Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
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.
Place of birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK 
Date of birth
25th May 1939
Movies that starred Ian McKellen (25 in total)
Cats [2019]
Gus, the Theatre Cat
All Is True [2018]
Earl of Southampton
Animal Crackers [2017]
Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC [2016]
Self - Performer
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]
Gandalf
X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014]
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013]
Gandalf
Muse of Fire [2013]
Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012]
Gandalf
Stardust [2007]
Narrator (voice)
The Golden Compass [2007]
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
The Da Vinci Code [2006]
Sir Leigh Teabing
Flushed Away [2006]
The Toad (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand [2006]
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Neverwas [2005]
Gabriel Finch
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [2003]
Gandalf
X2 [2003]
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [2002]
Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [2001]
Gandalf
X-Men [2000]
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Apt Pupil [1998]
Kurt Dussander
Swept from the Sea [1998]
Dr. James Kennedy
Gods and Monsters [1998]
James Whale
Jack & Sarah [1995]
William
Richard III [1995]
Richard III
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