Ian Mckellen Biography
Ian Mckellen is best known as Actor, Writer, Voice Artist who has an estimated Net Worth of $60 Million. Longtime actor who became immortalized as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings franchise. He played the misanthropic mutant Magneto in the X-Men movies and narrated the 2007 fantasy film Stardust. He was cast as Cogsworth in the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. He was born on May 25,1939, Burnley, England. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002. After receiving a scholarship for St. Catharine's College, he became a member of the Marlowe Society. He debuted as Plowden in The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling in 1964. He starred alongside Viggo Mortensen in the celebrated Lord of the Rings films. He was in a relationship with Brian Taylor from 1964 to 1972. He had a ten-year relationship with actor Sean Mathias that ended in 1988. His zodiac sign is Gemini
Ian Mckellen Bio, Wiki
First Name | Ian |
Middle Name | Murray |
Last Name | McKellen |
Full Name at Birth | Ian Murray McKellen |
Alternative Name | Sir Ian McKellan, Serena, CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) |
Age | 81 years |
Birthday | 25th May, 1939 |
Birthplace | Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK |
Height | 5' 11″ (180 cm) |
Build | Average |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | Grey |
Distinctive Feature | Scottish, Northern Irish, and English descent…., Rich and flawless voice, combined with Shakespearean bearing…., Distinctively calm style of speaking…., Has played the vampire in the music video “Heart” by Pet Shop Boys…., Began acting as a means of escape from mourning after his mother's death and constant bullying at school from fellow students…., Originally aspired to be a journalist…. |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Sexuality | Gay |
Religion | Atheist |
Ethnicity | White |
Nationality | British |
High School | Bolton School, Lancashire, UK |
University | [1961] St Catharine`s College, University of Cambridge (2:2 degree in English) |
Occupation Text | Actor, Writer, Voice Artist |
Occupation | Actor |
Music Genre (Text) | Gay Rights Movement, William Shakespeare plays |
Year(s) Active | 1959–present |
Instrument (text) | Grand Piano |
Associated Acts | Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Broadway theatre, West End theatre, Jjr Tolkien (films) |
Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) | Independent Talent Group Ltd. (London) |
Official Websites | www.mckellen.com/, twitter.com/IanMcKellen, www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-McKellen/149264868600, http://www.mckellen.com/, www.nndb.com/people/084/000024012/, www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ian-McKellen/ |
Friend | Monica Lewinsky, Rachel Weisz, Christopher Lee, Patrick Stewart |
Associated People | Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson |
Favorite People | Bryan Singer (director), Denis Murray McKellen (father), Geoffrey Simon (conductor), J.R.R. Tolkien, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Margery Lois (Sutcliffe) (mother), Patrick Stewart (actor), Paul Robeson, Peter Jackson (director), Ralph Richardson, Sean Mathias (former partner), Sir Derek Jacobi (unrequited love), Trevor Nunn (director), Wendy Hiller, William Shakespeare |
Favorite Bands | Ethel Merman, Joanna McGregor, Jule Styne, Lena Horne, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nina Simone, Stephen Sondheim, The Lindsay String Quartet, Vladimir Horowitz |
Favorite Songs | Rose's Turn(Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim), Harrison's Clocks(Birtwhistle), Adagio for Strings(Barber), Dancing Queen(ABBA), Harrison's Clocks(Birtwhistle), Late Quartet No.13 in B flat Opus 130(Ludwig van Beethoven), Mississippi Goddam(Nina Simone), Rose's Turn(Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim), Stars and Stripes Forever(John Philip Sousa), Stormy Weather(Koehler/Arlen) |
Favorite Books | A Dictionary of Flora and Fauna |
Favorite Places | Stratford-upon-Avon theatre festivals, Limehouse, London (residence) |
Favorite Accessories | Grand Piano |
Ian Mckellen Dating, Wife, Girlfriends and Relationships
According to celebnetworth, Ian McKellen is possibly single.- Nick Cuthell and Ian McKellen dated from 2002 to 2003.
- Sean Mathias and Ian McKellen dated from 1978 to 1987.
- Ian McKellen and Brian Taylor dated from 1964 to 1972.
- Rupert Everett and Ian McKellen had a relationship.
- Ian McKellen and Greg Nickels had a relationship.
- Patrick Stewart is rumored to have hooked up with Ian McKellen.
