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| Ian McKellen |
 Full Name: Ian Murray McKellen
Nicknames: None
Birthdate: May 25th, 1939
Birthplace: Burnley, England, UK
Height: 5’11”
Weight: Unknown
Parents: Denis and Margery McKellen
Siblings: Jean
Pets: None
Hair color: White
Eye color: Blue
Marital status: Single
*FACTS*
Was knighted in 1990
Was the vampire in the music video "Heart" by the Pet Shop Boys.
He is a vegetarian.
He was offered to be Mission Commander Swanbeck in "Mission: Impossible 2," but was not able to do it because he was too busy at the time.
Wore a false nose as Gandalf
Studied at Cambridge University
Called the crebain (Saruman's crows) "Spies from Star Wars" (LotR was being filmed in New Zealand, while Star Wars was being filmed in Australia)
Based Gandalf's accent on the accent of Tolkien himself
Gandalf's painful encounter with a ceiling beam in Bilbo's hobbit-hole was not in the script--Ian banged his forehead against the beam accidentally, not on purpose. But Peter Jackson thought Ian did a great job "acting through" the mistake, and so kept it in. |
| Filmography |
- Asylum (2004) (post-production) .... Peter Cleave
- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) .... Gandalf
... aka Return of the King, The (2003) (USA: short title)
- Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (2003) (V) (uncredited) .... Nosferatu
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The (2003/II) (VG) (voice) (as Sir Ian McKellen) .... Gandalf
- Emile (2003) .... Emile
- X2 (2003) .... Eric Lensherr/Magneto
... aka X-Men 2 (2003) (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka X-2 (2003) (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional title)
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) .... Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White
... aka Two Towers, The (2002) (USA: short title)
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002/II) (VG) (voice) .... Gandalf
- Lord of the Piercing (2002) (TV) (archive footage) .... Gandalf
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) .... Gandalf
... aka Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) (USA: short title)
... aka Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture, The (2001) (USA: promotional title)
- William Shakespeare (2000) (archive footage) .... Richard III
- X-Men (2000) .... Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
... aka X-Men 1.5 (2003) (USA: DVD title)
- Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000) (voice) .... Narrator
- David Copperfield (1999) (TV) .... Creakle
- Apt Pupil (1998) .... Kurt Dussander
... aka Un élève doué - Été de corruption (1999) (France: dubbed version)
- Gods and Monsters (1998) .... James Whale
- Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Dr. James Kennedy
... aka Balayé par la mer (1997) (Canada: French title)
- Bent (1997) .... Uncle Freddie
- Rasputin (1996) (TV) .... Tsar Nicholas II
... aka Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) (TV) (USA: video box title)
- Restoration (1995) .... Will Gates
- Richard III (1995) .... Richard III
- Jack and Sarah (1995) .... William
- Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Amos Starkadder
- To Die For (1994) (voice) .... Quilt Documentary Narrator
... aka Heaven's a Drag (1994)
- Shadow, The (1994) .... Dr. Reinhardt Lane
- I'll Do Anything (1994) .... John Earl McAlpine
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993) .... Geoffrey
- And the Band Played On (1993) (TV) .... Bill Kraus
- Ballad of Little Jo, The (1993) .... Percy Corcoran, Jo's Roommate, worked in Ruby City Assay Office
- Last Action Hero (1993) .... Death
- "Tales of the City" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Archibald Anson Gidde
... aka "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" (1993) (mini)
- "Sleepers" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Andre Zorin
- Othello (1990) (TV) .... Iago
- Countdown to War (1989) (TV) .... Adolf Hitler
- Scandal (1989) .... John Profumo
- Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV) .... Chairman
... aka Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV)
- Zina (1985) .... Kronfeld
- Plenty (1985) .... Sir Andrew Charleson
- Walter and June (1983) (TV) .... Walter
- Keep, The (1983) .... Dr. Theodore Cuza
- Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1982) (TV) .... Chauvelin
- Walter (1982) (TV) .... Walter
- Priest of Love (1981) .... D. H. Lawrence
- Dying Day (1980) (TV) .... Anthony Skipling
- "Amud Ha'Esh" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator (English Version)
... aka "Pillar of Fire" (1979) (mini)
- Macbeth (1979) (TV) .... Macbeth
- Recruiting Officer, The (1973) (TV) .... Capt. Plume
... aka Play of the Month: The Recruiting Officer (1973) (TV) (UK)
- Hamlet (1972) (TV) .... Hamlet
- Hedda Gabler (1972) (TV) .... George Tesman
... aka Play of the Month: Hedda Gabler (1972) (TV) (UK)
- Edward II (1970) (TV) .... King Edward
- Tragedy of King Richard II, The (1970) (TV) .... Richard II
- Ross (1970) (TV) .... T.E. Lawrence
... aka Play of the Month: Ross (1970) (TV) (UK)
- Keats (1970) (TV) .... John Keats
... aka Solo: Keats (1970) (TV) (UK: series title)
- Promise, The (1969) .... Leonidik
- Alfred the Great (1969) .... Roger
- Touch of Love, A (1969) .... George Matthews
... aka Millstone, The (1969)
... aka Thank You All Very Much (1969) (USA)
- Hay Fever (1968) (TV) .... Simon Bliss
... aka Play of the Month: Hay Fever (1968) (TV) (UK)
- "David Copperfield" (1966) TV Series .... David Copperfield (episodes 5-13)
- Sunday Out of Season (1965) (TV) .... Victor Leech
- Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne, The (1965) (TV)
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