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The Critic |
Jimmy Erskine |
2024 |
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Ted |
Narrator |
2024 |
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Hamlet Within |
The Ghost |
2023 |
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Hamlet |
|
2023 |
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Happy Birthday Bill |
Self - Narrator |
2022 |
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FRO Thizzle Reviews |
Self |
2022 |
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On Broadway |
Self / Self - Interviewee |
2021 |
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Great British Theatre |
Self |
2021 |
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Hating Peter Tatchell |
Self |
2021 |
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Infinitum: Subject Unknown |
Dr. Charles Marland-White |
2021 |
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Coronation Street: Compilations |
Mel Hutchwright |
2020 |
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Reunited Apart |
Self |
2020 |
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Cats |
Gus, the Theatre Cat / Gus the Theatre Cat |
2019 |
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The Good Liar |
Roy Courtnay |
2019 |
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All Is True |
Earl of Southampton |
2019 |
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National Theatre Live: King Lear |
King Lear |
2018 |
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McKellen: Playing the Part |
Himself / Self |
2018 |
|
Hollywood Insider |
Self |
2018 |
|
50 Years Legal |
Self |
2018 |
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Front Row |
Self |
2017 |
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Animal Crackers |
Horatio P. Huntington (voice) / Horatio P. Huntington |
2017 |
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin |
Himself / Self - Actor |
2017 |
|
Beauty and the Beast |
Cogsworth |
2017 |
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National Theatre Live: No Man's Land |
Spooner |
2016 |
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC |
Self - Performer |
2016 |
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The Dengineers |
Self |
2015 |
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The Dresser |
Norman |
2015 |
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No Sleep TV3 |
Percy Corcoran |
2015 |
|
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |
Self / Gandalf / Self - 'Lord of the Rings' Star |
2015 |
|
Celebrity Conversations |
Self |
2015 |
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Mr. Holmes |
Sherlock Holmes |
2015 |
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Red Nose Day |
Self |
2015 |
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The Late Late Show with James Corden |
Self - Guest / Self |
2015 |
|
Artsnight |
Self |
2015 |
|
The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special |
Gandalf |
2015 |
|
Try Not to Smile or Laugh |
(archive footage) |
2015 |
|
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors |
Self |
2014 |
|
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
Gandalf |
2014 |
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) 3D |
Gandalf |
2014 |
|
Nelson Mandela Redrawn |
Self |
2014 |
|
X-Men: Days of Future Past |
Magneto / Erik Lehnsherr |
2014 |
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It Got Better |
Self |
2014 |
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Miss in Her Teens |
The Prologue |
2014 |
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Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond |
Self |
2014 |
|
Great Canal Journeys |
Self - Actor and Friend |
2014 |
|
Late Night with Seth Meyers |
Self - Guest |
2014 |
|
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Self - Guest |
2014 |
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
Gandalf |
2013 |
|
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot |
Ian McKellen / Himself |
2013 |
|
Portrait Artist of the Year |
Self - Sitter |
2013 |
|
Fifty Years on Stage |
Richard III |
2013 |
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Muse of Fire |
Self |
2013 |
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The Wolverine |
