Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Filmography

As Cast

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027)
as Gandalf
The Christophers (2026)
as Julian Sklar
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
as Magneto
Ebenezer (2026)
as Jacob Marley
Frank and Percy (2026)
as Percy
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes (2026)
as L S Lowry
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen (2026)
as Self
Schadenfreude (2025)
as Continuity Announcer
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness (2025)
Dragged Through Time (2025)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Billy & Dom Eat the World (2025)
as Self
The Critic (2024)
as Jimmy Erskine
Hamlet (2024)
as Hamlet
The Life and Death of Lily Savage (2024)
as Self
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)
Dragfox (2024)
as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
ted (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
The One Note Man (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet Within (2022)
Quintessentially British (2022)
as Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride (2022)
as Self
Hating Peter Tatchell (2021)
as Self
Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021)
as Dr. Charles Marland-White
Great British Theatre (2021)
Amol Rajan Interviews (2021)
as Self - Interviewed Guest
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU (2020)
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet (2020)
Reunited Apart (2020)
as Self
The Good Liar (2019)
as Roy Courtnay
Cats (2019)
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
On Broadway (2019)
as Self
Animal Crackers (2018)
as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
McKellen: Playing the Part (2018)
as Self
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
as King Lear
All Is True (2018)
as Earl of Southampton
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
as Cogsworth
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Story (2017)
as Self
Edmund the Magnificent (2017)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
How a Kite Flies (2017)
as Mr. Kite (voice)
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016)
as Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Self - Performer
The Roof (2016)
as And Even Yet Another Fan
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)
as Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (2016)
as Spooner
Play the Devil: Making Richard III (2016)
Shakespeare on Film (2016)
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen (2016)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Sherlock Holmes
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dresser (2015)
as Norman
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
as Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Gandalf the Grey
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
as Magneto
Miss in Her Teens (2014)
as The Prologue
Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014)
as Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto (2014)
as Self
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
as Self - Speaker
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
as Gandalf the Grey
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
The Wolverine (2013)
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
as Self
The Egg Trick (2013)
as Magician
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin (2013)
as Self
Vicious (2013)
as Freddie Thornhill
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as Gandalf the Grey
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony (2012)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
as The Great Intelligence (voice)
Looking for Lowry (2011)
as Self
The Betty Driver Story (2011)
as Self
Perspectives (2011)
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Small-Time Revolutionary (2010)
as Hamish Miller (voice)
The Talk (2010)
as Self
Theatreland (2009)
as Self
The Prisoner (2009)
as 2 / Curtis
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
as Self - Guest
King Lear (2008)
as King Lear
The Golden Compass (2007)
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Stardust (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
For the Love of God (2007)
as The Jackdaw
The Art of Breaking Character (2007)
as Self
Guerrilla Distribution (2007)
as Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
as Self
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
as Sir Leigh Teabing
Flushed Away (2006)
as The Toad (voice)
Doogal (2006)
as Zebedee (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Saint of 9/11 (2006)
as Narrator
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006)
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2006)
as Self
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries (2006)
as Self
X3: The Excitement Continues (2006)
as Self
The One Show (2006)
as Self - Guest
Neverwas (2005)
as Gabriel Finch
Asylum (2005)
as Dr. Peter Cleave
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Zebedee (voice)
The Hobart Shakespeareans (2005)
as Self
Eighteen (2005)
as Jason Anders (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)
as Self
Extras (2005)
as Ian McKellen
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is? (2004)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
as Self
My First Time (2004)
as Narrator
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Gandalf
Emile (2003)
as Emile
X2 (2003)
as Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
as Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (2003)
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003)
as Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World (2003)
as Self
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003)
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
as Self
Churchill (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
as Gandalf
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale (2002)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. (2002)
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Gandalf
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Quest for the Ring (2001)
as Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001)
as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Self
X-Men (2000)
as Magneto
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! (2000)
as Self
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
as Self - 'Magneto'
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)
as Self
After Stonewall (1999)
as Self
David Copperfield (1999)
as Creakle
Family Guy (1999)
as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
as James Whale
Swept from the Sea (1998)
as Dr. James Kennedy
Apt Pupil (1998)
as Kurt Dussander
Parkinson (1998)
as Self
Bent (1997)
as Uncle Freddie
Surviving Friendly Fire (1997)
A Bit Of Scarlet (1997)
as Narrator
The View (1997)
as Self - Guest
HARDtalk (1997)
An Evening with Lily Savage (1996)
as Self
Rasputin (1996)
as Tsar Nicholas II
TFI Friday (1996)
Jack & Sarah (1995)
as William
Richard III (1995)
as Richard III
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
as Amos Starkadder
Restoration (1995)
as Will Gates
Thin Ice (1995)
as Ian McKellen
The Shadow (1994)
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
To Die For (1994)
as Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)
as Self
I'll Do Anything (1994)
as John Earl McAlpine
David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)
as Augustus Caesar (voice)
Age of Dissent (1994)
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
as Self
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (1994)
as Self
And the Band Played On (1993)
as Bill Kraus
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
as Geoffrey
Last Action Hero (1993)
as Death
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
as Percy Corcoran
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up (1993)
as Narration (voice)
Camp Christmas (1993)
A Simple Matter of Justice (1993)
as Self
Tales of the City (1993)
as Archibald Anson Gidde
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
as Self - Guest
Gladio (1992)
as Aldo Moro (voice)
Othello (1990)
as Iago
Have I Got News for You (1990)
as Self
Scandal (1989)
as John Profumo
Countdown to War (1989)
as Adolf Hitler
The Simpsons (1989)
as Ian McKellen (voice)
Scarfe's Follies (1988)
Windmills of the Gods (1988)
as Chairman
Süleyman the Magnificent (1987)
as Narrator
Plenty (1985)
as Sir Andrew Charleson
Zina (1985)
as Kronfeld
Playing Shakespeare (1984)
The Keep (1983)
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
Walter and June (1983)
as Walter
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
as Chauvelin
Walter (1982)
as Walter
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982)
American Playhouse (1982)
as Archibald Anson Gidde
Priest of Love (1981)
as D.H. Lawrence
Pillar of Fire (1981)
as Narrator
Dying Day (1980)
as Antony Skipling
Macbeth (1979)
as Macbeth
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979)
as Alexander Ivanov
An Audience with... (1978)
as Self
Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self - Host
Graceless Go I (1974)
as Tony
Playhouse (1974)
as Alexander
Hedda Gabler (1972)
as George Tesman
Craven Arms (1972)
as David Masterman
Country Matters (1972)
as David Masterman
Film '72 (1971)
as Self
Hamlet (1970)
as Hamlet
Edward II (1970)
as King Edward
The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
as King Richard II
Solo (1970)
Alfred the Great (1969)
as Roger
A Touch of Love (1969)
as George
The Promise (1969)
Sesame Street (1969)
as Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
as Lyov
Omnibus (1967)
as Self - Reading Poetry
ITV Playhouse (1967)
as Tony
David Copperfield (1966)
as David Copperfield
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965)
as Wolf
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
as Captain Plume
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
as Simon Bliss
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
as Ross / T.E. Lawrence
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
as George Tesman
The Wednesday Play (1964)
as Wolf
Coronation Street (1960)
as Mel Hutchwright
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Winner
The Oscars (1953)
as Self
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
as Self - Winner
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
as Self
No Man's Land
as Spooner

As Crew

The Isle (2019)
Associate Producer
Richard III (1995)
Screenplay, Executive Producer