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Ian McKellen is a Actor, Writer and Executive producer British born on 25 may 1939 at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 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, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His most well known film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films.
McKellen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in October 2014.
In 2001, Ian McKellen received the Artist Citizen of the World Award (France).
In the late 1980s, McKellen lost his appetite for meat except for fish, and so mostly excludes it from his diet.
He has a tattoo of the Elvish number nine, written using Tengwar, on his shoulder in reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the original nine companions of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of "The Fellowship" (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan and Viggo Mortensen) have the same tattoo. John Rhys-Davies, whose character was also one of the original nine companions, arranged for his stunt double to get the tattoo instead.
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006. In 2012, McKellen stated on his blog that "There is no cause for alarm. I am examined regularly and the cancer is contained. I've not needed any treatment."
He became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church in early 2013 in order to preside over the marriage of his X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart to his then fiancée Sunny Ozell. McKellen was awarded an honorary degree by Cambridge University on 18 June 2014, becoming a Doctor of Letters.
He was made a Freeman of the city of London on Thursday 30 October 2014. The ceremony took place at Guildhall in London. McKellen was nominated by London's Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf, who said he was chosen as he was an "exceptional actor" and "tireless campaigner for equality".
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Ian McKellen
Birth name Ian Murray McKellen
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 may 1939 (84 years) at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Annie Award
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 may 1939 (84 years) at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Annie Award
McKellen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in October 2014.
Biography
McKellen and his first partner, Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton, began their relationship in 1964. Their relationship lasted for eight years, ending in 1972. They lived in London, where McKellen continued to pursue his career as an actor. For over a decade, he has lived in a five-storey Victorian conversion in Narrow Street, Limehouse. In 1978 he met his second partner, Sean Mathias, at the Edinburgh Festival. This relationship lasted until 1988. According to Mathias, the ten-year love affair was tempestuous, with conflicts over McKellen's success in acting versus Mathias's somewhat less-successful career. Mathias later directed McKellen in Waiting For Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2009. The pair entered into a business partnership with Evgeny Lebedev, purchasing the lease on The Grapes public house in Narrow Street.In 2001, Ian McKellen received the Artist Citizen of the World Award (France).
In the late 1980s, McKellen lost his appetite for meat except for fish, and so mostly excludes it from his diet.
He has a tattoo of the Elvish number nine, written using Tengwar, on his shoulder in reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the original nine companions of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of "The Fellowship" (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan and Viggo Mortensen) have the same tattoo. John Rhys-Davies, whose character was also one of the original nine companions, arranged for his stunt double to get the tattoo instead.
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006. In 2012, McKellen stated on his blog that "There is no cause for alarm. I am examined regularly and the cancer is contained. I've not needed any treatment."
He became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church in early 2013 in order to preside over the marriage of his X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart to his then fiancée Sunny Ozell. McKellen was awarded an honorary degree by Cambridge University on 18 June 2014, becoming a Doctor of Letters.
He was made a Freeman of the city of London on Thursday 30 October 2014. The ceremony took place at Guildhall in London. McKellen was nominated by London's Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf, who said he was chosen as he was an "exceptional actor" and "tireless campaigner for equality".
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Filmography of Ian McKellen (69 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Animal Crackers | Actor | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) |
| 2020 | Animal Crackers | Actor | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) |
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Actor | Roy Courtnay |
| 2019 | Cats | Actor | Gus, the Theatre Cat |
| 2019 | All Is True | Actor | Earl of Southampton |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Actor | Cogsworth |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Actor | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Older) |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Actor | Sherlock Holmes |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Actor | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Actor | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Actor | |
| 2008 | King Lear | Actor | King Lear |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Actor | Iorek Byrnison (voice) |
| 2007 | Stardust | Actor | Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | For the Love of God | Actor | The Jackdaw |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Actor | Sir Leigh Teabing |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Actor | The Toad (voice) |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Actor | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 2006 | Displaced | Actor | |
| 2006 | Doogal | Actor | Zebedee (voice) |
| 2005 | Neverwas | Actor | Gabriel Finch |
| 2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Actor | Zebedee (voice) |
| 2005 | Asylum | Actor | Dr. Peter Cleave |
| 2005 | Eighteen | Actor | Jason Anders (voice) |
| 2005 | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Actor | Self |
| 2005 | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Actor | Himself |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2003 | X2 | Actor | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 2003 | Émile | Actor | Emile |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Actor | Gandalf |
| 2000 | X-Men | Actor | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Actor | Creakle |
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters | Actor | James Whale |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Actor | Kurt Dussander |
| 1998 | Swept from the Sea | Actor | Dr. James Kennedy |
| 1997 | Bent | Actor | Uncle Freddie |
| 1996 | Rasputin | Actor | Tsar Nicholas II |
| 1995 | Restoration | Actor | Will Gates |
| 1995 | Richard III | Actor, , Executive Producer | Richard III |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Actor | Amos Starkadder |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah | Actor | William |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Actor | Mob crowd member (uncredited) |
| 1994 | The Shadow | Actor | Dr. Reinhardt Lane |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Actor | John Earl McAlpine |
| 1994 | To Die For | Actor | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Actor | Percy Corcoran |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Actor | Death |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Actor | Geoffrey |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Actor | Bill Kraus |
| 1990 | Othello | Actor | Iago |
| 1989 | Scandal | Actor | John Profumo |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods (miniseries) | Actor | Chairman |
| 1986 | Walter | Actor | Walter |
| 1985 | Zina | Actor | Kronfeld |
| 1985 | Plenty | Actor | Sir Andrew Charleson |
| 1983 | The Keep | Actor | Dr. Theodore Cuza |
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Actor | Chauvelin |
| 1981 | Priest of Love | Actor | D.H. Lawrence |
| 1979 | Macbeth | Actor | Macbeth |
| 1978 | Corvette Summer | Actor | |
| 1974 | Graceless Go I | Actor | |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Actor | Roger |
| 1969 | The Promise | Actor | Leonidik |
| 1969 | A Touch of Love | Actor | George |