Ian McKellen
is 70 years old Real name: Ian Murray McKellenBorn: Thursday, May 25, 1939Height: 5' 11"
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Ian McKellen in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) SIR IAN MCKELLEN has been thrilling audiences for 40 years on both stage and screen, and has won more than 40 major international acting awards. For his performance as Gandalf the Grey in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring McKellen won a Screen Actors™ Guild Award as best supporting actor and was nominated for an Oscar. Since then he has starred on Broadway in Strindberg’s Dance of Death and filmed X-Men 2 as, once again, Magneto, the Master of Magnetism. For the telefilm Rasputin, McKellen was nominated for an Emmy and won the Golden Globe Award.Gods and Monsters (Academy Award nomination for Best Actor), Apt Pupil and Richard III (co-screenplay writer and executive producer). His many stage performances are legendary. He has acted in and produced classical and new plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre in London and on tour. His solo shows, Acting Shakespeare and A Knight Out, have been acclaimed throughout the world.
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Acting - Ian McKellen appeared
in following movies:
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Hobbit, The (2011)Gandalf (rumored) •
Prisoner, The (2009)Number Two (2009) •
King Lear (2008)King Lear •
Colossus, The (2008)Cecil Rhodes •
Golden Compass, The (2007)Iorek Byrnison (voice) •
Stardust (2007)Narrator (voice) •
For the Love of God (2007)Jackdaw •
Flushed Away (2006)The Toad (voice) •
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)Eric Lensherr/Magneto •
Da Vinci Code, The (2006)Sir Leigh Teabing •
Magic Roundabout, The (2005)Zebedee •
Asylum (2005)dvd Dr. Peter Cleave •
Neverwas (2005)Gabriel Finch •
Eighteen (2005)Jason Anders (voice) •
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)dvd Gandalf • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2004 •
X2 (2003)dvd Eric Lensherr/Magneto •
Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (2003)Nosferatu (video "Heart") •
Emile (2003)dvd Emile •
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)dvd Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the £ 5,000,000 •
Lord of the Piercing (2002)Gandalf (archive footage) •
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)dvd Gandalf £ 4,000,000 • Nominated for Mtv Movie Award - Best Fight 2002 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2002 • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2002 •
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)dvd Narrator (voice) •
X-Men (2000)dvd Eric Lensherr/Magneto •
David Copperfield (1999)dvd Creakle •
Gods and Monsters (1998)dvd James Whale • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Actor in a Leading Role 1999 •
Apt Pupil (1998)dvd Kurt Dussander •
Bent (1997)dvd Uncle Freddie •
Swept from the Sea (1997)dvd Dr. James Kennedy •
Rasputin (1996)Tsar Nicholas II • Won Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV 1997 • Nominated for Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special 1996 •
Richard III (1995)dvd Richard III • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1997 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1996 •
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)dvd Amos Starkadder •
Jack and Sarah (1995)dvd William •
Restoration (1995)dvd Will Gates •
I'll Do Anything (1994)dvd John Earl McAlpine •
Shadow, The (1994)dvd Dr. Reinhardt Lane •
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)dvd Geoffrey •
Ballad of Little Jo, The (1993)dvd Percy Corcoran, Jo's Roommate, •
Last Action Hero (1993)dvd Death •
Scandal (1989)dvd John Profumo •
Plenty (1985)dvd Sir Andrew Charleson •
Keep, The (1983)dvd Dr. Theodore Cuza •
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1982)dvd Chauvelin •
Alfred the Great (1969)Roger
Screenplay - Ian McKellen worked as writer on following movies: •
Richard III (1995)dvd • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1997 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1996 Production - Ian McKellen worked as producer on following movies: •
Richard III (1995)dvd executive producer • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1997 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1996
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