Ian McKellen
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-05-25 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known As
Иэн МакКеллен
Sir Ian McKellen
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
ایان مککلن
ی ین مککلن
إيان ماكلين
Ian McKellen
Biography
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played 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 made his first West End appearance. In 1969...
Acting
2001
2002
as Gandalf
2003
2006
as Sir Leigh Teabing
1998
as James Whale
2007
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
2007
as Narrator (voice)
1998
as Dr. James Kennedy
1995
as William
1993
as Bill Kraus
1993
as Geoffrey
2005
as Gabriel Finch
1995
as Richard III
2006
as The Toad (voice)
1982
as Chauvelin
2006
as Zebedee (voice)
2005
as Dr. Peter Cleave
1994
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
1989
as John Profumo
1998
as Kurt Dussander
1995
as Amos Starkadder
1993
as Death
1983
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
1979
as Macbeth
1985
as Sir Andrew Charleson
2022
2003
as Emile
2000
as Magneto
2003
as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
2006
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
1965
1996
as Self
2008
as King Lear
2004
as Zebedee (voice)
2000
as Narrator (voice)
1996
as Tsar Nicholas II
2012
as Gandalf the Grey
1981
as D.H. Lawrence
1992
as Aldo Moro (voice)
1997
as Uncle Freddie
1993
as Percy Corcoran
1969
as Roger
2013
as Gandalf the Grey
1982
as Walter
-
as Richard II
2006
as Narrator
2014
as Gandalf the Grey
-
as Continuity Announcer
2014
as Magneto
2012
1969
as George
2009
as Himself
1994
as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
1983
as Walter
2003
2013
as Self
1979
as Alexander Ivanov
1997
as Narrator
2024
as Jimmy Erskine
2001
as Narrator (voice)
2014
as The Prologue
1985
as Kronfeld
1990
as Iago
2007
as The Jackdaw
2023
as Narrator (voice)
2016
as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
2024
as Hamlet
2015
as Sherlock Holmes
1993
as Narration (voice)
1994
as John Earl McAlpine
2013
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
2013
as Self
2017
as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
1970
as Hamlet
2005
as Himself
2022
as Self
2014
as Self
2011
as Himself
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2024
2015
as Norman
2012
as The Great Intelligence (voice)
2010
2017
as Cogsworth
1970
as King Edward
2016
as Self - Performer
1969
2003
1995
as Will Gates
1972
as George Tesman
2024
as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
2016
as And Even Yet Another Fan
2007
2016
2016
as Spooner
2003
2001
as Self
2010
as Narrator (voice)
2017
2019
as Roy Courtnay
2011
as Self
2017
as Self
2018
as Himself
2019
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
2018
as King Lear
2004
2018
as Earl of Southampton
1994
as Augustus Caesar (voice)
2003
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
as Mr. Kite (voice)
2001
2013
as Magician
2021
as Self
2005
as Jason Anders (voice)
2010
as Hamish Miller (voice)
2005
as Self
1970
as King Richard II
1989
as Adolf Hitler
2013
2000
as Self - 'Magneto'
2021
as Dr. Charles Marland-White
2019
as Self
1988
1993
2004
1987
as Narrator
2022
as Self
2026
as Magneto
1974
as Tony
1999
as Self
-
as Spooner
1980
as Antony Skipling
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Production
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