Ian McKellen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. McKellen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and was made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours.
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- Born:
- May 25, 1939 In Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the series David Copperfield 1966-01-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Avengers: Doomsday 2026-12-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Avengers: Doomsday | Magneto | 2026-12-17 |
| Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
| Movie | A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' | Self (archive footage) | 2025-09-10 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: King Lear | King Lear | 2018-09-27 |
| Movie | All Is True | Earl of Southampton | 2018-12-21 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | The Paul O'Grady Story | Self | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
| Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
| Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | X-Men: Unguarded | Self | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
| Movie | Mutant vs. Machine | Himself | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf the Grey | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | X-Men: Reunited | Himself | 2014-11-14 |
| Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf the Grey | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf the Grey | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Lady Grey London | 2011-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Self | 2011-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation | Narrator (voice) | 2010-06-25 |
| Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-10 |
| Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Himself | 2006-02-12 |
| Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy | Self | 2006-10-02 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
| Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Self | 2004-07-23 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2004-10-24 |
| Movie | The Appendices: Part Six | Ian McKellen | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | The Appendices: Part Five | Ian McKellen | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Factor: The Look of X-Men | Himself | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
| Movie | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 | Himself | 2003-11-25 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-17 |
| Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | The Appendices: Part Four | Ian McKellen | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | X-Men: Production Scrapbook | Himself | 2003-11-02 |
| Movie | The Appendices: Part Two | Ian McKellen | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Appendices: Part One | Ian McKellen | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Magneto' | 2000-07-02 |
| Movie | X-Men | Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
| Movie | Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! | Self | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
| Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
| Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
| Movie | Gladio | Aldo Moro (voice) | 1992-07-10 |
| Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
| Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Windmills of the Gods | Chairman | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | Walter and June | Walter | 1983-04-30 |
| Movie | The Keep | Dr. Theodore Cuza | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | Walter | Walter | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
| Movie | Priest of Love | D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
| Series | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 1978-02-21 |
| Series | Playhouse | 1974-03-13 | |
| Movie | Hedda Gabler | George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
| Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 1970-11-07 |
| Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
| Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
| Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
| Series | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 1966-01-16 |