Ian McKellen
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Neverwas (2005)
- Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy…
- Emotive, 'realist' fairytale concerns a psychiatrist (Eckhart) who discovers the magical world his deceased father (Nolte) wrote about in a Lewis…
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart…
- Third entry in the X–MEN series maintains the intensity with a raft of new mutants – of various persuasions – and an intriguing new…
- Da Vinci Code, The (2006)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen…
- Adapted from Dan Brown's blockbusting novel, this rollicking, if over–weighty adventure has an American historian (Hanks) getting dragged into…
- Golden Compass, The (2007)
- Dir. Chris Weitz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ben Walker…
- Visually magnificent fantasy epic adapted from the first installment in Philip Pullman's controversial "His Dark Materials" trilogy traverses similar…
- King Lear (2007)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Sylvester McCoy…
- The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2007 adaptation sees McKellen as his commanding best in the titular role, with an equally terrific performance from…
- Prisoner, The (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel, Hayley Atwell…
- Fuzzy re–imagining of the '60's cult classic has Caviezel retire from his New York based desk job only to wake up the next day in the desert…
- Hobbit, The - An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth with this epic first chapter in The Hobbit saga, which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf…
- Hobbit, The - The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Chapter two of Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of The Hobbit, which sees the party's quest to reclaim their homeland from Smaug continue. Bilbo…
- Vicious (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi
- Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi have a right 'ol time playing a couple of sardonic queers in this cheesy British sitcom.
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender…
- This latest installment in the X–Men saga sees Wolverine travel back in time to prevent a world changing event.
- Hobbit, The - Battle of Five Armies (2014)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Spectacular concluding chapter of the trilogy has Bilbo and company forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely…
- Mr. Holmes (2015)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada…
- An intriguing take on the great detective's final years with Ian McKellen in his element as the retired Sherlock Holmes who, dealing with early…
- All is True (2018)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen
- Kenneth Branagh plays William Shakespeare in his final days in this impressively cast biopic, set following a tragic fire which burns down the Globe…
- Good Liar, The (2019)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey…
- Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren are brilliantly matched in this juicy cat–and–mouse thriller where a career con–man attempts to take…
- Cats (2019)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. James Corden, Judi Dench, Idris Elba…
- Vilified remake of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a group of cats competing at an elaborate ceremony to decide who will be reincarnated. A…