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Age 87

Also known asSir Ian McKellen, Sir Ian Murray McKellen, Ian McKellernGenderMaleBorn25/05/1939 (87)Born inBurnley, Lancashire, England, UKWikidataQ170510 ↗TMDb#1327 ↗

Filmography164 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2027	The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for GollumMovie	Gandalf	88
2026	Avengers: DoomsdayMovie	Magneto	87
2026	The ChristophersMovie	Julian Sklar	87
2025	SchadenfreudeMovie	Continuity Announcer	86
2025	Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessMovie	—	86
2024	tedSeries	Narrator (voice)	85
2024	The CriticMovie	Jimmy Erskine	85
2024	The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedMovie	—	85
2024	The Life and Death of Lily SavageMovie	Self	85
2022	Freedom: 50 Years of PrideMovie	Self	83
2021	Infinitum: Subject UnknownMovie	Dr. Charles Marland-White	82
2021	Amol Rajan InterviewsSeries	Self - Interviewed Guest	82
2021	Hating Peter TatchellMovie	Self	82
2020	Reunited ApartSeries	Self	81
2019	CatsMovie	Gus, the Theatre Cat	80
2019	On BroadwayMovie	Self	80
2019	The Good LiarMovie	Roy Courtnay	80
2018	Animal CrackersMovie	Horatio P. Huntington (voice)	79
2018	All Is TrueMovie	Earl of Southampton	79
2018	McKellen: Playing the PartMovie	Self	79
2017	Beauty and the BeastMovie	Cogsworth	78
2017	The Untold Tales of Armistead MaupinMovie	Self	78
2017	The Paul O'Grady StoryMovie	Self	78
2016	Judi Dench: All the World's Her StageMovie	Self	77
2016	Shakespeare Live! From the RSCMovie	Self - Performer	77
2016	The RoofMovie	And Even Yet Another Fan	77
2016	National Theatre Live: No Man's LandMovie	Spooner	77
2015	The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries	Self	76
2015	Mr. HolmesMovie	Sherlock Holmes	76
2015	The DresserMovie	Norman	76
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMovie	Gandalf the Grey	75
2014	X-Men: Days of Future PastMovie	Magneto	75
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSeries	Self	75
2014	Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries	Self - Guest	75
2014	Trailblazer HonorsSeries	Self - Speaker	75
2014	Double Take: Xavier & MagnetoMovie	Self	75
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugMovie	Gandalf the Grey	74
2013	The WolverineMovie	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)	74
2013	ViciousSeries	Freddie Thornhill	74
2013	The Five(ish) Doctors RebootMovie	Self	74
2013	The Wolverine: Path of a RoninMovie	Self	74
2013	Muse of FireMovie	Self	74
2013	The Egg TrickMovie	Magician	74
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyMovie	Gandalf the Grey	73
2012	Doctor Who: The SnowmenMovie	The Great Intelligence (voice)	73
2012	London 2012: Paralympics Opening CeremonyMovie	Self	73
2011	The Betty Driver StoryMovie	Self	72
2011	PerspectivesSeries	—	72
2010	The TalkSeries	Self	71
2009	The PrisonerSeries	2 / Curtis	70
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries	Self - Guest	70
2009	TheatrelandMovie	Self	70
2008	King LearMovie	King Lear	69
2007	StardustMovie	Narrator (voice)	68
2007	The Golden CompassMovie	Iorek Byrnison (voice)	68
2007	The Graham Norton ShowSeries	Self	68
2007	Pet Shop Boys: CubismMovie	Self- voice	68
2006	Flushed AwayMovie	The Toad (voice)	67
2006	X-Men: The Last StandMovie	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	67
2006	The Da Vinci CodeMovie	Sir Leigh Teabing	67
2006	DoogalMovie	Zebedee (voice)	67
2006	The One ShowSeries	Self - Guest	67
2006	Brett Ratner's X-DiariesMovie	Self	67
2006	X3: The Excitement ContinuesMovie	Self	67
2005	ExtrasSeries	Ian McKellen	66
2005	The Magic RoundaboutMovie	Zebedee (voice)	66
2005	AsylumMovie	Dr. Peter Cleave	66
2005	NeverwasMovie	Gabriel Finch	66
2005	Ringers: Lord of the FansMovie	Self	66
2005	EighteenMovie	Jason Anders (voice)	66
2004	The Making of 'The Return of the King'Movie	Self	65
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?Series	Self	65
2004	The Paul O'Grady ShowSeries	—	65
2004	Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!Movie	Self	65
2004	Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?Movie	—	65
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingMovie	Gandalf	64
