Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards.

Casted

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Played Gandalf

Average Rating

8.4

26617 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 2001

24 years ago
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Played Gandalf

Average Rating

8.5

25680 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 2003

22 years ago
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Played Gandalf

Average Rating

8.4

23118 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 2002

23 years ago
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Played Gandalf the Grey

Average Rating

7.4

19118 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 2012

13 years ago
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Played Magneto

Average Rating

7.5

15874 votes

Release Date

May 15, 2014

12 years ago
Beauty and the Beast

Played Cogsworth

Average Rating

7.0

15825 votes

Release Date

Mar 16, 2017

9 years ago
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Played Gandalf the Grey

Average Rating

7.3

14905 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 2014

11 years ago
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Played Gandalf the Grey

Average Rating

7.6

13754 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 2013

12 years ago
X-Men

Played Magneto

Average Rating

7.0

11857 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 2000

26 years ago
X2

Played Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

Average Rating

7.0

10599 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 2003

23 years ago
X-Men: The Last Stand

Played Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Average Rating

6.4

10099 votes

Release Date

May 24, 2006

20 years ago
The Wolverine

Played Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.4

10006 votes

Release Date

Jul 21, 2013

12 years ago
The Da Vinci Code

Played Sir Leigh Teabing

Average Rating

6.7

9778 votes

Release Date

May 17, 2006

20 years ago
The Golden Compass

Played Iorek Byrnison (voice)

Average Rating

6.1

4711 votes

Release Date

Dec 04, 2007

18 years ago
Stardust

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

4270 votes

Release Date

Aug 10, 2007

18 years ago
Flushed Away

Played The Toad (voice)

Average Rating

6.3

3982 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 2006

19 years ago
Last Action Hero

Played Death

Average Rating

6.5

2869 votes

Release Date

Jun 18, 1993

33 years ago
Mr. Holmes

Played Sherlock Holmes

Average Rating

6.5

1916 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 2015

10 years ago
The Good Liar

Played Roy Courtnay

Average Rating

6.7

1223 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 2019

6 years ago
Cats

Played Gus, the Theatre Cat

Average Rating

4.1

1019 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 2019

6 years ago
Apt Pupil

Played Kurt Dussander

Average Rating

6.5

690 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 1998

27 years ago
The Shadow

Played Dr. Reinhardt Lane

Average Rating

6.1

547 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1994

32 years ago
Gods and Monsters

Played James Whale

Average Rating

6.9

379 votes

Release Date

Sep 12, 1998

27 years ago
Six Degrees of Separation

Played Geoffrey

Average Rating

6.4

350 votes

Release Date

Dec 08, 1993

32 years ago
The Keep

Played Dr. Theodore Cuza

Average Rating

5.6

293 votes

Release Date

Dec 16, 1983

42 years ago
X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Played Self - 'Magneto'

Average Rating

7.0

232 votes

Release Date

Jul 02, 2000

26 years ago
Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Played The Great Intelligence (voice)

Average Rating

7.7

230 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2012

13 years ago
Animal Crackers

Played Horatio P. Huntington (voice)

Average Rating

6.3

200 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 2017

8 years ago
Richard III

Played Richard III

Average Rating

6.7

189 votes

Release Date

Dec 29, 1995

30 years ago
The Magic Roundabout

Played Zebedee (voice)

Average Rating

5.4

169 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 2004

21 years ago
Bent

Played Uncle Freddie

Average Rating

6.8

152 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 1997

28 years ago
All Is True

Played Earl of Southampton

Average Rating

6.0

137 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2018

7 years ago
Neverwas

Played Gabriel Finch

Average Rating

6.4

135 votes

Release Date

Sep 09, 2005

20 years ago
Restoration

Played Will Gates

Average Rating

6.0

126 votes

Release Date

Dec 29, 1995

30 years ago
Asylum

Played Dr. Peter Cleave

Average Rating

5.9

119 votes

Release Date

Sep 09, 2005

20 years ago
Doogal

Played Zebedee (voice)

