Ian McKellen
**Sir Ian Murray McKellen** (nacido el 25 de mayo de 1939) es un actor inglés. Ha interpretado papeles en cine y teatro en géneros que van desde los dramas shakespearianos y el teatro moderno hasta la fantasía popular y la ciencia ficción. Está considerado un icono cultural británico y fue nombrado caballero por la reina Isabel II en 1991. Ha recibido numerosos galardones, entre ellos un Premio Tony, seis Premios Olivier y un Globo de Oro, además de nominaciones a dos Premios de la Academia, cinco Premios BAFTA y cinco Premios Emmy.
McKellen hizo su debut teatral en 1961 en el Belgrade Theatre como miembro de su compañía de repertorio, y en 1965 realizó su primera aparición en el West End. En 1969, fue invitado a unirse a la Prospect Theatre Company para interpretar los papeles principales en *Ricardo II* de Shakespeare y *Eduardo II* de Marlowe. En la década de 1970, McKellen se convirtió en un pilar de la Royal Shakespeare Company y del National Theatre de Gran Bretaña. Ha ganado cinco Premios Olivier por sus papeles en *Pillars of the Community* (1977), *El alquimista* (1978), *Bent* (1979), *Wild Honey* (1984) y *Ricardo III* (1995). McKellen hizo su debut en Broadway en *The Promise* (1965). Recibió el Premio Tony al Mejor Actor en una Obra por su papel de Antonio Salieri en *Amadeus* (1980). Fue nominado nuevamente por *Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare* (1984). Regresó a Broadway en *Wild Honey* (1986), *Danza de muerte* (1990), *Tierra de nadie* (2013) y *Esperando a Godot* (2013); estas dos últimas fueron una producción conjunta con Patrick Stewart.
McKellen alcanzó fama mundial por sus papeles en el cine, entre ellos el rey titular en *Ricardo III* (1995), James Whale en *Dioses y monstruos* (1998), Magneto en las películas de *X-Men*, Cogsworth en *La bella y la bestia* (2017) y Gandalf en las trilogías de *El Señor de los Anillos* (2001-2003) y *El Hobbit* (2012-2014). Otros papeles cinematográficos notables incluyen *A Touch of Love* (1969), *Plenty* (1985), *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), *Restoration* (1995), *Flushed Away* (2006), *Mr. Holmes* (2015) y *El buen mentiroso* (2019).
McKellen se declaró homosexual en 1988 y desde entonces ha defendido los movimientos sociales LGBT en todo el mundo. Recibió la Libertad de la Ciudad de Londres en octubre de 2014. McKellen es cofundador de Stonewall, un grupo de presión por los derechos LGBT en el Reino Unido, que lleva el nombre de los disturbios de Stonewall. También es patrocinador del Mes de la Historia LGBT, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, la Fundación LGBT y FFLAG.
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Películas (173)
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027 · Gandalf
Vengadores: Doomsday
2026 · Magneto
Ebenezer
2026 · Jacob Marley
Frank and Percy
2026 · Percy
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
2026 · Self
The Christophers
2026 · Julian Sklar
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
2026 · L S Lowry
Schadenfreude
2025 · Continuity Announcer
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Critic
2024 · Jimmy Erskine
Dragfox
2024 · Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024 · Self
Hamlet
2024 · Hamlet
The One Note Man
2023 · Narrator (voice)
Quintessentially British
2022 · Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022 · Self
Hamlet Within
2022
Hating Peter Tatchell
2021 · Self
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
2021 · Dr. Charles Marland-White
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
2020
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020
Cats
2019 · Gus, the Theatre Cat
The Good Liar
2019 · Roy Courtnay
On Broadway
2019 · Self
The Isle
2019 · Associate Producer
All Is True
2018 · Earl of Southampton
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018 · King Lear
Animal Crackers
2018 · Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018 · Self
The Paul O'Grady Story
2017 · Self
How a Kite Flies
2017 · Mr. Kite (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Cogsworth
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Self
Edmund the Magnificent
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016 · Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2016 · Spooner
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
2016
Shakespeare on Film
2016
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
2016
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016 · Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Performer
The Roof
2016 · And Even Yet Another Fan
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Self (archive footage)
The Dresser
2015 · Norman
Mr. Holmes
2015 · Sherlock Holmes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Gandalf the Grey
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
2014 · Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Magneto
Miss in Her Teens
2014 · The Prologue
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Gandalf the Grey
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013 · Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 · Self
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
The Wolverine
2013 · Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
The Egg Trick
2013 · Magician
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012 · The Great Intelligence (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Gandalf the Grey
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2012 · Self
Looking for Lowry
2011 · Self
The Betty Driver Story
2011 · Self
Small-Time Revolutionary
2010 · Hamish Miller (voice)
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Theatreland
2009 · Self
King Lear
2008 · King Lear
The Golden Compass
2007 · Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Stardust
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Pet Shop Boys: Cubism
2007 · Self- voice
The Art of Breaking Character
2007 · Self
