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Ian McKellen is a British actor (born 1939), born on 25 May 1939 in Burnley.
Ian McKellen's screen career began in 1964 with The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, playing Plowden.
Ian McKellen has appeared in 67 films and 29 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Frank and Percy (2026), The Christophers (2025), Hamlet (2024).
Honours include Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival, Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Donostia Award.
Coming up next: Ebenezer (2026), Avengers: Doomsday (2026), The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027).
Jubliz has 1 story about Ian McKellen, most recently Make It So, One Last Time: Sir Patrick Stewart (1940 to 2026).
70 films and 29 television or streaming titles, newest first.
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum | Gandalf the Grey | Filming | |
| 2026 | Ebenezer | Jacob Marley | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Frank and Percy | Percy | ||
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | Post-production | |
| 2025 | The Christophers | Julian Sklar | ||
| 2024 | Hamlet | Hamlet | ||
| 2024 | Dragfox | Gingersnap the Fox | Voice role; short film | |
| 2023 | The Critic | Jimmy Erskine | ||
| 2023 | The One Note Man | Storyteller | Voice role; short film | |
| 2022 | Hamlet Within | The Ghost | ||
| 2021 | Infinitum: Subject Unknown | Dr. Charles Marland-White | ||
| 2019 | Cats | Gus the Theatre Cat | ||
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Roy Courtnay | ||
| 2018 | All Is True | Earl of Southampton | ||
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | also voice | |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | |||
| 2017 | McKellen: Playing the Part | English | ||
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Horatio P. Huntington | Voice role | |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gandalf the Grey | ||
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | Shared role with Michael Fassbender | |
| 2014 | Miss in Her Teens | The Prologue | ||
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Gandalf the Grey | ||
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | Cameo; mid-credits scene | |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | English |
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf the Grey | ||
| 2007 | Stardust | Narrator | Voice role | |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Iorek Byrnison | Voice role | |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | ||
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Sir Leigh Teabing | ||
| 2006 | Displaced | English | ||
| 2006 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Flushed Away | The Toad | Voice role | |
| 2005 | The Hobart Shakespeareans | English | ||
| 2005 | Neverwas | Gabriel Finch | ||
| 2005 | Asylum | Dr. Peter Cleave | ||
| 2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Zebedee | Voice role | |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | Gandalf | Voice | |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth | Gandalf | Voice | |
| 2004 | Eighteen | Older Jason Anders | Voice role | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf the White | ||
| 2003 | X2 | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | ||
| 2003 | Emile | Emile | ||
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf the White | ||
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf the Grey | ||
| 2000 | X-Men | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | ||
| 1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself | English | ||
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander | ||
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters | James Whale | ||
| 1997 | Swept from the Sea | Dr. James Kennedy | ||
| 1997 | Bent | Uncle Freddie | ||
| 1995 | Richard III | Richard III | Also writer and executive producer | |
| 1995 | Restoration | Will Gates | ||
| 1995 | Jack and Sarah | William | ||
| 1994 | The Shadow | Dr. Reinhardt Lane | ||
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | John Earl McAlpine | ||
| 1994 | To Die For | Quilt Documentary Narrator | Voice role | |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Geoffrey Miller | ||
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Death | ||
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Percy Corcoran | ||
| 1989 | Scandal | John Profumo | ||
| 1985 | Zina | Arthur Kronfeld | ||
| 1985 | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | ||
| 1983 | The Keep | Dr. Theodore Cuza | ||
| 1981 | Priest of Love | D. H. Lawrence | ||
| 1971 | Desert Island Discs | Castaway | ||
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Roger | ||
| 1969 | The Promise | Leonidik | ||
| 1969 | A Touch of Love | George Matthews | ||
| 1967 | The First St Joan | The Dauphin |
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ted | Narrator | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Family Guy | Dr. Cecil Pritchfield | Voice; Episode: "Send in Stewie, Please" | |
| 2015 | The Dresser | Norman | Television film | |
| 2013 | Vicious | Freddie Thornhill | 14 episodes | |
| 2012 | Doctor Who | The Great Intelligence | Voice; Episode: "The Snowmen" | |
| 2009 | The Prisoner | Number Two | 6 episodes | |
| 2008 | King Lear | King Lear | Television film | |
| 2005 | Coronation Street | Mel Hutchwright/Lionel Hipkiss | 10 episodes | |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Mr. Creakle | 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Tsar Nicholas II | Television film | |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | Television film | |
| 1993 | And The Band Played On | Bill Kraus | Television film | |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Archibald Anson Gidde | Miniseries, episodes 3 and 5 | |
| 1990 | Othello | Iago | Television film | |
| 1989 | Countdown to War | Adolf Hitler | Television film | |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods | Chairman | 2 episodes | |
| 1983 | Walter and June | Walter | Television film | |
| 1982 | Walter | Walter | Television film | |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Paul Chauvelin | Television film | |
| 1981 | Pillar of Fire | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1980 | Armchair Thriller | Anthony Skipling | 4-episode story: "Dying Day" | |
| 1979 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Television film | |
| 1978 | Jackanory | Reader | 5 episodes reading "The Moon in the Cloud" | |
| 1972 | Country Matters | David Masterman | Episode: "Craven Arms" | |
| 1970 | Solo | John Keats | Episode: "Ian McKellen as John Keats" |
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | David Copperfield | David Copperfield | 9 episodes | |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Play | Wolf | Episode: "The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne" | |
| 1965 | Sunday Out of Season | Victor Leech | Television film | |
| 1964 | The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | Plowden | Episode: "The Tomb of His Ancestors" |
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