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ian mckellen official home page acting activism what s new life story acting career writings blog ian mckellen s film vault photo galleries activism lgbtq rights indices lists of projects search mckellen com ian mckellen professional biography ian mckellen first acted at school and with amateur groups in the north of england where he was born and brought up he attended cambridge university and since 1961 has worked non stop in the british theatre he has been leading man and produced plays modern and classic for the royal shakespeare company and the national theatre of great britain and in the west end of london in shakespeare he has triumphed as richard ii macbeth with judi dench coriolanus iago richard iii also on film and most recently as king lear he was in the first production of martin sherman s sensational bent and premieres of plays by arnold wesker peter shaffer michael frayn alan ayckbourn and mark ravenhill of late he has been widow twankey in the old vic s aladdin pantomime and toured waiting for godot and no man s land with patrick stewart as salieri in amadeus he won every available award on broadway for over a decade he toured his one man show acting shakespeare mckellen is recognised worldwide as magneto in the x men films and gandalf in the lord of the rings and the hobbit trilogies he received his first academy award nomination for best actor as the gay film director james whale in bill condon s 1998 classic gods and monsters he was nominated for best supporting actor as gandalf the grey in the fellowship of the rings since he has starred in the da vinci code mr holmes beauty and the beast all is true the good liar a nd cats in 2019 mckellen became the first actor to top the stage 100 list of most influential people in british theatre following his triumphant uk tour and west end run of ian mckellen on stage his television work stretches from rasputin to coronation street from extras with ricky gervais to vicious with derek jacobi on the first ever film on four mckellen was in stephen frears walter and the dresser with anthony hopkins mckellen has been an innovator on the internet with one of the earliest official sites for an actor mckellen com launched on september 1 1997 in 1999 he began publishing a series of journal entries that evolved into one of the earliest non technical blogs his followings on social media connect more than 10 million fans in 1991 sir ian was knighted kbe for services to theatre in uk he is a co founder of stonewall uk which lobbies for legal and social equality for gay people in 2008 the queen personally appointed him companion of honour ch for his services to drama and to equality search mckellen com ian mckellen home page questions or comments regarding this website click here to contact the webmaster trademark and copyright 1997 2026 by sir ian mckellen layout and design trademark and copyright 1997 2026 by keith stern all rights reserved do not copy or redistribute in any form as an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases ian mckellen official home page published by sir ian mckellen actor twice nominated for the oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in uk and us ian mckellen is widely regarded as one of the world s finest actors london united kingdom dob 05 25 1939 facebook twitter instagram tiktok