Ian McKellen, roles and awards

Ian McKellen is an English stage and screen actor. He is the recipient of seven Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men films, Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code (2006), Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (2015) and Cogsworth in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).

McKellen at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International

Stage

The hands of McKellen on a 1999 Gods and Monsters plaque in London's Leicester Square.

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1964	A Scent of Flowers	Godrey	Duke of York's Theatre
1965	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio	National Theatre Old Vic
1965	Armstrong's Last Goodnight	Protestant Evangelist	National Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre
1965	Trelawny of the 'Wells'	Capt. de Foenix	National Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre
1966	The Man of Destiny O'Flaherty V.C.	Corporal Napoleon Private O'Flaherty	Mermaid Theatre
1966	A Lily in Little India	Alvin Hanker	Hampstead Theatre
1966	Their Very Own and Golden City	Andrew Cobham	Mermaid Theatre
1967	The Promise	Leonidik	Fortune Theatre Henry Miller's Theatre
1968	The White Liars / Black Comedy	Tom / Harold Gorringe	Lyric Theatre
1968–70	Richard II	Richard II	UK tour
1969	The Bacchae	Pentheus	Liverpool Playhouse
1969	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Director	Also director Liverpool Playhouse
1969	Three Months Gone	N/A	Director Liverpool Playhouse
1969–70	Edward II	Edward II	UK and European tours
1970	Billy's Last Stand	Darkly	Royal Court Theatre
1970	The Recruiting Officer	Captain Plume	UK tour
1970	Chips with Everything	Corporal Hill	UK tour
1971	Hamlet	Prince Hamlet	UK and European tours
1971	The Swan Song	Svetlovidov	Crucible Theatre
1972	The Real Inspector Hound	N/A	Director Phoenix Theatre
1972	The Erpingham Camp	N/A	Director Watford Palace Theatre
1972	Ruling the Roost Tis Pity She's a Whore The Three Arrows	Page-boy Giovanni Prince Yoremitsu	UK tour
1973	A Private Matter	N/A	Director Vaudeville Theatre
1973–74	The Way of the World The Wood Demon King Lear	Lady Wishfort's Footman Kruschov Edgar	UK tour Brooklyn Academy of Music
1974	Tis Pity She's a Whore	Giovanni	New Wimbledon Theatre
1974	Dr Faustus	Dr. Faustus	Edinburgh Festival Aldwych Theatre
1974	The Marquis of Keith	The Marquis of Keith	Aldwych Theatre
1975	King John	King John	Aldwych Theatre
1975	The Clandestine Marriage	N/A	Director Savoy Theatre
1975	Ashes	Colin	Young Vic
1975	Too True to Be Good	Aubrey "Popsy" Bagot	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Aldwych Theatre Globe Theatre
1976–77	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Aldwych Theatre Theatre Royal, Newcastle
1976	The Winter's Tale	King Leontes	Royal Shakespeare Theatre
1976–78	Macbeth	Macbeth	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Young Vic Donmar Warehouse
1977–78	The Alchemist	Face	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Aldwych Theatre
1977	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Alexander	Barbican Arts Centre
1977	Pillars of the Community	Karsten Bernick	Aldwych Theatre
1977	The Days of the Commune	Langevin	Aldwych Theatre
1978	A Miserable and Lonely Death	Kentridge	Aldwych Theatre
1978–79	Twelfth Night / Three Sisters	Sir Toby Belch / Andrei	Also producer UK tour
1979	Bent	Max	Royal Court Theatre Criterion Theatre
1980–90	Acting Shakespeare	Himself	World tour
1980–81	Amadeus	Salieri	Broadhurst Theatre
1982	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Alexander	Barbican Arts Centre
1983	Short List	Terry	Hampstead Theatre
1983	Cowardice	Boy	Ambassadors Theatre
1984	Venice Preserv'd	Pierre	Royal National Theatre
1984	Wild Honey	Michael Platonov	Royal National Theatre
1984	Coriolanus	Gaius Marcius Coriolanus	Royal National Theatre
1985	The Duchess of Malfi	Bosola	Royal National Theatre
1985	The Real Inspector Hound / The Critic	Inspector Hound / Mr. Puff	Royal National Theatre
1985	The Cherry Orchard	Lopakhin	Royal National Theatre
1986–87	Wild Honey	Michael Platonov	August Wilson Theatre
1988–89	Henceforward...	Jerome	Vaudeville Theatre
1989	Othello	Iago	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Young Vic
1990–92	Richard III	Richard III	World tour
1992	Uncle Vanya	Uncle Vanya	Royal National Theatre
1993–97	A Knight Out	Himself	UK & US tours
1997-98	An Enemy of the People	Dr. Tomas Stockmann	Royal National Theatre Ahmanson Theatre
1997	Peter Pan	Mr. Darling/Captain Hook	Royal National Theatre
1998	Present Laughter	Garry Essendine	West Yorkshire Playhouse
2001–2004	Dance of Death	Edgar	Broadhurst Theatre Lyric Theatre Sydney Arts Festival
2004, 05	Aladdin	Widow Twankie	The Old Vic
2006	The Cut	Max	Donmar Warehouse
2007–08	King Lear	Lear	Stratford-upon-Avon Brooklyn Academy of Music New London Theatre
2007–08	The Seagull	Sorin	Stratford-upon-Avon Brooklyn Academy of Music New London Theatre
2009–10	Waiting for Godot	Estragon	Theatre Royal Haymarket Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Fugard Theatre
2011	The Syndicate	Don Antonio	Chichester Festival Theatre
2013–14	Waiting for Godot / No Man's Land	Estragon / Spooner	Cort Theatre
2016	No Man's Land	Spooner	Wyndham's Theatre
2016–19	The Exorcist	The voice of the Demon	Birmingham Repertory Theatre Phoenix Theatre London UK tour
2017	Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others and You	Himself	Park Theatre
2017–18	King Lear	Lear	Chichester Festival Theatre Duke of York's Theatre
2019	Ian McKellen on Stage	Himself	UK tour Harold Pinter Theatre[1] Hudson Theatre