Magneto |
2013 |
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Vicious |
Freddie Thornhill |
2013 |
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The Broadway.com Show |
Self |
2013 |
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
Gandalf |
2012 |
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Larry King Now |
Self - Guest |
2012 |
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The Hollywood Fast Lane |
Self - Interviewee |
2012 |
|
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen |
(archive footage) |
2012 |
|
Shakespeare Uncovered |
Self |
2012 |
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The Jonathan Ross Show |
Self - Guest |
2011 |
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Perspectives |
Self |
2011 |
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The Betty Driver Story |
Self / Himself (as Sir Ian McKellan) |
2011 |
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Lady Grey London |
|
2010 |
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The Talk |
Self - Guest |
2010 |
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The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters |
Mel Hutchwright |
2010 |
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy |
Self / Self (archive footage) |
2010 |
|
The South Bank Show Revisited |
Self |
2010 |
|
E'gad, Zombies! |
Narrator |
2010 |
|
Stars on the Street |
Mel Hutchwright |
2009 |
|
The Prisoner |
2 / Curtis / Un-Two |
2009 |
|
Talk Stoop |
Self - Guest / Self |
2009 |
|
King Lear |
King Lear |
2008 |
|
The Golden Compass |
Iorek Byrnison / Iorek Byrnison (voice) |
2007 |
|
Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! |
Self - Audience Member |
2007 |
|
Stardust |
Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
2007 |
|
For the Love of God |
Jackdaw / The Jackdaw |
2007 |
|
The Graham Norton Show |
Self - Guest |
2007 |
|
Guerrilla Distribution |
Self |
2007 |
|
Cubism: Pet Shop Boys in Concert - Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City |
Self - Interval Announcer |
2007 |
|
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall |
Self |
2006 |
|
Flushed Away |
The Toad (voice) / The Toad |
2006 |
|
X-Men: The Last Stand |
Magneto / Erik Lehnsherr / Eric Lehnsherr |
2006 |
|
The Da Vinci Code |
Sir Leigh Teabing |
2006 |
|
Saint of 9/11 |
Narrator |
2006 |
|
Displaced |
(voice) |
2006 |
|
Doogal |
Zebedee (voice) / Zebedee |
2006 |
|
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema |
Self |
2006 |
|
The Colbert Report |
Self - Guest / Self |
2005 |
|
Made in Hollywood |
Self |
2005 |
|
20 to 1 |
Gandalf the Grey |
2005 |
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Neverwas |
Gabriel Finch |
2005 |
|
The Hobart Shakespeareans |
Himself / Self |
2005 |
|
Asylum |
Dr. Peter Cleave |
2005 |
|
The Bigger Picture |
Self |
2005 |
|
Extras |
Ian McKellen |
2005 |
|
Doctor Who |
Great Intelligence |
2005 |
|
The Friday Night Project |
Self - Guest |
2005 |
|
Ringers: Lord of the Fans |
Self |
2005 |
|
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
Self - Guest |
2005 |
|
Eighteen |
Jason Anders (voice) / Jason Anders |
2005 |
|
Cameras in Middle-Earth |
Self |
2004 |
|
The Magic Roundabout |
Zebedee (voice) / Zebedee |
2004 |
|
Who Do You Think You Are? |
Self |
2004 |
|
The Paul O'Grady Show |
Himself - Guest (as Sir Ian McKellen) / Himself - Guest |
2004 |
|
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! |
Himself |
2004 |
|
The 76th Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Presenter |
2004 |
|
Churchill |
Narrator / Himself - Narrator (voice) |
2004 |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Gandalf |
2003 |
|
National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King |
Self |
2003 |
|
X2: X-Men United |
Magneto / Eric Lehnsherr |
2003 |
|
Real Time with Bill Maher |
Self - Guest |
2003 |
|
Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
Himself - Guest |
2003 |
|
Emile |
Emile |
2003 |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
Gandalf |
2002 |
|
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW! |
Self |
2002 |
|
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway |
Self |
2002 |
|
Lord of the Piercing |
Gandalf |
2002 |
|
The 74th Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Nominee & Presenter |
