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Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Birthday: 1939-05-25 | Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Infinitum: Subject Unknown

as    Dr. Charles Marland-White

2021
Hating Peter Tatchell

as    Self

2019
Cats

as    Gus, the Theatre Cat

2019
The Good Liar

as    Roy Courtnay

2019
On Broadway

as    Self

2018
All Is True

as    Earl of Southampton

2018
McKellen: Playing the Part

as    Himself

2018
National Theatre Live: King Lear

as    King Lear

2017
Animal Crackers

as    Horatio P. Huntington (voice)

2015
The Dresser

as    Norman

2015
Mr. Holmes

as    Sherlock Holmes

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past

as    Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

2014
Miss in Her Teens

as    The Prologue

2013
Vicious

as    Freddie Thornhill

2013
2013
Muse of Fire

as    Self

2012
2012
Doctor Who: The Snowmen

as    The Great Intelligence (voice)

2009
The Prisoner

as    2 / Curtis

2008
King Lear

as    King Lear

2007
The Golden Compass

as    Iorek Byrnison (voice)

2007
For the Love of God

as    The Jackdaw

2006
X-Men: The Last Stand

as    Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

2006
The Da Vinci Code

as    Sir Leigh Teabing

2006
Flushed Away

as    The Toad (voice)

2006
Doogal

as    Zebedee (voice)