Sir
Ian McKellen
"Gandalf"
Full
name: Ian Murray McKellen
Birthday: May 25th, 1939
Birthplace: Burnley in northern England
Family:
Parents - Denis and Margery, sister - Jean
*
He is a vegetarian.
* He was one of the presenters at the 2002 Oscars.
* He played the vampire in the video for "Heart" by the Pet Shop Boys.
*
While presenting Saturday Night Live, he went on in drag as "Dame Maggie
Smith".
Ian
acted in many amateur productions at school, and his first Shakespeare role was
as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Bolton School. He attend Stratford-Upon-Avon
theater festivals, where he saw great actors such as Olivier, Hiller, Gielgud,
Richardson and Robeson perform. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
Drama in 1961, at the age of 22. He had decided to become an actor, because
"I wasn't fit for anything else!". He
was knighted in 1990 for his services to the arts by Queen Elizabeth II.
Ian has been a high profile gay rights campaigner since he publicly came out in
1988 in an interview on Radio 4. He is a founder member of Stonewall, a British
gay rights organization, and supports many other campaigns and education
programs.
Filmography:
2003 - Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
2003 - X2 - Magneto/Erik Magnus Lehnsherr
2002 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000 - X-Men - Magneto/Erik Magnus Lehnsherr
2000 - Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (voice) - Narrator
1998 - Apt Pupil - Kurt Dussande
1998 - Gods and Monsters - James/Jimmy Whale
1997 - Bent - Uncle Freddie
1997 - Swept from the Sea - Dr. James Kennedy
1997 - A Bit of Scarlet - Narrator
1996 - Rasputin - Tsar Nicholas II
1995 - Restoration - Will Gates
1995 - Richard III - Richard, Duke of Gloucester(King Richard III)
1995 - Jack and Sarah - William
1994 - The Shadow - Dr. Reinhardt Lane
1994 - I'll Do Anything - John Earl McAlpine
1993 - Six Degrees of Separation - Geoffrey
1993 - The Ballad of Little Jo - Percy Corcoran
1993 - Last Action Hero - Death
1991 - Pet Shop Boys - The Vampire in video for 'Heart'
1989 - Scandal - John Profumo
1986 - Walter and June - Walter
1985 - Zina - Kronfeld
1985 - Plenty - Sir Andrew Charleson
1983 - The Keep - Dr. Theodore Cuza
1981 - Priest of Love - D. H. Lawrence
1979 - Macbeth (TV) - Macbeth
1972 - Hamlet (TV) - Hamlet
1969
- A Touch of Love - George Matthews
1969 - Alfred the Great - Roger
1968
- The Promise - Leonidik
Write
to Ian:
Ian McKellen
c/o ICM Limited
76 Oxford Street
London
W1N 0AX
England
Thanks to:
http://ian.bekkis.com/
