Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Acting

25 May, 1939 (87) in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McKellen Acting

25 May, 1939 (87) in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

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,... see more

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,... see more

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

Acting (Gandalf)

15/12/2027

Avengers: Doomsday

Acting (Magneto)

16/12/2026

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol

Acting (Jacob Marley)

12/11/2026

The Christophers

Acting (Julian Sklar)

30/03/2026

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

Acting (L S Lowry)

25/02/2026

Schadenfreude

Acting (Continuity Announcer)

17/11/2025

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Acting (Self (archive footage))

10/09/2025

Dragged Through Time

26/07/2025

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

23/03/2025

The Critic

Acting (Jimmy Erskine)

13/09/2024

Dragfox

Acting (Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice))

31/08/2024

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

09/06/2024

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

Acting (Self)

29/03/2024

Hamlet

Acting (Hamlet)

27/02/2024

The One Note Man

Acting (Narrator (voice))

08/08/2023

Quintessentially British

Acting (Self)

27/10/2022

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

Acting (Self)

02/07/2022

Hamlet Within

21/05/2022

Hating Peter Tatchell

Acting (Self)

01/11/2021

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Acting (Dr. Charles Marland-White)

03/03/2021

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

11/06/2020

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

05/04/2020

Cats

Acting (Gus, the Theatre Cat)

19/12/2019

The Good Liar

Acting (Roy Courtnay)

08/11/2019

On Broadway

Acting (Self)

12/10/2019

The Isle

Associate Producer

08/02/2019

All Is True

Acting (Earl of Southampton)

21/12/2018

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Acting (King Lear)

27/09/2018

Animal Crackers

Acting (Horatio P. Huntington (voice))

21/07/2018

McKellen: Playing the Part

Acting (Self)

25/05/2018

The Paul O'Grady Story

Acting (Self)

23/06/2017

How a Kite Flies

Acting (Mr. Kite (voice))

28/04/2017

Beauty and the Beast

Acting (Cogsworth)

16/03/2017

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Acting (Self)

11/03/2017

Edmund the Magnificent

Acting (Self - Narrator (voice))

01/03/2017

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Acting (Self)

30/12/2016

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Acting (Spooner)

15/12/2016

Play the Devil: Making Richard III

31/05/2016

Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen

31/05/2016

Shakespeare on Film

31/05/2016

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