Ian McKellen
May 25, 1939

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
The Life and Death of Lily Savage 03/29/24 Self 84
Hamlet 02/27/24 Hamlet 84
The Critic 09/07/23 Jimmy Erskine 84
The One Note Man 08/08/23 Narrator (voice) 84
Quintessentially British 10/27/22 Self 83
Hamlet Within 05/21/22 82
Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen 03/03/22 Self 82
Hating Peter Tatchell 08/20/21 Self 82
Infinitum: Subject Unknown 03/03/21 Dr. Charles Marland-White 81
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU 06/11/20 81
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet 04/05/20 80
Cats 12/19/19 Gus, the Theatre Cat 80
The Good Liar 11/08/19 Roy Courtnay 80
On Broadway 10/12/19 Self 80
All Is True 12/21/18 Earl of Southampton 79
National Theatre Live: King Lear 09/27/18 King Lear 79
McKellen: Playing the Part 05/25/18 Himself 79
Animal Crackers 06/23/17 Horatio P. Huntington (voice) 78
The Paul O'Grady Story 06/23/17 Himself 78
How a Kite Flies 04/28/17 Mr. Kite (voice) 77
Beauty and the Beast 03/16/17 Cogsworth 77
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin 03/11/17 Self 77
Edmund the Magnificent 03/01/17 Self - Narrator (voice) 77
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage 12/30/16 Self 77
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land 12/15/16 Spooner 77
Play the Devil: Making Richard III 05/31/16 77
Shakespeare on Film 05/31/16 77
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen 05/31/16 77
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film 04/24/16 Prospero's Speech Reader (voice) 76
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 04/23/16 Self - Performer 76
The Roof 03/31/16 And Even Yet Another Fan 76
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC 11/01/15 Self (archive footage) 76
The Dresser 10/31/15 Norman 76
Mr. Holmes 06/19/15 Sherlock Holmes 76
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 12/10/14 Gandalf the Grey 75
Nelson Mandela Redrawn 07/18/14 Self 75
X-Men: Days of Future Past 05/15/14 Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto 74
Miss in Her Teens 04/15/14 The Prologue 74
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 12/11/13 Gandalf the Grey 74
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin 12/03/13 Self 74
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 11/23/13 Himself 74
Muse of Fire 09/26/13 Self 74
The Wolverine 07/21/13 Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited) 74
The Egg Trick 06/21/13 Magician 74
Doctor Who: The Snowmen 12/25/12 The Great Intelligence (voice) 73
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 12/12/12 Gandalf the Grey 73
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony 08/29/12 Himself 73
Looking for Lowry 04/24/11 Himself 71
The Betty Driver Story 02/01/11 Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) 71
Lady Grey London 12/08/10 71
Small-Time Revolutionary 07/22/10 Hamish Miller (voice) 71
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation 06/25/10 Narrator (voice) 71
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 05/04/10 Self (archive footage) 70
Theatreland 01/01/09 Himself 69
King Lear 08/06/08 King Lear 69
The Golden Compass 12/04/07 Iorek Byrnison (voice) 68
Stardust 08/09/07 Narrator (voice) 68
For the Love of God 02/28/07 The Jackdaw 67
Flushed Away 10/22/06 The Toad (voice) 67
X-Men: The Last Stand 05/24/06 Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto 66
The Da Vinci Code 05/17/06 Sir Leigh Teabing 66
Saint of 9/11 04/27/06 Narrator 66
Doogal 02/24/06 Zebedee (voice) 66
Neverwas 09/09/05 Gabriel Finch 66
Asylum 09/09/05 Dr. Peter Cleave 66
The Hobart Shakespeareans 09/06/05 Himself 66
The Magic Roundabout 02/02/05 Zebedee (voice) 65
Ringers: Lord of the Fans 01/21/05 Self 65
Eighteen 01/01/05 Jason Anders (voice) 65
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! 07/23/04 Self 65
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? 03/27/04 64
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision 12/26/03 Self 64
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12/01/03 Gandalf the White 64
X2 04/27/03 Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto 63
X-Men: Premieres Around the World 02/11/03 Self 63
Émile 01/01/03 Emile 63
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories 01/01/03 Himself 63
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 12/18/02 Gandalf the White 63
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring 12/23/01 Self 62
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 12/18/01 Gandalf the Grey 62
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' 12/09/01 Self 62
Quest for the Ring 11/29/01 Self 62
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love 09/13/01 Narrator (voice) 62
Властелин Колец: Братва и Кольцо 01/01/01 Gandalf the Grey 61
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! 08/29/00 Self 61
X-Men 07/13/00 Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto 61
X-Men: The Mutant Watch 07/02/00 Self - 'Magneto' 61
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man 05/05/00 Narrator (voice) 60
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale 06/08/99 Self 60
Apt Pupil 10/23/98 Kurt Dussander 59
Swept from the Sea 01/23/98 Dr. James Kennedy 58
Gods and Monsters 01/21/98 James Whale 58
Bent 11/26/97 Uncle Freddie 58
Surviving Friendly Fire 06/21/97 58
A Bit Of Scarlet 06/20/97 Narrator 58
An Evening with Lily Savage 11/11/96 Self 57
Rasputin 03/23/96 Tsar Nicholas II 56
Richard III 12/29/95 Richard III 56
Restoration 12/29/95 Will Gates 56
Jack & Sarah 06/02/95 William 56
Cold Comfort Farm 01/01/95 Amos Starkadder 55
To Die For 12/02/94 Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) 55
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest 09/23/94 55
The Shadow 07/01/94 Dr. Reinhardt Lane 55
David Macaulay: Roman City 02/15/94 Augustus Caesar (voice) 54
I'll Do Anything 02/04/94 John Earl McAlpine 54
Six Degrees of Separation 12/08/93 Geoffrey 54
And the Band Played On 09/11/93 Bill Kraus 54
The Ballad of Little Jo 08/20/93 Percy Corcoran 54
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up 06/23/93 Narration (voice) 54
Last Action Hero 06/18/93 Death 54
Gladio 07/10/92 Aldo Moro (voice) 53
Othello 06/23/90 Iago 51
Countdown to War 04/07/89 Adolf Hitler 49
Scandal 03/03/89 John Profumo 49
Zina 11/01/85 Kronfeld 46
Plenty 09/20/85 Sir Andrew Charleson 46
The Keep 12/16/83 Dr. Theodore Cuza 44
Walter and June 04/30/83 Walter 43
The Scarlet Pimpernel 11/09/82 Chauvelin 43
Walter 11/02/82 Walter 43
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare 04/25/82 42
Priest of Love 10/11/81 D.H. Lawrence 42
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 11/14/79 Alexander Ivanov 40
A Performance of Macbeth 02/02/79 Macbeth 39
The Vanishing Army 11/29/78 39
Hedda Gabler 10/20/72 George Tesman 33
Hamlet 11/07/70 Hamlet 31
Edward II 08/06/70 King Edward 31
The Tragedy of King Richard II 07/30/70 King Richard II 31
The Promise 12/01/69 30
Alfred the Great 10/08/69 Roger 30
A Touch of Love 09/01/69 George 30
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne 11/10/65 Wolf 26
Hamlet Revenant None 84
Marley None Scrooge (rumored) 84
Richard II None Richard II 84
Schadenfreude None Continuity Announcer 84
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary None Self 84
Dragfox None Ginger Snap the Fox 84
X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut None Magneto 84