2002 |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
Gandalf |
2001 |
|
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross |
Self - Guest |
2001 |
|
X-Men |
Magneto / Eric Lehnsherr |
2000 |
|
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man |
Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
2000 |
|
David Copperfield |
Creakle |
1999 |
|
Loose Women |
Himself |
1999 |
|
The Book That Wrote Itself |
Mr. McKellen |
1999 |
|
After Stonewall |
Self |
1999 |
|
The 71st Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Nominee |
1999 |
|
Family Guy |
Dr. Cecil Pritchfield |
1999 |
|
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster |
James Whale / The Monster |
1999 |
|
Apt Pupil |
Kurt Dussander |
1998 |
|
Gods and Monsters |
James Whale |
1998 |
|
Swept from the Sea |
Dr. James Kennedy |
1998 |
|
Bent |
Uncle Freddie |
1997 |
|
The View |
Himself - Guest / Himself |
1997 |
|
A Bit of Scarlet |
Narrator |
1997 |
|
Light Lunch |
Self |
1997 |
|
Surviving Friendly Fire |
Self |
1997 |
|
An Evening with Lily Savage |
Self |
1996 |
|
Theater Talk |
Self - Guest |
1996 |
|
The Daily Show |
Self - Guest |
1996 |
|
Rasputin |
Tsar Nicholas II |
1996 |
|
TFI Friday |
Self - Special Guest |
1996 |
|
Restoration |
Will Gates |
1995 |
|
Richard III |
Richard III / Richard III - Duke of Gloucester |
1995 |
|
Jack & Sarah |
William |
1995 |
|
Thin Ice |
Self |
1995 |
|
Cold Comfort Farm |
Amos Starkadder |
1995 |
|
Heaven's a Drag |
Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice) / Quilt Documentary Narrator |
1994 |
|
The Shadow |
Reinhardt Lane / Dr. Reinhardt Lane |
1994 |
|
Inside the Actors Studio |
Self - Guest |
1994 |
|
I'll Do Anything |
John Earl McAlpine |
1994 |
|
Camp Christmas |
Self |
1993 |
|
Six Degrees of Separation |
Geoffrey |
1993 |
|
Tales of the City |
Archibald Anson Gidde |
1993 |
|
Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Himself - Guest / Self - Guest |
1993 |
|
And the Band Played On |
Bill Kraus |
1993 |
|
Late Show with David Letterman |
Himself - Guest |
1993 |
|
The Ballad of Little Jo |
Percy Corcoran |
1993 |
|
Last Action Hero |
Death |
1993 |
|
HBO First Look |
Self |
1992 |
|
The 46th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1992 |
|
In the Life |
Self |
1992 |
|
Have I Got News for You |
Self |
1990 |
|
The Simpsons |
Sir Ian McKellen |
1989 |
|
Countdown to War |
Adolf Hitler |
1989 |
|
Scandal |
John Profumo |
1989 |
|
Troldspejlet |
Self |
1989 |
|
Windmills of the Gods |
Chairman |
1988 |
|
Süleyman the Magnificent |
Narrator |
1988 |
|
Zina |
Kronfeld |
1985 |
|
Plenty |
Sir Andrew Charleson |
1985 |
|
15 Minutes |
Self |
1985 |
|
The Keep |
Dr. Theodore Cuza |
1983 |
|
Walter & June |
Walter |
1983 |
|
The Scarlet Pimpernel |
Chauvelin |
1982 |
|
Walter |
Walter |
1982 |
|
Playing Shakespeare |
Self |
1982 |
|
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare |
Self |
1982 |
|
Priest of Love |
D.H. Lawrence |
1981 |
|
The 35th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Winner |
1981 |
|
Blankety Blank |
Himself |
1978 |
|
Macbeth |
Macbeth |
1979 |
|
Armchair Thriller |
Anthony Skipling / Antony Skipling |
1978 |
|
The South Bank Show |
Self / Contributor |
1978 |
|
Working in the Theatre |
Self |
1976 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
Various / Dame Maggie Smith / Yves Saint Laurent / Self - Host |
1975 |
|
Arena |
Self / Himself / Narrator (voice) |
1975 |
|
BBC2 Playhouse |
Alexander |
1974 |
|
Country Matters |
David Masterman |
1972 |
|
Film '72 |
Self |
1971 |
|
Parkinson |
Self - Guest |
1971 |
|
Great Performances |
King Lear |
1971 |
|
Play for Today |
|
1970 |
|
Edward II |
King Edward |
1970 |
|
The Promise |
Leonidik |
1969 |
|
A Touch of Love |
George Matthews / George |
1969 |
|
Alfred the Great |
Roger |
1969 |
|
ITV Saturday Night Theatre |
Lyov |
1969 |
|
David Copperfield |
David Copperfield |
1966 |
|
BBC Play of the Month |
Captain Plume / George Tesman / Ross / T.E. Lawrence / Simon Bliss |
1965 |
|
Call My Bluff |
Self |
1965 |
|
The Wednesday Play |
Wolf |
1964 |
|
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
Himself (credit only) |
1962 |
|
The John Bishop Show |
Self - Guest |
1961 |
|
Coronation Street |
Mel Hutchwright |
1960 |
|
Wimbledon |
Self - Spectator |
1937 |
