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.
Series | Jackanory | Reader | 2025 |
Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Eric Lensherr / Magneto | 2024-07-24 |
Movie | Quintessentially British | Self | 2022-10-27 |
Movie | On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
Movie | McKellen: Playing the Part | Himself | 2018-05-25 |
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 | Himself | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | How a Kite Flies | Mr. Kite (voice) | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Shakespeare on Film | 2016-05-31 | |
Movie | X-Men: Apocalypse | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Older) | 2016-05-18 |
Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
Movie | Play the Devil: Making Richard III | 2016-05-31 | |
Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony | Himself | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Great Intelligence (voice) | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
Movie | The Betty Driver Story | Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | 2011-02-01 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Small-Time Revolutionary | Hamish Miller (voice) | 2010-07-22 |
Movie | Theatreland | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
Movie | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Himself | 2006-02-12 |
Movie | Saint of 9/11 | Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Himself | 2005-09-06 |
Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision | Self | 2003-12-26 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-01 |
Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of '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 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2000-07-13 |
Movie | Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! | Self | 2000-08-29 |
Series | David Copperfield | Creakle | 1999-12-25 |
Movie | The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale | Self | 1999-06-08 |
Movie | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | 1998-01-21 |
Movie | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | 1998-01-23 |
Movie | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | 1998-10-23 |
Movie | A Bit Of Scarlet | Narrator | 1997-06-20 |
Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
Movie | An Evening with Lily Savage | Self | 1996-11-11 |
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 | David Macaulay: Roman City | Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up | Narration (voice) | 1993-06-23 |
Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-09-28 |
Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
Movie | And the Band Played On | Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
Series | Theatre Night | Iago | 1985-09-15 |
Movie | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | 1985-09-20 |
Movie | Zina | Kronfeld | 1985-11-01 |
Series | Playing Shakespeare | 1984-07-29 | |
Movie | Walter and June | Walter | 1983-04-30 |
Movie | The Keep | Dr. Theodore Cuza | 1983-12-16 |
Movie | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | 1982-04-25 | |
Movie | Walter | Walter | 1982-11-02 |
Movie | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
Movie | Priest of Love | D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
Series | Pillar of Fire | Narrator | 1981-11-10 |
Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
Series | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 1978-02-21 |
Movie | The Vanishing Army | 1978-11-29 | |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Playhouse | 1974-03-13 | |
Series | Country Matters | David Masterman | 1972-08-20 |
Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
Series | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 1966-01-16 |
Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
Series | Coronation Street | Unknown | 1960-12-09 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |