Ian McKellen

84 years old. Born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK on 25th May 1939.

You've seen -- of his 87 trackable films

Ian McKellen is an actor with a career spanning 54 years, from 1969 to 2023, starting at the age of 30. His first film was A Touch of Love and his latest film will be Hamlet Revenant. A lot of his work has been in the Drama and Adventure genres.

Famous Roles: Gandalf Magneto

Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

Filmography

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Upcoming Films (2)

Film		Year	Runtime	Status	Options
	Hamlet Revenant ???? 1h 50m Ken McMullen		1h 50m	Unknown Status
	Hamlet Within ???? 1h 26m Ken McMullen		1h 26m	Unknown Status

Released Films (85)

	Film		Year
The Critic	2023	1h 35m
Infinitum: Subject Unknown	2021	1h 26m
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU	2020	2h 36m
Cats	2019	1h 50m	PG
The Good Liar	2019	1h 49m	R
All Is True	2018	1h 41m
National Theatre Live: King Lear	2018	3h 47m
Animal Crackers	2017	1h 45m	PG
How a Kite Flies	2018	6m
Beauty and the Beast	2017	2h 9m	PG
Edmund the Magnificent	2017	14m
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land	2016	2h 21m
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC	2016	2h
The Roof	2016	10m
The Dresser	2015	1h 45m
Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes	2005	1h 44m	PG
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Gandalf	2014	2h 24m	PG-13
X-Men: Days of Future Past as Magneto	2014	2h 12m	PG-13
Miss in Her Teens	2014	1h 10m
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Gandalf	2013	2h 41m	PG-13
The Wolverine as Magneto	2013	2h 6m	PG-13
The Egg Trick	2013	7m
Doctor Who: The Snowmen	2012	1h
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gandalf	2012	2h 49m	PG-13
Small-Time Revolutionary	2010	16m
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation	2010	15m
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	2010	4h
King Lear	2008	2h 30m
The Golden Compass	2007	1h 53m	PG-13
Stardust	2007	2h 7m
For the Love of God	2007	11m
Flushed Away	2006	1h 25m	PG
X-Men: The Last Stand as Magneto	2006	1h 44m	PG-13
The Da Vinci Code	2006	2h 29m	PG-13
Doogal	2006	1h 25m	G
Neverwas	2005	1h 48m	PG-13
Asylum	2005	1h 39m
The Magic Roundabout	2005	1h 25m
Eighteen	2005	1h 41m
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?	2004	1h
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf	2003	3h 21m	PG-13
X2 as Magneto	2003	2h 14m	PG-13
Émile	2003	1h 32m
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gandalf	2002	3h 53m	PG-13
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gandalf	2001	3h 48m	PG-13
X-Men as Magneto	2000	1h 44m	PG-13
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man	2000	39m
Apt Pupil	1998	1h 47m
Swept from the Sea	1997	1h 53m	PG-13
Gods and Monsters	1998	1h 45m	R
Bent	1997	1h 45m
Surviving Friendly Fire	1997	1h
An Evening with Lily Savage	1996	1h
Rasputin	1996	2h 15m	R
Richard III	1995	1h 44m	R
Restoration	1995	1h 57m	R
Jack & Sarah	1995	1h 50m
Cold Comfort Farm	1995	1h 35m
To Die For	1994	1h 41m	NR
The Shadow	1994	1h 48m	PG-13
I'll Do Anything	1994	1h 55m
Six Degrees of Separation	1993	1h 52m	R
And the Band Played On	1993	2h 20m
The Ballad of Little Jo	1993	2h 1m	R
Last Action Hero as Death	1993	2h 10m
Othello	1990	3h 24m
Countdown to War	1989	1h 18m
Scandal	1989	1h 55m	R
Zina	1985	1h 32m
Plenty	1985	2h 4m	R
The Keep	1983	1h 36m	R
Walter and June	1983	1h 3m
The Scarlet Pimpernel	1982	2h 22m	PG
Walter	1982	1h 10m
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare	1982	1h 30m
Priest of Love	1981	2h 5m	R
Macbeth	1979	2h 25m
The Vanishing Army	1980	1h 20m
Hedda Gabler	1972	2h
Edward II	1970	2h 5m
The Tragedy of King Richard II	1970	2h 2m
The Promise	1969	1h 38m
Alfred the Great	1969	2h 2m
A Touch of Love	1969	1h 47m
Marley	2021	-