McKellen, Ian Filmography

• A Slight Trick of the Mind
  2014, role: actor , character name: Sherlock Holmes
• The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet
  2014, role: actor , character name: Gerald Macklin
• Miss in Her Teens
  2014, role: actor , character name: The Prologue
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
  2014, role: actor , character name: Erik Lehnsherr
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
  2014, role: actor , character name: Magneto - older
• The Hobbit: There and Back Again
  2014, role: actor , character name: Gandalf
• Muse of Fire
  2013, role: actor
• The Wolverine
  2013, role: actor , character name: Magneto
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  2013, role: actor , character name: Gandalf
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Egg Trick
  2013, role: actor , character name: Magician
• Legacy X: Wolverine and the X-men
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The EE British Academy Film Awards
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony: Enlightenment
  2012, role: actor , character name: The Tempest - Prospero
• The Academy: Special
  2012, role: actor , character name: Murray
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  2012, role: actor , character name: Gandalf
• Great West End Theatres
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Pride of Britain Awards
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Lady Grey London
  2011, role: actor
• The Betty Driver Story
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Claude et Claudette
  2011, role: actor , character name: The Voice
• The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Muse of Fire: A Documentary
  2010, role: actor
• A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
  2010, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The People Speak UK
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters
  2010, role: actor , character name: Mel Hutchwright
• A Six Hour Film Shot in 92 Days: The Diary of 'The Prisoner'
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Beautiful Prison: The World of 'The Prisoner'
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Man Behind '2'
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• E'gad, Zombies!
  2010, role: actor , character name: The Narrator
• Small-Time Revolutionary
  2010, role: actor , character name: Hamish Miller
• Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2009
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Bernard Delfonte Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness Awardee
• The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
  2009, role: actor , character name: Murray
• Stars on the Street
  2009, role: actor , character name: Mel Hutchwright
• The Academy
  2009, role: actor , character name: Murray
• What's on Theatre
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Brit Awards 2008
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Spisok korabley
  2008, role: actor
• King Lear
  2008, role: actor , character name: King Lear
• Cubism: Pet Shop Boys in Concert - Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interval announcer
• Stardust
  2007, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• Guerrilla Distribution
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Golden Compass
  2007, role: actor , character name: Iorek Byrnison
• For the Love of God
  2007, role: actor , character name: Jackdaw

Famous quotes by Ian Mckellen:

"I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'"

"If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy."

"If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart."

"It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous."

"Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one."

"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly."

"That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians."

"I have never wanted to be typecast, one of those actors who plays a variation on a one-note theme. So just as I enjoy playing a wide variety of characters, from good to bad to ugly to cute - so I have enjoyed of late working in film and television, as well as in theatres of various sizes and shapes."

"It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier."

"It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk."

"When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing."

"Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came."

"When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing."

"I headed out to have a breather at the stage door, dressed in my tramp costume. I had my bowler hat between my feet and there were passers-by, and one of them turned back and said, 'Do you need help, brother?' And $1 fell into my hat!"

"The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears."

"Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different."

"Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying."

"I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted."

"Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting."

"You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in."