Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/25/1939
Place of Birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
Ian McKellen
Biography
Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Gandalf
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Gandalf
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Gandalf the Grey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Gandalf the Grey
Doogal
as Zebedee (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
as Cogsworth
Avengers: Doomsday
as Magneto
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Gandalf the Grey
The Da Vinci Code
as Sir Leigh Teabing
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Magneto
Flushed Away
as The Toad (voice)
The Golden Compass
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Hamlet Within
Unknown Role
Stardust
as Narrator (voice)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
as Self
Last Action Hero
as Death
Cats
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
Apt Pupil
as Kurt Dussander
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2022
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
as Spooner
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
Role unknown
Shakespeare on Film
Role unknown
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
Role unknown
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
The Roof
as And Even Yet Another Fan
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
The Magic Roundabout
as Zebedee (voice)
My First Time
as Narrator
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
Role unknown
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
Role unknown
2003
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Gandalf
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
Role unknown
Churchill
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
X2
as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Role unknown
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
Role unknown
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Emile
as Emile
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1995
1994
To Die For
as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Role unknown
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
The Shadow
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Augustus Caesar (voice)
I'll Do Anything
as John Earl McAlpine
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self