Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 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.
Known for
The Critic
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
Hamlet
ted
The One Note Man
Quintessentially British
Hamlet Within
Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen
Hating Peter Tatchell
Great British Theatre
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
Reunited Apart
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Cats
The Good Liar
On Broadway
The Isle
All Is True
National Theatre Live: King Lear
McKellen: Playing the Part
The Paul O'Grady Story
How a Kite Flies
Beauty and the Beast
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Edmund the Magnificent
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
The Roof
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
The Dresser
Mr. Holmes
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Trailblazer Honors
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Muse of Fire
The Wolverine
The Egg Trick
Vicious
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Looking for Lowry
The Betty Driver Story
Lady Grey London
Small-Time Revolutionary
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
The Prisoner
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Theatreland
King Lear
The Golden Compass
Stardust
The Graham Norton Show
Flushed Away
The One Show
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Da Vinci Code
Saint of 9/11
Doogal
Asylum
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Extras
Doctor Who
The Magic Roundabout
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Eighteen
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Paul O'Grady Show
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
Churchill
X2
Real Time with Bill Maher
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
Quest for the Ring
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
X-Men
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
David Copperfield
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
Family Guy
Apt Pupil
Gods and Monsters
Swept from the Sea
Bent
The View
Surviving Friendly Fire
An Evening with Lily Savage
Rasputin
Richard III
Jack & Sarah
Cold Comfort Farm
To Die For
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Inside the Actors Studio
The Shadow
David Macaulay: Roman City
I'll Do Anything
Six Degrees of Separation
Tales of the City
And the Band Played On
The Ballad of Little Jo
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Last Action Hero
Gladio
Othello
The Simpsons
Countdown to War
Scandal
Windmills of the Gods
Zina
Plenty
Playing Shakespeare
The Keep
Walter and June
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Walter
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Pillar of Fire
Priest of Love
Macbeth
The Vanishing Army
Armchair Thriller
An Audience with...
Saturday Night Live
Country Matters
Hamlet
Edward II
The Tragedy of King Richard II
Sesame Street
Alfred the Great
A Touch of Love
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
BBC Play of the Month
Coronation Street
The Oscars