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1969	The Promise	Leonidik	Michael Hayes
	Alfred the Great	Roger	Clive Donner
	A Touch of Love	George Matthews	Waris Hussein
1981	Priest of Love	D. H. Lawrence	Christopher Miles
1983	The Keep	Dr. Theodore Cuza	Michael Mann
1985	Plenty	Sir Andrew Charleson	Fred Schepisi
1985	Zina	Arthur Kronfeld	Ken McMullen
1989	Scandal	John Profumo	Michael Caton-Jones
1990	Othello	Iago	Trevor Nunn
1993	Six Degrees of Separation	Geoffrey Miller	Fred Schepisi
	The Ballad of Little Jo	Percy Corcoran	Maggie Greenwald
	Last Action Hero	Death	John McTiernan
1994	To Die For	Quilt Documentary Narrator	Peter Litten	Voice
	The Shadow	Dr. Reinhardt Lane	Russell Mulcahy
	I'll Do Anything	John Earl McAlpine	James L. Brooks
1995	Restoration	Will Gates	Michael Hoffman
	Richard III	Richard III	Richard Loncraine	Also writer and executive producer
	Jack and Sarah	William	Tim Sullivan
1997	Swept from the Sea	Dr. James Kennedy	Beeban Kidron
1997	Bent	Uncle Freddie	Sean Mathias
1998	Gods and Monsters	James Whale	Bill Condon	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
1998	Apt Pupil	Kurt Dussander	Bryan Singer
2000	X-Men	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	Bryan Singer	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Gandalf the Grey	Peter Jackson	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gandalf the White	Peter Jackson
2003	X2	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	Bryan Singer	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
	Emile	Emile	Carl Bessai
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gandalf the White	Peter Jackson
2004	Eighteen	Older Jason Anders	Richard Bell	Voice
2005	Neverwas	Gabriel Finch	Joshua Michael Stern
	Asylum	Dr. Peter Cleave	David Mackenzie
	The Magic Roundabout	Zebedee	Dave Borthwick Jean Duval Frank Passingham	Voice
2006	Flushed Away	The Toad	David Bowers Sam Fell	Voice
	The Da Vinci Code	Sir Leigh Teabing	Ron Howard	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
	X-Men: The Last Stand	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	Brett Ratner	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
2007	Stardust	Narrator	Matthew Vaughn	Voice
2007	The Golden Compass	Iorek Byrnison	Chris Weitz	Voice
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Gandalf the Grey	Peter Jackson
2013	The Wolverine	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	James Mangold	Uncredited cameo
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Gandalf the Grey	Peter Jackson
2014	Miss in Her Teens	The Prologue	Matthew Butler Hart
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	Bryan Singer	Shared role with Michael Fassbender
	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Gandalf the Grey	Peter Jackson
2015	Mr. Holmes	Sherlock Holmes	Bill Condon
2017	Beauty and the Beast	Cogsworth	Bill Condon
2017	Animal Crackers	Horatio P. Huntington	Scott Christian Sava Tony Bancroft	Voice
2018	All Is True	Earl of Southampton	Kenneth Branagh
2019	The Good Liar	Roy Courtnay	Bill Condon
2019	Cats	Gus the Theatre Cat	Tom Hooper
Sources:[2][3]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling	Plowden	Episode: "The Tomb of His Ancestors"
1965	Sunday Out of Season	Victor Leech	Television film
1965	The Wednesday Play	Wolf	Episode: "The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne"
1966	David Copperfield	David Copperfield	9 episodes
1970	Solo	John Keats	Episode: "Ian McKellen as John Keats"
1972	Country Matters	David Masterman	Episode: "Craven Arms"
1978	Jackanory	Reader	5 Episodes reading "The Moon in the Cloud"
1980	Armchair Thriller	Anthony Skipling	Episode: "Dying Day"
1981	Pillar of Fire	Narrator	Documentary
1982	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Paul Chauvelin	Television film
1982	Walter	Walter	Television film
1983	Walter and June	Walter	Television film
1988	Windmills of the Gods	Chairman	2 episodes
1989	Countdown to War	Adolf Hitler	Television film
1993	And the Band Played On	Bill Kraus	Television film
1995	Cold Comfort Farm	Amos Starkadder	Television film
1996	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Nicholas II	Television film
1999	David Copperfield	Mr. Creakle	2 episodes
2003	The Simpsons	Himself	Voice Episode: "The Regina Monologues"
2005	Coronation Street	Mel Hutchwright/Lionel Hipkiss	10 episodes
2006	Extras	Himself	Episode: "Sir Ian McKellen"
2008	King Lear	King Lear	Television film
2009	The Prisoner	Number Two	6 episodes
2012	Doctor Who	The Great Intelligence	Voice Episode: "The Snowmen"
2013–2016	Vicious	Freddie Thornhill	14 episodes
2015	The Dresser	Norman	Television film
2018	Family Guy	Dr. Cecil Pritchfield	Voice Episode: "Send in Stewie, Please"
Sources:[3][4]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gandalf	Voice
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Source:[5]

