
Ian McKellen
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Biography
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 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, eight BAFTA film and TV nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films.
Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Tony Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Doctor Who

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Family Guy

The Simpsons

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Sesame Street

Real Time with Bill Maher

Who Do You Think You Are?

Extras

ted

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Coronation Street

The Wolverine

The Oscars

Stardust

Avengers: Doomsday

Deadpool & Wolverine

Last Action Hero

Beauty and the Beast

Cats

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

The Golden Compass

The Keep

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X2

Scandal

X-Men

Flushed Away

Asylum

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Windmills of the Gods

X-Men: The Last Stand

The Da Vinci Code

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Good Liar

Saturday Night Live

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Prisoner

Gods and Monsters

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Marley
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