character: Death
Macbeth
Character: Macbeth

Plenty
Character: Sir Andrew Charleson
Émile
Character: Emile
X-Men: The Last Stand
Character: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

X2
Character: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
X-Men
Character: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
King Lear
Character: King Lear

The Magic Roundabout
Character: Zebedee (voice)
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Character: Narrator (voice)
Rasputin
Character: Tsar Nicholas II

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character: Gandalf the Grey
Priest of Love
Character: D.H. Lawrence
Bent
Character: Uncle Freddie

The Ballad of Little Jo
Character: Percy Corcoran
Alfred the Great
Character: Roger
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Character: Gandalf the Grey

Walter
Character: Walter
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Character: Gandalf the Grey

Saint of 9/11
Character: Narrator
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Character: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

A Touch of Love
Character: George
To Die For
Character: Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Walter and June
Character: Walter

Muse of Fire
Character: Self
A Bit Of Scarlet
Character: Narrator

Zina
Character: Kronfeld
Othello
Character: Iago
Miss in Her Teens
Character: The Prologue

For the Love of God
Character: The Jackdaw
Mr. Holmes
Character: Sherlock Holmes
I'll Do Anything
Character: John Earl McAlpine

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Character: Himself
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Character: Himself
The Dresser
Character: Norman

Doctor Who: The Snowmen
Character: The Great Intelligence (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
Character: Cogsworth
Edward II
Character: King Edward

Looking for Lowry
Character: Himself
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Character: Self - Performer

Restoration
Character: Will Gates
Hedda Gabler
Character: George Tesman
The Roof
Character: And Even Yet Another Fan

The Wolverine
Character: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Animal Crackers
Character: Horatio P. Huntington (voice)

Quest for the Ring
Character: Self

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Character: Narrator (voice)

The Good Liar
Character: Roy Courtnay
The Paul O'Grady Story
Character: Himself

The Betty Driver Story
Character: Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan)
McKellen: Playing the Part
Character: Himself
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Character: King Lear

Cats
Character: Gus, the Theatre Cat
All Is True
Character: Earl of Southampton

David Macaulay: Roman City
Character: Augustus Caesar (voice)

Edmund the Magnificent
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
How a Kite Flies
Character: Mr. Kite (voice)

Marley
Character: Scrooge (rumored)
The Egg Trick
Character: Magician

Hating Peter Tatchell
Character: Self
Eighteen
Character: Jason Anders (voice)
Small-Time Revolutionary
Character: Hamish Miller (voice)

The Tragedy of King Richard II
Character: King Richard II
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Character: Self

Countdown to War
Character: Adolf Hitler

X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Character: Self - 'Magneto'
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Character: Dr. Charles Marland-White

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Character: Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
Character: Self

Theatreland
Character: Himself

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Critic
Character: Jimmy Erskine

Quintessentially British
Character: Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)

Gladio
Character: Aldo Moro (voice)

Richard II
Character: Richard II
Schadenfreude
Character: Continuity Announcer

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Character: Alexander Ivanov
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Character: Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)

The One Note Man
Character: Narrator (voice)
Hamlet
Character: Hamlet
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Character: Narration (voice)

Hamlet
Character: Hamlet

Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Character: Self
Dragfox
Character: Ginger Snap the Fox


The Isle
Job: Associate Producer

Richard III
Job: Screenplay
Richard III
Job: Executive Producer