Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards. McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart. McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019). McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McKellen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Películas como actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Da Vinci Code
Gods and Monsters
The Golden Compass
Stardust
Swept from the Sea
Jack & Sarah
And the Band Played On
Six Degrees of Separation
Neverwas
Richard III
Flushed Away
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Doogal
Asylum
The Shadow
Scandal
Cold Comfort Farm
Apt Pupil
Last Action Hero
The Keep
Macbeth
Plenty
Hamlet Within
Emile
X-Men
X2
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
An Evening with Lily Savage
King Lear
The Magic Roundabout
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Rasputin
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Priest of Love
Gladio
Bent
The Ballad of Little Jo
Alfred the Great
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Walter
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Saint of 9/11
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Schadenfreude
X-Men: Days of Future Past
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
A Touch of Love
Theatreland
To Die For
Surviving Friendly Fire
Walter and June
Muse of Fire
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
A Bit Of Scarlet
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
The Critic
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Zina
Miss in Her Teens
Othello
For the Love of God
The One Note Man
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Hamlet
Mr. Holmes
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
I'll Do Anything
The Wolverine
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Animal Crackers
Hamlet
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Quintessentially British
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Looking for Lowry
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
The Dresser
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
Beauty and the Beast
Edward II
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
The Promise
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Restoration
Hedda Gabler
Dragfox
The Roof
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
The Art of Breaking Character
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Quest for the Ring
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
The Good Liar
The Betty Driver Story
The Paul O'Grady Story
McKellen: Playing the Part
Cats
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
All Is True
David Macaulay: Roman City
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Edmund the Magnificent
How a Kite Flies
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
The Egg Trick
Hating Peter Tatchell
Eighteen
Small-Time Revolutionary
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
The Tragedy of King Richard II
Countdown to War
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
Shakespeare on Film
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
On Broadway
Scarfe's Follies
Camp Christmas
The Christophers
The Making of The Two Towers
The Making of The Return of the King
Süleyman the Magnificent
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
Avengers: Doomsday
After Stonewall
Dying Day
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Guerrilla Distribution
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Graceless Go I
My First Time
Ebenezer
Frank and Percy
Age of Dissent
Craven Arms
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
A Simple Matter of Justice
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
X3: The Excitement Continues
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Thin Ice
Pet Shop Boys: Cubism
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth