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.
Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
Movie | The Critic | Jimmy Erskine | 2023-09-07 |
Movie | Quintessentially British | Self | 2022-10-27 |
Movie | Hating Peter Tatchell | Self | 2021-08-20 |
Movie | On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
Movie | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | 2019-11-08 |
Movie | Cats | Gus, the Theatre Cat | 2019-12-19 |
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 | The Paul O'Grady Story | Himself | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | The Roof | And Even Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
Movie | Play the Devil: Making Richard III | 2016-05-31 | |
Movie | Shakespeare on Film | 2016-05-31 | |
Movie | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | Spooner | 2016-12-15 |
Movie | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2015-06-19 |
Movie | The Dresser | Norman | 2015-10-31 |
Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2014-05-15 |
Movie | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | 2014-04-15 |
Series | Trailblazer Honors | Himself | 2014-06-27 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) | 2013-07-21 |
Series | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 2013-04-29 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf | 2013-12-11 |
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 | The Betty Driver Story | Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) | 2011-02-01 |
Movie | Looking for Lowry | Himself | 2011-04-24 |
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 | A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation | Narrator (voice) | 2010-06-25 |
Movie | Theatreland | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Series | The Prisoner | 2 / Curtis | 2009-11-15 |
Movie | King Lear | King Lear | 2008-08-06 |
Movie | For the Love of God | The Jackdaw | 2007-02-28 |
Movie | Stardust | Narrator (voice) | 2007-08-09 |
Movie | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | 2007-12-04 |
Movie | Saint of 9/11 | Narrator | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | Doogal | Zebedee (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2006-05-24 |
Movie | Flushed Away | The Toad (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
Movie | Eighteen | Jason Anders (voice) | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Doctor Who | Voice of the Snowman | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
Series | Extras | Ian McKellen | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Himself | 2005-09-06 |
Movie | Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? | 2004-03-27 | |
Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
Movie | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
Movie | Émile | Emile | 2003-01-01 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | X2 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2003-04-27 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | 2003-12-01 |
Series | Churchill | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-08 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | 2002-12-18 |
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 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | 2001-12-18 |
Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Magneto' | 2000-07-02 |
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 | 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 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Bent | Uncle Freddie | 1997-11-26 |
Movie | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas II | 1996-03-23 |
Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Jack & Sarah | William | 1995-06-02 |
Movie | Richard III | Richard III | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Restoration | Will Gates | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | David Macaulay: Roman City | Augustus Caesar (voice) | 1994-02-15 |
Movie | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | 1994-02-04 |
Movie | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | 1994-07-01 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1994-12-02 |
Movie | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | 1993-08-20 |
Movie | Last Action Hero | Death | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | And the Band Played On | Bill Kraus | 1993-09-11 |
Series | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | 1993-09-28 |
Movie | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey | 1993-12-08 |
Movie | Othello | Iago | 1990-06-23 |
Movie | Scandal | John Profumo | 1989-03-03 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Countdown to War | Adolf Hitler | 1989-04-07 |
Series | Windmills of the Gods | Chairman | 1988-02-07 |
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 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | 1982-11-09 |
Movie | Walter | Walter | 1982-11-02 |
Movie | Priest of Love | D.H. Lawrence | 1981-10-11 |
Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
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 | Hedda Gabler | George Tesman | 1972-10-20 |
Movie | Edward II | King Edward | 1970-08-06 |
Movie | Alfred the Great | Roger | 1969-10-08 |
Movie | A Touch of Love | George | 1969-09-01 |
Movie | The Promise | 1969-12-01 | |
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 |