Ian McKellen

Oyuncu Doğum: 1939-05-25 • Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

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Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards. McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart. McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019). McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McKellen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ian McKellen

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Filmografi (Rol Aldığı Yapımlar)

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

An Evening with Lily Savage

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

The Betty Driver Story

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

Graceless Go I

Playing Shakespeare

עמוד האש

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

The Promise

Dragfox

David Macaulay: Roman City

The Making of The Two Towers

The Making of The Return of the King

On Broadway

HARDtalk

Yüzüklerin Efendisi: Kralın Dönüşü

Billy & Dom Eat the World

Yüzüklerin Efendisi: Yüzük Kardeşliği

Yüzüklerin Efendisi: İki Kule

The Paul O'Grady Story

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Simpsonlar

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Hamlet

Hedda Gabler

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

Dying Day

Pet Shop Boys: Cubism

ted

Extras

Hamlet

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Ebenezer: Bir Noel Şarkısı

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Churchill

Tales of the City

Hobbit: Smaug'un Çorak Toprakları

X-Men: Geçmiş Günler Gelecek

Vicious

A Performance of Macbeth

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Trailblazer Honors

Family Guy

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Hobbit: Beklenmedik Yolculuk

Hobbit: Beş Ordunun Savaşı

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Othello

Edmund the Magnificent

Yıldız Tozu

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

McKellen: Playing the Part

Omnibus

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

The Oscars

David Copperfield

Susam Sokağı

Have I Got News for You

TFI Friday

X-Men 2

X-Men

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

Gladio

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

The Tragedy of King Richard II

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin