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 appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeares Richard II and Marlowes Edward II. In the 1970s McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey (1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Mans Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart.McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019).McKellen came out as gay in 1988 and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation, and FFLAG.Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McKellen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies unavailable from Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

Movie 2020

Asylum

Dr. Peter Cleave

Movie 2005

Hamlet Within

Movie 2022

Émile

Emile

Movie 2003

X2

Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

Movie 2003

X-Men: The Last Stand

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Movie 2006

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

Wolf

Movie 1965

An Evening with Lily Savage

Self

Movie 1996

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2000

Gladio

Aldo Moro (voice)

Movie 1992

Walter

Walter

Movie 1982

Richard II

Richard II

Movie

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

Self

Movie 2000

Saint of 9/11

Narrator

Movie 2006

Schadenfreude

Continuity Announcer

Movie

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Self

Movie 2012

A Touch of Love

George

Movie 1969

Theatreland

Himself

Movie 2009

To Die For

Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)

Movie 1994

Surviving Friendly Fire

Movie 1997

Walter and June

Walter

Movie 1983

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

Self

Movie 2003

Muse of Fire

Self

Movie 2013

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Alexander Ivanov

Movie 1979

A Bit Of Scarlet

Narrator

Movie 1997

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

Movie 1982

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2001

Zina

Kronfeld

Movie 1985

Miss in Her Teens

The Prologue

Movie 2014

Othello

Iago

Movie 1990

Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen

Self

Movie 2022

For the Love of God

The Jackdaw

Movie 2007

The One Note Man

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2023

All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)

Movie 2016

Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie 2024

Mr. Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 2015

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

Movie 2004

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

Narration (voice)

Movie 1993

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Movie 1994

The Wolverine

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)

Movie 2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Self

Movie 2013

Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie 1970

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Himself

Movie 2005

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

Self

Movie

Quintessentially British

Self

Movie 2022

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Self

Movie 2014

Looking for Lowry

Himself

Movie 2011

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2015

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

Self

Movie 2024

The Dresser

Norman

Movie 2015

Lady Grey London

Movie 2010

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

Movie 2024

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Self - Performer

Movie 2016

The Promise

Movie 1969

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Self

Movie 2004

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Self

Movie 2003

Hedda Gabler

George Tesman

Movie 1972

Dragfox

Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking)

Movie 2024

The Roof

And Even Yet Another Fan

Movie 2016

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

Movie 2003

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2

Movie 2003

The Art of Breaking Character

Self

Movie 2007

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Self

Movie 2016

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Spooner

Movie 2016

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

Self

Movie 2003

Quest for the Ring

Self

Movie 2001

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

Self

Movie 2001

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2010

Hamlet Revenant

Movie

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Self

Movie 2017

The Betty Driver Story

Self

Movie 2011

The Paul O'Grady Story

Self

Movie 2017

McKellen: Playing the Part

Himself

Movie 2018

National Theatre Live: King Lear

King Lear

Movie 2018

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Self

Movie 2004

David Macaulay: Roman City

Augustus Caesar (voice)

Movie 1994

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Self

Movie 2003

Edmund the Magnificent

Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie 2017

How a Kite Flies

Mr. Kite (voice)

Movie 2017

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Self

Movie 2001

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

Self

Movie 1999

Marley

Scrooge (rumored)

Movie

The Egg Trick

Magician

Movie 2013

Hating Peter Tatchell

Self

Movie 2021

Eighteen

Jason Anders (voice)

Movie 2005

Small-Time Revolutionary

Hamish Miller (voice)

Movie 2010

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Self

Movie 2005

The Tragedy of King Richard II

King Richard II

Movie 1970

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

Self

Movie 2013

Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen

Movie 2016

Shakespeare on Film

Movie 2016

Play the Devil: Making Richard III

Movie 2016

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Self - 'Magneto'

Movie 2000

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Dr. Charles Marland-White

Movie 2021

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

Movie 2020

On Broadway

Self

Movie 2019

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2010

Scarfe's Follies

Movie 1988

Camp Christmas

Movie 1993

The Christophers

Movie

Tv series unavailable from Ian McKellen

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

Tv 1994

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tv 2003

The One Show

Self - Guest

Tv 2006

The View

Self - Guest

Tv 1997

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Self

Tv 2002

The Paul O'Grady Show

Tv 2004

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Tv 1966

Churchill

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Tv 2003

Playhouse

Tv 1974

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

Tv 2004

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Tv 1975

An Audience with...

Self

Tv 1978

Great British Theatre

Tv 2021

Windmills of the Gods

Chairman

Tv 1988

Playing Shakespeare

Tv 1984

Sesame Street

Himself

Tv 1969

Trailblazer Honors

Self - Speaker

Tv 2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Tv 2014

The Graham Norton Show

Self - Guest

Tv 2007

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Tv 2007

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Tv 2009

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Tv 2003

Reunited Apart

Self

Tv 2020

Billy And Dom Eat The World

Self

Tv

Coronation Street

Mel Hutchwright

Tv 1960

Perspectives

Tv 2011

Amol Rajan Interviews

Self - Interviewed Guest

Tv

Pillar of Fire

Narrator

Tv 1981

Parkinson

Self

Tv 1998

Have I Got News for You

Self

Tv 1990

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

Tv 2014