Né(e) le May 25, 1939 · Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | La Belle et la Bête | 2017 | Cogsworth |
| Actor | Le Seigneur des anneaux : la communauté de l'anneau | 2001 | Gandalf the Grey |
| Actor | Le Seigneur des anneaux : le retour du roi | 2003 | Gandalf the White |
| Actor | Le Seigneur des anneaux : les deux tours | 2002 | Gandalf the White |
| Actor | Le Hobbit : la Désolation de Smaug | 2013 | Gandalf |
| Actor | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014 | Magneto |
| Actor | Le Hobbit : un voyage inattendu | 2012 | Gandalf |
| Actor | X-Men | 2000 | Magneto |
| Actor | Le Hobbit : la Bataille des Cinq Armées | 2014 | Gandalf |
| Actor | X-Men: l'affrontement final | 2006 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| Actor | X-Men 2 | 2003 | Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| Actor | Da Vinci Code | 2006 | Sir Leigh Teabing |
| Actor | Souris City | 2006 | The Toad (voice) |
| Actor | À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or | 2007 | Iorek Byrnison (voice) |
| Actor | Stardust, le mystère de l'étoile | 2007 | Narrator (voice) |
| Actor | Avengers: Doomsday | 2026 | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto |
| Actor | Cats | 2019 | Gus The Theater Cat |
| Actor | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | 2000 | Himself |
| Actor | Vicious | Freddie | |
| Actor | L'Art du mensonge | 2019 | Roy Courtnay |
| Actor | Le Prisonnier | 2 / Curtis / Un-Two | |
| Actor | M. Holmes | 2015 | Sherlock Holmes |
| Actor | Last Action Hero | 1993 | Death |
| Actor | Animals Crackers | 2017 | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) |
| Actor | Pollux : Le Manège enchanté | 2005 | Zebedee |
| Actor | X-Men: Production Scrapbook | 2000 | Himself |
| Actor | X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects | 2003 | Himself |
| Actor | Un Élève doué | 1998 | Kurt Dussander |
| Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum | 2027 | Gandalf |
| Actor | Six Degrés de Séparation | 1993 | Geoffrey Miller |
| Actor | David Copperfield | Creakle | |
| Actor | X-Men: Premieres Around the World | 2003 | Himself |
| Actor | X-Men: Reunited | 2014 | Himself |
| Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled | 2003 | |
| Actor | Bent | 1997 | Uncle Freddie |
| Actor | The Shadow | 1994 | Dr. Reinhardt Lane |
| Actor | Asylum | 2005 | Dr. Peter Cleave |
| Actor | All Is True | 2019 | Henry Wriothesley |
| Actor | Gods and Monsters | 1998 | James Whale |
| Actor | X-Men: Unguarded | 2015 | Himself |
| Actor | Les Soldats de l'espérance | 1993 | Bill Kraus |
| Actor | The Critic | 2023 | Jimmy Erskine |
| Actor | La forteresse noire | 1983 | Dr. Theodore Cuza |
| Actor | Au cœur de la tourmente | 1998 | Dr. James Kennedy |
| Actor | Richard III | 1995 | |
| Writer | Richard III | 1995 | |
| Actor | The Dresser | 2015 | Norman |
| Actor | Neverwas | 2005 | Gabriel Finch |
| Actor | Rasputin | 1996 | Tsar Nicholas II |
| Actor | Le Don du Roi | 1995 | Will Gates |
| Actor | Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2015 | Himself |
| Actor | Hating Peter Tatchell | 2020 | Ian McKellen |
| Actor | Doogal | 2006 | Zebedee |
| Actor | Scandal | 1989 | John Profumo |
| Actor | X-Factor: The Look of X-Men | 2003 | Ian McKellen |
| Producer | The Isle | 2018 | |
| Actor | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | 2013 | |
| Actor | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1982 | Chauvelin |
| Actor | Jack & Sarah | 1995 | William |
| Actor | X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy | 2006 | Ian McKellen |
| Actor | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | 2001 | Himself |
| Actor | X-Men: The Excitement Continues | 2006 | Ian McKellen |
| Actor | Plenty | 1985 | Sir Andrew Charleson |
| Actor | Cold Comfort Farm | 1995 | Amos Starkadder |
| Actor | Durin's Folk and the Hill of Sorcery | 2015 | Gandalf |
| Actor | King Lear | 2008 | King Lear |
| Actor | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 | 2003 | Ian McKellen |
| Actor | Churchill | ||
| Actor | National Theatre Live: King Lear | 2018 | King Lear |
| Actor | A Performance of Macbeth | 1979 | Macbeth |
| Actor | McKellen: Playing the Part | 2018 | Himself |