For the Love of God
2007 · The Jackdaw
Guerrilla Distribution
2007 · Self
Flushed Away
2006 · The Toad (voice)
X3: The Excitement Continues
2006 · Self
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
2006 · Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006 · Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006 · Self
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
The Da Vinci Code
2006 · Sir Leigh Teabing
Saint of 9/11
2006 · Narrator
Doogal
2006 · Zebedee (voice)
Neverwas
2005 · Gabriel Finch
Asylum
2005 · Dr. Peter Cleave
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005 · Self
The Magic Roundabout
2005 · Zebedee (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005 · Self
Eighteen
2005 · Jason Anders (voice)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004 · Self
My First Time
2004 · Narrator
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004 · Self
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003 · Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Gandalf
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003 · Self
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth
2003 · Self
X2
2003 · Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003 · Self
Emile
2003 · Emile
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Gandalf
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002 · Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Gandalf
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Self
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Self
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000 · Self
X-Men
2000 · Magneto
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000 · Self - 'Magneto'
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
2000 · Narrator (voice)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999 · Self
After Stonewall
1999 · Self
Apt Pupil
1998 · Kurt Dussander
Gods and Monsters
1998 · James Whale
Swept from the Sea
1998 · Dr. James Kennedy
Bent
1997 · Uncle Freddie
Surviving Friendly Fire
1997
A Bit Of Scarlet
1997 · Narrator
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996 · Self
Rasputin
1996 · Tsar Nicholas II
Richard III
1995 · Richard III, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Restoration
1995 · Will Gates
Jack & Sarah
1995 · William
Thin Ice
1995 · Ian McKellen
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · Amos Starkadder
To Die For
1994 · Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994 · Self
Age of Dissent
1994 · Self
The Shadow
1994 · Dr. Reinhardt Lane
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994 · Augustus Caesar (voice)
I'll Do Anything
1994 · John Earl McAlpine
Camp Christmas
1993
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · Geoffrey
A Simple Matter of Justice
1993 · Self
And the Band Played On
1993 · Bill Kraus
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · Percy Corcoran
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
1993 · Narration (voice)
Last Action Hero
1993 · Death
Gladio
1992 · Aldo Moro (voice)
Othello
1990 · Iago
Countdown to War
1989 · Adolf Hitler
Scandal
1989 · John Profumo
Scarfe's Follies
1988
Süleyman the Magnificent
1987 · Narrator
Zina
1985 · Kronfeld
Plenty
1985 · Sir Andrew Charleson
The Keep
1983 · Dr. Theodore Cuza
Walter and June
1983 · Walter
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 · Chauvelin
Walter
1982 · Walter
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
1982
Priest of Love
1981 · D.H. Lawrence
Dying Day
1980 · Antony Skipling
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979 · Alexander Ivanov
Macbeth
1979 · Macbeth
Graceless Go I
1974 · Tony
Hedda Gabler
1972 · George Tesman
Craven Arms
1972 · David Masterman
Hamlet
1970 · Hamlet
Edward II
1970 · King Edward
The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970 · King Richard II
The Promise
1969
Alfred the Great
1969 · Roger
A Touch of Love
1969 · George
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965 · Wolf
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
· Self
Series (61)
Billy & Dom Eat the World
2025 · Self
ted
2024 · Narrator (voice)
Amol Rajan Interviews
2021 · Self - Interviewed Guest
Great British Theatre
2021
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Speaker
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Vicious
2013 · Freddie Thornhill
Perspectives
2011
The Talk
2010 · Self
The Prisoner
2009 · 2 / Curtis
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self - Guest, Self
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Extras
2005 · Ian McKellen
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest
Churchill
2003 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Self
David Copperfield
1999 · Creakle
Padre de Familia
1999 · Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
Parkinson
1998 · Self
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
HARDtalk
1997
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
TFI Friday
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Self
Tales of the City
1993 · Archibald Anson Gidde
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Los Simpson
1989 · Ian McKellen (voice)
Windmills of the Gods
1988 · Chairman
Theatre Night
1985 · Iago
Playing Shakespeare
1984
American Playhouse
1982 · Archibald Anson Gidde
Pillar of Fire
1981 · Narrator
The South Bank Show
1978
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Playhouse
1974 · Alexander
Country Matters
1972 · David Masterman
Film '72
1971 · Self
Solo
1970
Sesame Street
1969 · Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Lyov
Omnibus
1967 · Self - Reading Poetry
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Tony
David Copperfield
1966 · David Copperfield
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Captain Plume, Simon Bliss, Ross / T.E. Lawrence, George Tesman
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Wolf
Coronation Street
1960 · Mel Hutchwright
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Winner