Acting
Ian McKellen
- Titles
- 157movies49TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19652026
- Leading roles
- 85top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.2average 2.6
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Fantasy3.2average 1.8
- Wonder4.7average 3.4
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
- Pathos5.7average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.5, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Character Study 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Epic Fantasy Adventure 4
- Orchestral Score 4
- Hero's Journey 4
- Visually Stunning 4
- Epic Fantasy 4
- Mystery 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Peter JacksonDirectorThe 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: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +8 more
Fran WalshWriterThe 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: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +7 more
Philippa BoyensWriterThe 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: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +7 more
Richard ArmitageActorThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, The Hobbit: M4's Book Edit, +5 more
Martin FreemanActorThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, The Hobbit: M4's Book Edit, +5 more
Andy SerkisActorThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Flushed Away, The Hobbit: M4's Book Edit, Lord of the Weed – Sinnlos in Mittelerde, +3 more
Guillermo del ToroWriterThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Extended Version, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Extended Version, +3 more
Patrick StewartActorX-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut, National Theatre Live: No Man's Land, No Man's Land, X-Men, +2 more
Ken StottActorThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, The Hobbit: M4's Book Edit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Extended Version, +2 more
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, Lord of the Weed – Sinnlos in Mittelerde, Lord of the Piercing, +1 more
Hugh JackmanActorX-Men: Days of Future Past, Flushed Away, X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut, X-Men, X-Men: The Last Stand, +1 more
Howard ShoreComposerThe 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: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
131Upcoming
5 titles
2020s
14 titles · average score 63
as Magneto
as Percy
as L S Lowry
59
as Jimmy Erskine
64
as Hamlet
as Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
79
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
68
as Narrator (voice)
47
as Dr. Charles Marland-White
TV show
as Gandalf (archive footage)
as Gandalf
2010s
29 titles · average score 66
66
as Roy Courtnay
34
as Gus, the Theatre Cat
61
as Earl of Southampton
60
as Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
82
as King Lear
66
as Sherlock Holmes
65
as Norman
73
as Gandalf the Grey
77
as Magneto
76
as Gandalf the Grey
72
TV show · as Freddie Thornhill
76
as Gandalf the Grey
2000s
28 titles · average score 66
59
TV show · as 2 / Curtis
60
as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
67
as Sir Leigh Teabing
64
as The Toad (voice)
65
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
59
as Dr. Peter Cleave
64
as Gabriel Finch
53
as Zebedee (voice)
71
as Magneto
1990s
24 titles · average score 66
77
TV show · as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
71
as James Whale
66
as Kurt Dussander
65
as Dr. James Kennedy
69
as Uncle Freddie
67
as Tsar Nicholas II
70
as Richard III
63
as Will Gates
70
as Amos Starkadder
60
as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
63
as Percy Corcoran
66
as Geoffrey
1980s
15 titles · average score 67
61
as John Profumo
82
TV show · as Ian McKellen (voice)
as Adolf Hitler
59
TV show · as Chairman
as Narrator
58
as Sir Andrew Charleson
56
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
71
as Chauvelin
63
as Walter
55
as D.H. Lawrence
TV show · as Narrator
as Antony Skipling
1970s
10 titles · average score 66
74
as Macbeth
as Alexander Ivanov
57
TV show · as Anthony Skipling
TV show · as Alexander
as Tony
TV show · as David Masterman
as George Tesman
as King Richard II
as King Edward
as Hamlet
1960s
6 titles · average score 58
63
as George
52
as Roger
TV show · as David Copperfield
60
TV show · as George Tesman / Ross / T.E. Lawrence
TV show · as Mel Hutchwright