Average Rating

4.9

111 votes

Release Date

Feb 24, 2006

20 years ago
And the Band Played On

Played Bill Kraus

Average Rating

6.4

105 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1993

33 years ago
Scandal

Played John Profumo

Average Rating

6.0

96 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 1989

37 years ago
The Critic

Played Jimmy Erskine

Average Rating

5.9

94 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2024

1 year ago
The Dresser

Played Norman

Average Rating

6.2

87 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 2015

10 years ago
Cold Comfort Farm

Played Amos Starkadder

Average Rating

6.8

76 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1995

31 years ago
Swept from the Sea

Played Dr. James Kennedy

Average Rating

6.4

71 votes

Release Date

Jan 23, 1998

28 years ago
Rasputin

Played Tsar Nicholas II

Average Rating

6.5

61 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 1996

30 years ago
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

58 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2013

12 years ago
Jack & Sarah

Played William

Average Rating

6.7

55 votes

Release Date

Jun 02, 1995

31 years ago
I'll Do Anything

Played John Earl McAlpine

Average Rating

5.5

54 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 1994

32 years ago
Infinitum: Subject Unknown

Played Dr. Charles Marland-White

Average Rating

5.4

54 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 2021

5 years ago
The Scarlet Pimpernel

Played Chauvelin

Average Rating

6.7

47 votes

Release Date

Nov 09, 1982

44 years ago
Plenty

Played Sir Andrew Charleson

Average Rating

5.7

47 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 1985

41 years ago
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.1

29 votes

Release Date

May 05, 2000

26 years ago
The Ballad of Little Jo

Played Percy Corcoran

Average Rating

5.8

29 votes

Release Date

Aug 20, 1993

33 years ago
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

Played Self

Average Rating

6.9

25 votes

Release Date

Dec 03, 2013

12 years ago
Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

21 votes

Release Date

Jan 21, 2005

21 years ago
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

20 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 2017

9 years ago
McKellen: Playing the Part

Played Himself

Average Rating

7.2

20 votes

Release Date

May 25, 2018

7 years ago
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

18 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 2001

24 years ago
Alfred the Great

Played Roger

Average Rating

4.3

16 votes

Release Date

Oct 08, 1969

57 years ago
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

16 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 2001

24 years ago
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Played Self

Average Rating

8.1

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 2003

22 years ago
After Stonewall

Played Self

Average Rating

5.4

14 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 1999

27 years ago
King Lear

Played King Lear

Average Rating

6.7

13 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 2008

17 years ago
Priest of Love

Played D.H. Lawrence

Average Rating

4.8

13 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 1981

45 years ago
A Touch of Love

Played George

Average Rating

6.3

13 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1969

57 years ago
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Played Self - Performer

Average Rating

7.2

12 votes

Release Date

Apr 23, 2016

10 years ago
Eighteen

Played Jason Anders (voice)

Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2005

21 years ago
Macbeth

Played Macbeth

Average Rating

7.3

10 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 1979

47 years ago
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

Played Self

Average Rating

6.2

10 votes

Release Date

Aug 29, 2000

25 years ago
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Played Spooner

Average Rating

7.5

10 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 2016

9 years ago
The Making of 'The Two Towers'

Average Rating

8.8

10 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2003

23 years ago
The Making of 'The Return of the King'

Played Self

Average Rating

8.8

10 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2004

22 years ago
Émile

Played Emile

Average Rating

5.8

9 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2003

23 years ago
Quest for the Ring

Played Self

Average Rating

5.6

9 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 2001

24 years ago
National Theatre Live: King Lear

Played King Lear

Average Rating

8.2

9 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 2018

7 years ago
Walter

Played Walter

Average Rating

5.2

8 votes

Release Date

Nov 02, 1982

44 years ago
X-Men: Premieres Around the World

Played Self

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 2003

23 years ago
To Die For

Played Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

2.0

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1994

31 years ago
A Bit Of Scarlet

Played Narrator

Average Rating

4.1

7 votes

Release Date

Jun 20, 1997

29 years ago
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Played Self

Average Rating

6.2

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 2003

22 years ago
Hamlet

Played Hamlet

Average Rating

7.6

6 votes

Release Date

Feb 27, 2024

2 years ago
Quintessentially British

Played Self

Average Rating

3.8

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 2022

3 years ago
Edward II

Played King Edward

Average Rating

4.2

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 1970

56 years ago
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

6 votes

Release Date

Dec 30, 2016

9 years ago
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 2010

16 years ago
Edmund the Magnificent

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

6 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 2017

9 years ago
Hating Peter Tatchell

Played Self

Average Rating

3.7

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 2021

4 years ago
Zina

Played Kronfeld

Average Rating

5.4

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1985

41 years ago
Lady Grey London

Average Rating

7.0

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 08, 2010

15 years ago
Saint of 9/11

Played Narrator

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 2006

20 years ago
The Roof

Played And Even Yet Another Fan

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 2016

10 years ago
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 25, 2003

22 years ago
The Paul O'Grady Story

Played Self

Average Rating

8.3

3 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 2017

8 years ago
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Played Self

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 23, 2004

22 years ago
Small-Time Revolutionary

Played Hamish Miller (voice)

Average Rating

3.0

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 22, 2010

15 years ago
On Broadway

Played Self

Average Rating

8.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 2019

6 years ago
Camp Christmas

Average Rating

2.7

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 1993

32 years ago
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Played Self

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 29, 2012

13 years ago
Surviving Friendly Fire

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 1997

29 years ago
Muse of Fire

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 2013

12 years ago
Miss in Her Teens

Played The Prologue

Average Rating

3.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 2014

12 years ago
Othello

Played Iago

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1990

36 years ago

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