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song
1988	Pet Shop Boys	Heart
2014	George Ezra	Listen to the Man

Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Nominated Work	Award	Result
1999	Gods and Monsters	Best Actor[6]	Nominated
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Best Supporting Actor[7]	Nominated

Annie Awards

Year	Nominated Work	Award	Result
2006	Flushed Away	Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Won

BAFTA Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
BAFTA Film Awards
1995	Richard III[8]	Best Actor	Nominated
1995	Richard III[8]	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Best Actor[9]	Nominated
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Best Supporting Actor[9]	Nominated
BAFTA TV Awards
2016	The Dresser	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1998	Gods and Monsters	Best Actor	Won
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Best Cast	Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1995	Richard III	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
1996	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Best Supporting Actor – Television[9]	Won
1998	Gods and Monsters	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama[9]	Nominated

Poppy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2015	The Hobbit	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1993	And the Band Played On	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
1996	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
2006	Extras	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Nominated
2008	King Lear	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie[9]	Nominated
2009	The Prisoner	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1996	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Best Supporting Actor - Television	Nominated
1998	Gods and Monsters	Best Actor Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1998	Apt Pupil	Best Supporting Actor	Won
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Best Supporting Actor	Won
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1998	Gods and Monsters	Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role[9]	Nominated
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role[9]	Won
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers		Nominated
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		Won