Ian Mckellen Movies and TV Shows
Film | Year | Character | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Infinitum: Subject Unknown | 2021 | Dr. Charles Marland-White | Movie |
Cats | 2019 | Gus the Theatre Cat | Movie |
The Good Liar | 2019 | Roy Courtnay | Movie |
Darrylgorn | 2019 | Ian | Short Film |
The King and the Master Builder | 2019 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
National Theatre Live: King Lear | 2018 | King Lear | Movie |
All Is True | 2018 | Earl of Southampton | Movie |
Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | Cogsworth | Movie |
Animal Crackers | 2017 | Horatio P. Huntington (voice) | Movie |
Edmund the Magnificent | 2017 | Narrator | Short Film |
Schadenfreude | 2016 | Continuity Announcer (voice) | Movie |
The Roof | 2016 | And Even Yet Another Fan | Short Film |
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land | 2016 | Spooner | TV Movie |
Look Back in Anger | 2016 | Colonel | Movie |
Mr. Holmes | 2015 | Sherlock Holmes | Movie |
The Dresser | 2015 | Norman | TV Movie |
X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014 | Magneto | Movie |
Miss in Her Teens | 2014 | The Prologue | Movie |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | Gandalf | Movie |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | Gandalf | Movie |
The Wolverine | 2013 | Magneto (uncredited) | Movie |
Vicious | 2013 | Freddie Thornhill | TV Show |
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | 2013 | Ian McKellen | TV Show |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | Gandalf | Movie |
The Academy: Special | 2012 | Murray | TV Movie |
Lady Grey London | 2011 | Short Film | |
Claude et Claudette | 2011 | The Voice (voice) | Short Film |
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation | 2010 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
Small-Time Revolutionary | 2010 | Hamish Miller (voice) | Short Film |
E'gad, Zombies! | 2010 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
The Egg Trick | 2010 | Magician | Short Film |
The Prisoner | 2009 | 2, Curtis, Un-Two | TV Show |
The Academy | 2009 | Murray | Short Film |
King Lear | 2008 | King Lear | TV Movie |
Stardust | 2007 | Narrator (voice) | Movie |
The Golden Compass | 2007 | Iorek Byrnison (voice) | Movie |
For the Love of God | 2007 | Jackdaw | Short Film |
Displaced | 2006 | Movie | |
Doogal | 2006 | Zebedee (voice) | Movie |
Flushed Away | 2006 | The Toad (voice) | Movie |
The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | Sir Leigh Teabing | Movie |
X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto | Movie |
Asylum | 2005 | Dr. Peter Cleave | Movie |
Eighteen | 2005 | Jason Anders (voice) | Movie |
Neverwas | 2005 | Gabriel Finch | Movie |
Sprung! The Magic Roundabout | 2005 | Zebedee (English version, voice) | Movie |
Doctor Who | 2005 | Great Intelligence | TV Show |
Extras | 2005 | Ian McKellen | TV Show |
Emile | 2003 | Emile | Movie |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Gandalf | Movie |
X-Men 2 | 2003 | Eric Lehnsherr, Magneto | Movie |
Churchill | 2003 | Narrator | TV Show |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Gandalf | Movie |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Gandalf | Movie |
X-Men | 2000 | Eric Lensherr, Magneto | Movie |
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | 2000 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
David Copperfield | 1999 | Creakle | TV Show |
Family Guy | 1999 | Dr. Cecil Pritchfield | TV Show |
Apt Pupil | 1998 | Kurt Dussander | Movie |
Gods and Monsters | 1998 | James Whale | Movie |
Bent | 1997 | Uncle Freddie | Movie |
Swept from the Sea | 1997 | Dr. James Kennedy | Movie |
Rasputin | 1996 | Tsar Nicholas II | TV Movie |
Jack & Sarah | 1995 | William | Movie |
Restoration | 1995 | Will Gates | Movie |
Richard III | 1995 | Richard III – Duke of Gloucester | Movie |
Cold Comfort Farm | 1995 | Amos Starkadder | TV Movie |
Live from the Lilydrome | 1995 | The Priest | TV Show |
I'll Do Anything | 1994 | John Earl McAlpine | Movie |
The Shadow | 1994 | Reinhardt Lane | Movie |
To Die For | 1994 | Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) | Movie |
Last Action Hero | 1993 | Death (as Sir Ian McKellan) | Movie |
Six Degrees of Separation | 1993 | Geoffrey | Movie |
The Ballad of Little Jo | 1993 | Percy Corcoran | Movie |
And the Band Played On | 1993 | Bill Kraus | TV Movie |
Tales of the City | 1993 | Archibald Anson Gidde | TV Show |
Scandal | 1989 | John Profumo | Movie |
Countdown to War | 1989 | Adolf Hitler | TV Movie |
The Simpsons | 1989 | Sir Ian McKellen | TV Show |
Windmills of the Gods | 1988 | Chairman | TV Show |
Walter and June | 1986 | Walter | TV Movie |
Plenty | 1985 | Sir Andrew Charleson | Movie |
Zina | 1985 | Kronfeld | Movie |
Theatre Night | 1985 | Iago | TV Show |
The Keep | 1983 | Dr. Theodore Cuza | Movie |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1982 | Chauvelin | TV Movie |
Walter | 1982 | Walter | TV Movie |
Priest of Love | 1981 | D.H. Lawrence | Movie |
A Performance of Macbeth | 1979 | Macbeth | TV Movie |
Arena | 1975 | Narrator | TV Show |
BBC2 Playhouse | 1974 | Alexander | TV Show |
Country Matters | 1972 | David Masterman | TV Show |
Great Performances | 1971 | King Lear | TV Show |
Edward II | 1970 | King Edward | TV Movie |
Hamlet | 1970 | Hamlet | TV Movie |
Play for Today | 1970 | TV Show | |
The Tragedy of King Richard II | 1970 | King Richard II | TV Movie |
Solo | 1970 | John Keats | TV Show |
Alfred the Great | 1969 | Roger | Movie |
Thank You All Very Much | 1969 | George | Movie |
The Promise | 1969 | Leonidik | Movie |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1969 | Lyov | TV Show |
Armchair Thriller | 1967 | Antony Skipling | TV Show |
ITV Playhouse | 1967 | TV Show | |
David Copperfield | 1966 | David Copperfield | TV Show |
Jackanory | 1965 | Storyteller | TV Show |
BBC Play of the Month | 1965 | Captain Plume, George Tesman, Ross | TV Show |
Sunday Out of Season | 1965 | Victor Leech | TV Movie |
The Wednesday Play | 1964 | Wolf | TV Show |
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | 1963 | Plowden | TV Show |
Coronation Street | 1960 | Mel Hutchwright | TV Show |
Hamlet Revenant | Movie |
Ian Mckellen Net Worth
Estimated Net Worth 2020 | $60 Million |
Income Source | Primary Income source Movie Actor (profession). |