Ian McKellen
May 25, 1939

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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
The Critic 09/13/24 Jimmy Erskine 85
Dragfox 08/29/24 Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) 85
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved 06/09/24 85
The Life and Death of Lily Savage 03/29/24 Self 84
Hamlet 02/27/24 Hamlet 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 11/01/21 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 Self 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 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 Self 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 Self 73
Looking for Lowry 04/24/11 Himself 71
The Betty Driver Story 02/01/11 Self 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
The Art of Breaking Character 03/26/07 Self 67
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 Erik 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 12/17/03 Gandalf 64
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 12/12/03 Self 64
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 11/25/03 64
X2 04/27/03 Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto 63
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men 02/11/03 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 Self 63
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 12/18/02 Gandalf 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 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
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! 08/29/00 Self 61
X-Men 07/13/00 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
Gods and Monsters 09/12/98 James Whale 59
Swept from the Sea 01/23/98 Dr. James Kennedy 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
Scarfe's Follies 01/28/88 48
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
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
Richard II None Richard II 85
Schadenfreude None Continuity Announcer 85
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary None Self 85
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' None Self 85
Hamlet Revenant None 85
Marley None Scrooge (rumored) 85