Miscellaneous award wins

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1993	And the Band Played On	CableAce Award for Best Supporting Actor Miniseries/Movie[9]	Won
1995	Richard III	European Film Award for Best Actor	Won
1998	Gods and Monsters	British Independent Film Award for Best Actor[9]	Won
		Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor[9]	Won
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor[9]	Won
		National Board of Review Award for Best Actor[9]	Won
		San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor	Won
		Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor[9]	Won
1998	Gods and Monsters / Apt Pupil	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor	Won

Drama Desk Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1974	The Wood Demon / King Lear	Outstanding Performance[9]	Won
1981	Amadeus	Outstanding Actor in a Play[9]	Won
1984	Acting Shakespeare	Outstanding One-Person Show[9]	Won
1987	Wild Honey	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Won

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1984	Coriolanus	Best Actor	Won
1989	Othello	Best Actor	Won

Laurence Olivier Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award[10]	Result
1977	Pillars of the Community	Actor of the Year in a Revival	Won
1978	The Alchemist	Comedy Performance of the Year	Won
1979	Bent	Actor of the Year in a New Play	Won
1984	Wild Honey	Actor of the Year in a Revival	Won
1986	The Cherry Orchard	Best Actor	Nominated
1990	Othello and Bent		Nominated
1991	Richard III		Won
1992	Uncle Vanya		Nominated
2008	King Lear		Nominated
2017	No Man's Land		Nominated
2019	King Lear		Nominated
2020	Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU	Special Award	Won

Tony Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1981	Amadeus	Best Actor in a Play[9]	Won
1984	Acting Shakespeare	Best Actor in a Play	Nominated

Other

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1998	A Knight Out in Los Angeles	Garland Award for Outstanding Solo Performance	Won

Honorary awards

Year	Organisation	Award
2004	Pride International Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement & Distinction Award
2006	Olivier Awards	Society's Special Award[10]
2009	Evening Standard Awards	The Lebedev Special Award[9]
2010	Empire Awards	Empire Icon Award[11]
2017	Istanbul International Film Festival	Honorary Award[12]

References

"Ian McKellen to bring one-man show to the West End in autumn 2019". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
Barratt 2005, p. 233.
"Filmography: McKellen, Ian". Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
Barratt 2005, pp. 232–33.
Ian McKellen at Behind the Voice Actors Retrieved 2015-01-02.
"The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". Beverly Hills: oscars.org and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
"74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Oscars. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
"BAFTAs | Ian McKellen". BAFTA. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
"Sir Ian McKellen | Acting Awards, Honours, and Appointments". Sir Ian McKellen Official Website. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
"The Laurence Olivier Awards: full list of winners 1976-2008" (PDF). Official London Theatre. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
"Empire Icon Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
http://film.iksv.org/tr/arsiv/haberarsivi/p/1/1489

Sources

Barratt, Mark (2005). Ian McKellen: An Unofficial Biography. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-7535-1074-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Ian McKellen at IMDb
Ian McKellen at the Internet Broadway Database

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[1] "Ian McKellen to bring one-man show to the West End in autumn 2019". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[FOOTNOTEBarratt2005233-2] Barratt 2005, p. 233.

[BFI_Filmog-3] "Filmography: McKellen, Ian". Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[FOOTNOTEBarratt2005232–33-4] Barratt 2005, pp. 232–33.

[5] Ian McKellen at Behind the Voice Actors Retrieved 2015-01-02.

[Oscars1998-6] "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". Beverly Hills: oscars.org and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[7] "74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Oscars. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[8] "BAFTAs | Ian McKellen". BAFTA. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[OfficialWebsite1-9] "Sir Ian McKellen | Acting Awards, Honours, and Appointments". Sir Ian McKellen Official Website. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[LOA1-10] "The Laurence Olivier Awards: full list of winners 1976-2008" (PDF). Official London Theatre. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[11] "Empire Icon Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

[12] ttp://film.iksv.org/tr/arsiv/haberarsivi/p/1/1489