Ian McKellen Movies, Biography & Filmography
Known for: Acting
Birthday: May 25, 1939
Age: 86
Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Popularity: 3.4
About Ian McKellen
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...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003★8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001★8.4
The Christophers
2026★6.8
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002★8.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014★7.3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012★7.4
Avengers: Doomsday
2026★0.0
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013★7.6
Beauty and the Beast
2017★7.0
The Da Vinci Code
2006★6.7
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014★7.5
Flushed Away
2006★6.3
Stardust
2007★7.3
The Golden Compass
2007★6.1
Cats
2019★4.1
Last Action Hero
1993★6.5
The Good Liar
2019★6.7
The Shadow
1994★6.1
Mr. Holmes
2015★6.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027★0.0
Apt Pupil
1998★6.5
The Keep
1983★5.6
The Magic Roundabout
2005★5.4
Animal Crackers
2018★6.3
Six Degrees of Separation
1993★6.4
Gods and Monsters
1998★6.9
Scandal
1989★6.0
All Is True
2018★6.0
The Wolverine
2013★6.4
And the Band Played On
1993★6.5
Asylum
2005★5.9
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000★7.0
Restoration
1995★6.1
Bent
1997★6.9
The Critic
2024★5.8
I'll Do Anything
1994★5.6
Neverwas
2005★6.4
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004★8.8
Richard III
1995★6.8
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013★6.9
Plenty
1985★5.7
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012★7.7
Jack & Sarah
1995★6.7
Swept from the Sea
1998★6.4
Muse of Fire
2013★6.5
The Dresser
2015★6.2
Schadenfreude
2025★0.0
Rasputin
1996★6.6
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982★6.7
Quest for the Ring
2001★5.7
Hating Peter Tatchell
2021★4.1
On Broadway
2019★8.7
Macbeth
1979★7.5
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003★4.5
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993★6.0
Hamlet
2024★7.6
Cold Comfort Farm
1995★6.8
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004★6.5
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016★7.2
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003★8.1
Doogal
2006★4.9
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005★6.5
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
2021★5.4
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013★7.9
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015★0.0
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003★7.0
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016★7.8
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018★8.1
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001★6.6
Priest of Love
1981★5.0
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017★6.3
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003★6.4
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001★8.0
Alfred the Great
1969★4.7
Eighteen
2005★4.5
Zina
1985★6.0
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003★8.8
X-Men
2000★7.0
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003★5.9
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018★7.2
King Lear
2008★6.7
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006★6.4
Gladio
1992★7.0
Countdown to War
1989★6.7
Walter
1982★5.9
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999★6.5
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025★0.0
After Stonewall
1999★5.6
A Touch of Love
1969★6.6
Emile
2003★6.2
X2
2003★7.0
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014★10.0
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
2000★7.1
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994★9.0
The Paul O'Grady Story
2017★8.3
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004★7.5
The Roof
2016★6.3
Saint of 9/11
2006★5.7
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020★10.0
Camp Christmas
1993★2.7
To Die For
1994★2.6
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996★10.0
Edward II
1970★4.9
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022★8.0
Othello
1990★7.3
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024★0.0
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
2020★6.0
Edmund the Magnificent
2017★7.3
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005★6.0
The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970★7.0
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994★0.0
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
1993★9.0
Theatreland
2009★0.0
Scarfe's Follies
1988★0.0
Hamlet
1970★8.0
Süleyman the Magnificent
1987★0.0
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024★7.0
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2016★7.5
Small-Time Revolutionary
2010★3.0
Walter and June
1983★6.7
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979★0.0
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025★0.0
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000★6.4
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965★10.0
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
1982★7.0
The Betty Driver Story
2011★10.0
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010★7.0
Hamlet Within
2022★0.0
The Egg Trick
2013★6.0
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016★0.0
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2012★7.5
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004★7.0
Guerrilla Distribution
2007★0.0
Quintessentially British
2022★3.8
How a Kite Flies
2017★0.0
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001★8.0
Age of Dissent
1994★0.0
Dragfox
2024★9.0
A Bit Of Scarlet
1997★4.4
The One Note Man
2023★7.0
Surviving Friendly Fire
1997★3.0
Looking for Lowry
2011★0.0
Miss in Her Teens
2014★3.0
A Simple Matter of Justice
1993★0.0
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
2026★0.0
My First Time
2004★2.0
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Ian McKellen's filmography on GoMovie.ai currently includes 146 movies.
Career range in this list starts from 1965.