Acting
Ian McKellen
- Titles
- 158movies58TV shows
- Career
Active from 1965 to 2027, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 76top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Historical4.2average 2.6
- Fantasy3.2average 1.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Wonder4.6average 3.4
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.4
- Crime2.9, average 3.7
- Sports0.1, average 0.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 8
- Character Study 8
- Character-Driven 7
- Historical Drama 6
- Social Commentary 6
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Visual Spectacle 4
- Melancholy 4
- Epic High Fantasy 4
- Mystery 4
- English History 3
- Cinematic Spectacle 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Fran WalshWriterThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +2 more
Philippa BoyensWriterThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +2 more
Patrick StewartActorX-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: The Last Stand, National Theatre Live: No Man's Land, X-Men, No Man's Land, +1 more
Peter JacksonDirectorThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +1 more
Andrew LesnieCinematographerThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +1 more
Howard ShoreComposerThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +1 more
Hugh JackmanActorFlushed Away, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men, X2
Andy SerkisActorThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Flushed Away, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Elijah WoodActorThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Halle BerryActorX-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men, X2
Bryan SingerDirectorX-Men: Days of Future Past, Apt Pupil, X-Men, X2- PPeter HonessEditorThe Golden Compass, The Shadow, Six Degrees of Separation, Plenty
Movies and TV shows
128Upcoming
1 title
as Spooner
2020s
14 titles · average score 66
as Julian Sklar
as L S Lowry
as Jacob Marley
as Continuity Announcer
as Jimmy Erskine
as Hamlet
as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Charles Marland-White
TV show
2010s
25 titles · average score 67
as Roy Courtnay
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
as Earl of Southampton
as King Lear
as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes
as Norman
as Gandalf the Grey
as Magneto
as Gandalf the Grey
TV show · as Freddie Thornhill
as Gandalf the Grey
2000s
25 titles · average score 60
TV show · as 2 / Curtis
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
as Sir Leigh Teabing
as The Toad (voice)
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
as Dr. Peter Cleave
as Zebedee (voice)
as Gabriel Finch
as Magneto
1990s
27 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
as James Whale
as Kurt Dussander
as Dr. James Kennedy
as Uncle Freddie
as Tsar Nicholas II
as Richard III
as Will Gates
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
as Percy Corcoran
as Geoffrey
as Aldo Moro (voice)
1980s
16 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Ian McKellen (voice)
as Adolf Hitler
as John Profumo
TV show · as Chairman
as Sir Andrew Charleson
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
as Walter
as Chauvelin
as Walter
as D.H. Lawrence
TV show · as Narrator
as Antony Skipling
1970s
11 titles · average score 75
as Macbeth
as Alexander Ivanov
as Tony
TV show · as Alexander
as George Tesman
TV show · as David Masterman
as David Masterman
as King Edward
as King Richard II
as Hamlet
TV show
1960s
9 titles · average score 58
as George
as Roger
TV show · as Lyov
TV show · as Tony
TV show · as David Copperfield
TV show · as George Tesman / Captain Plume
TV show · as Wolf
TV show · as Mel Hutchwright