Ian McKellen
b. 1939 (age 87)
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Actor
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 8.2
L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
2026 Actor
L.S. Lowry
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Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
2026 Actor
Jacob Marley
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★ 6.9
The Christophers
2025 Actor
Julian Sklar
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★ 8.5
Billy & Dom Eat the World
2025 Self
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Schadenfreude
2025 Actor
Continuity Announcer
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★ 5.4
Hamlet
2024 Actor
Hamlet
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★ 8.0
Dragfox
2024 Actor
Gingersnap the Fox (speaking)
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★ 7.5
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024 Actor
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Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2024 Actor
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The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024 Self
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★ 6.0
The Critic
2023 Actor
Jimmy Erskine
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★ 6.7
The One Note Man
2023 Actor
Storyteller
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★ 5.4
Quintessentially British
2022 Self
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★ 5.7
Hamlet Within
2022 Actor
The Ghost
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★ 7.0
Happy Birthday Bill
2022 Self
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★ 4.0
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
2021 Actor
Dr. Charles Marland-White
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Amol Rajan Interviews
2021 Self
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cast Reunion
2021 Self
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★ 7.5
Hating Peter Tatchell
2020 Self
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★ 7.8
Herbie
2020 Actor
Herbie
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★ 7.9
The 41st Annual Young Artist Awards
2020 Self
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★ 6.7
The Good Liar
2019 Actor
Roy Courtnay
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★ 6.3
Darrylgorn
2019 Actor
Ian
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★ 8.7
The King and the Master Builder
2019 Actor
Narrator
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The Meteor and the Moon
2019 Actor
The Moon
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★ 6.3
All Is True
2018 Actor
Earl of Southampton
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★ 7.4
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018 Self
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★ 8.2
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018 Actor
King Lear
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George Shelley: Learning To Grieve
2018 Self
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★ 5.8
Animal Crackers
2017 Actor
Horatio P. Huntington
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★ 7.6
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 Self
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★ 7.6
British Airways Safety Video: Director's Cut
2017 Self
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★ 7.4
Edmund the Magnificent
2017 Actor
Narrator
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Random Acts: Ian McKellen on growing up gay and coming out
2017 Self
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Festival Tales: Edinburgh at 70
2017 Self
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★ 6.8
The Dresser
2016 Actor
Norman
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★ 7.6
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2016 Actor
Spooner
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★ 6.8
The Roof
2016 Actor
And Even Yet Another Fan
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★ 8.1
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016 Self
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★ 4.8
Look Back in Anger
2016 Actor
Colonel
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Play the Devil: Making Richard III
2016 Self
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★ 6.8
Mr. Holmes
2015 Actor
Sherlock Holmes
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★ 6.6
Muslim Drag Queens
2015 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.6
Artsnight
2015 Self
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The Power of Storytelling, with Sir Ian McKellen
2015 Actor
Storyteller
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★ 7.9
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 Actor
Magneto
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★ 7.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 5.2
Miss in Her Teens
2014 Actor
The Prologue
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★ 7.8
Middle-earth: There and Back Again
2014 Self
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★ 8.4
The Road to Rome
2014 Actor
Narrator
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I Am the Flame
2014 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.8
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 8.1
Vicious
2013 Actor
Freddie Thornhill
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★ 7.1
Muse of Fire
2013 Self
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★ 6.4
The Egg Trick
2013 Actor
Magician
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★ 6.4
Legacy X: Wolverine and the X-men
2013 Self
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★ 7.8
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 8.5
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012 Self
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★ 7.6
The Academy: Special
2012 Actor
Murray
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★ 8.4
Great West End Theatres
2012 Self
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★ 5.6
British Legends of Stage and Screen
2012 Self
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Production Diaries
2012 Self
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★ 6.3
Claude et Claudette
2011 Actor
The Voice
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★ 7.2
Perspectives
2011 Self
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★ 8.0
The Betty Driver Story
2011 Self
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★ 6.4
Lady Grey London
2010 Actor
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★ 6.6
E'gad, Zombies!
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.0
Small-Time Revolutionary
2010 Actor
Hamish Miller
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★ 7.7
Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution
2010 Self
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★ 6.6
The South Bank Show Revisited
2010 Self
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First Light Awards 2010
2010 Self
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★ 6.1
The Prisoner
2009 Actor
Un-Two
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★ 7.5
King Lear
2008 Actor
King Lear
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★ 7.6
Stardust
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.1
The Golden Compass
2007 Actor
Iorek Byrnison
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★ 6.8
For the Love of God
2007 Actor
Jackdaw
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★ 7.8
Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!
2007 Self
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★ 6.6
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 Actor
Magneto
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★ 6.7
The Da Vinci Code
2006 Actor
Sir Leigh Teabing
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★ 6.6
Flushed Away
2006 Actor
The Toad
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★ 2.8
Doogal
2006 Actor
Zebedee
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★ 7.6
Saint of 9/11
2006 Actor
Narrator
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A Conversation with Sir Ian
2006 Self
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★ 6.5
Neverwas
2005 Actor
Gabriel Finch
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★ 6.1
Asylum
2005 Actor
Dr. Peter Cleave
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★ 6.1
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005 Self
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★ 6.2
Eighteen
2005 Actor
Jason Anders
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★ 8.4
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005 Self
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★ 5.3
The Magic Roundabout
2004 Actor
Zebedee
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★ 8.6
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004 Self
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★ 9.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 7.4
X2: X-Men United
2003 Actor
Magneto
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★ 6.3
Emile
2003 Actor
Emile
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★ 6.3
National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2003 Self
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★ 6.6
The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled
2003 Self
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★ 8.2
Churchill
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.8
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 Actor
Gandalf
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★ 1.8
Frids film
2002 Self