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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

2025
The Hobbit: There and Back Again

as    Gandalf the Grey

2024
Dragfox

as    Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking)

2024
Hamlet

as    Hamlet

2024
The Critic

as    Jimmy Erskine

2024
2023
The One Note Man

as    Narrator (voice)

2022
2022
Quintessentially British

as    Self

2021
Infinitum: Subject Unknown

as    Dr. Charles Marland-White

2021
M4's The Hobbit Book Edit

as    Gandalf

2021
M4's The Hobbit Book Edit

as    Gandalf

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)

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M4's The Hobbit Book Edit

as    Gandalf