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.
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ActingBirthday
May 25, 1939Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
141Place of birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UKAlso known as
Иэн МакКеллен, Sir Ian McKellen, 伊恩·麦克莱恩, Sir Ian Murray McKellen, Σερ Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν, Ίαν ΜακΚέλεν, Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν, Ian McKellern, 이안 맥켈런, イアン・マッケラン, 伊恩·麦凯伦, 伊恩·麥克連Cast credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gandalf the WhiteThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gandalf the GreyThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gandalf the WhiteThe Da Vinci Code
Sir Leigh TeabingSwept from the Sea
Dr. James KennedyJack & Sarah
WilliamThe Golden Compass
Iorek Byrnison (voice)Stardust
Narrator (voice)And the Band Played On
Bill KrausGods and Monsters
James WhaleNeverwas
Gabriel FinchSix Degrees of Separation
GeoffreyRichard III
Richard IIIFlushed Away
The Toad (voice)The Scarlet Pimpernel
ChauvelinDoogal
Zebedee (voice)Asylum
Dr. Peter CleaveThe Shadow
Dr. Reinhardt LaneScandal
John ProfumoCold Comfort Farm
Amos StarkadderThe Keep
Dr. Theodore Cuza