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series	Self	64
2003	X2Movie	Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto	64
2003	Real Time with Bill MaherSeries	Self	64
2003	Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingMovie	Self	64
2003	Evolution X - The Making of X-MenMovie	—	64
2003	X-Men: Premieres Around the WorldMovie	Self	64
2003	ChurchillSeries	Self - Narrator (voice)	64
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMovie	Gandalf	63
2002	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySeries	Self	63
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..Movie	Self	63
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingMovie	Gandalf	62
2001	Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingMovie	Self	62
2001	Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Movie	Self	62
2001	Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in LoveMovie	Narrator (voice)	62
2000	X-MenMovie	Magneto	61
2000	X-Men: The Mutant WatchMovie	Self - 'Magneto'	61
2000	Cirque du Soleil: Journey of ManMovie	Narrator (voice)	61
2000	Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!Movie	Self	61
1999	Family GuySeries	Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)	60
1999	After StonewallMovie	Self	60
1999	David CopperfieldSeries	Creakle	60
1999	The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James WhaleMovie	Self	60
1998	Apt PupilMovie	Kurt Dussander	59
1998	Swept from the SeaMovie	Dr. James Kennedy	59
1998	Gods and MonstersMovie	James Whale	59
1998	ParkinsonSeries	Self	59
1997	The ViewSeries	Self - Guest	58
1997	HARDtalkSeries	—	58
1997	BentMovie	Uncle Freddie	58
1996	RasputinMovie	Tsar Nicholas II	57
1995	Cold Comfort FarmMovie	Amos Starkadder	56
1995	Richard IIIMovie	Richard III	56
1995	RestorationMovie	Will Gates	56
1995	Jack & SarahMovie	William	56
1994	Inside the Actors StudioSeries	Self	55
1994	The ShadowMovie	Dr. Reinhardt Lane	55
1994	To Die ForMovie	Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)	55
1994	I'll Do AnythingMovie	John Earl McAlpine	55
1994	Age of DissentMovie	Self	55
1993	Last Action HeroMovie	Death	54
1993	Six Degrees of SeparationMovie	Geoffrey	54
1993	And the Band Played OnMovie	Bill Kraus	54
1993	Tales of the CitySeries	Archibald Anson Gidde	54
1993	Late Show with David LettermanSeries	Self - Guest	54
1993	The Ballad of Little JoMovie	Percy Corcoran	54
1993	Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries	Self - Guest	54
1993	Camp ChristmasMovie	—	54
1993	Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt UpMovie	Narration (voice)	54
1990	Have I Got News for YouSeries	Self	51
1989	The SimpsonsSeries	Ian McKellen (voice)	50
1989	ScandalMovie	John Profumo	50
1989	Countdown to WarMovie	Adolf Hitler	50
1988	Windmills of the GodsSeries	Chairman	49
1988	Scarfe's FolliesMovie	—	49
1985	PlentyMovie	Sir Andrew Charleson	46
1985	ZinaMovie	Kronfeld	46
1984	Playing ShakespeareSeries	—	45
1983	Walter and JuneMovie	Walter	44
1983	The KeepMovie	Dr. Theodore Cuza	44
1982	The Scarlet PimpernelMovie	Chauvelin	43
1982	WalterMovie	Walter	43
1981	Priest of LoveMovie	D.H. Lawrence	42
1981	Pillar of FireSeries	Narrator	42
1980	Dying DayMovie	Antony Skipling	41
1979	MacbethMovie	Macbeth	40
1978	An Audience with...Series	Self	39
1975	Saturday Night LiveSeries	Self - Host	36
1974	PlayhouseSeries	Alexander	35
1974	Graceless Go IMovie	Tony	35
1972	Country MattersSeries	David Masterman	33
1972	Craven ArmsMovie	David Masterman	33
1971	Film '72Series	Self	32
1970	HamletMovie	Hamlet	31
1970	Edward IIMovie	King Edward	31
1969	Sesame StreetSeries	Self	30
1969	ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries	Lyov	30
1969	A Touch of LoveMovie	George	30
1969	Alfred the GreatMovie	Roger	30
1969	The PromiseMovie	—	30
1967	ITV PlayhouseSeries	Tony	28
1967	OmnibusSeries	Self - Reading Poetry	28
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	Ross / T.E. Lawrence	26
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	George Tesman	26
1965	The Trial and Torture of Sir John RampayneMovie	Wolf	26
1964	The Wednesday PlaySeries	Wolf	25
1960	Coronation StreetSeries	Mel Hutchwright	21
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	14
1944	Golden Globe AwardsSeries	Self - Presenter	5