Ian McKellen

Filmography

1964

• The Tomb of His Ancestors Plowden

1965

• Sunday out of Season Victor
• The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne Wolf

1966

• David Copperfield Part 6 The Bachelor Party David
• David Copperfield Part 7 Courtship David
• David Copperfield Part 8 The Proposal David
• David Copperfield Part 9 Domestic Tangles David
• David Copperfield Part 10 Toll of the Sea David
• David Copperfield Part 11 'umble Aspirations David
• David Copperfield Part 12 Fortunes Restored David
• David Copperfield Part 13 Home at Last David
• David Copperfield Part 5 Old Acquaintances David
• The Bells of Hell Go Ding-a-ling-a-ling lieutenant

1968

• Hay Fever Simon Bliss

1969

• The Promise Leonidik
• A Touch of Love George
• Alfred the Great Roger

1970

• The Tragedy of King Richard II King Richard
• Edward II King Edward
• Ian McKellen As John Keats John Keats
• Ross Ross [T.E. Lawrence]

1972

• Craven Arms David Masterman
• Hamlet Hamlet
• Hedda Gabler George Tesman
• Edinburgh International Festival 26 interview 'The Actors' Company'
• The Last Journey Stefan
• Sheffield Theatre on-screen participant

1973

• The Recruiting Officer Captain Plume

1974

• Graceless Go I cast member

1978

• The Moon in the Clouds Part 1 Noah's Vision Reader
• The Moon in the Clouds Part 2 Cats of One Colour Reader
• The Moon in the Clouds Part 3 The King's Musician Reader
• The Moon in the Clouds Part 4 The King's Rings Reader
• The Moon in the Clouds Part 5 Ham's Empty Promise Reader

1979

• Like As the Lute voice
• Every Good Boy Deserves Favour cast member
• Macbeth Macbeth
• Word of Mouth cast member
• Call My Bluff[10/04/79] on-screen participant
• Call My Bluff[17/04/79] on-screen participant

1980

• Priest of Love D.H. Lawrence
• Dying Day Part 1 Mr. Skipling Is Sentenced to Death Antony Skipling
• Dying Day Part 2 Mr. Skipling Finds a Friend Antony Skipling
• Dying Day Part 3 Mr. Skipling Fights Back Antony Skipling
• Dying Day Part 4 Mr. Skipling's Day of Reckoning Antony Skipling

1981

• Ian McKellen : Ian McEwan on-screen participant

1982

• Walter Walter
• The Scarlet Pimpernel Chauvelin

1983

• Loving Walter Walter
• Walter and June Walter
• The Keep Dr Theodore Cuza

1984

• Poetry and Hidden Poetry on-screen participant
• Call My Bluff[16/11/84] on-screen participant
• The Two Traditions on-screen participant
• Using the Verse on-screen participant

1985

• D H Lawrence narrator
• Zina Professor Kronfield
• Plenty Sir Andrew Charleson
• Ian McKellen - Diary of a Year on-screen participant

1986

• HOLOCAUST 1939-1945 narrator
• EXODUS 1945-1947 narrator
• Fe-fi-fo-fum cast member

1988

• Suleyman the Magnificent narrator
• Scandal John Profumo
• Scarfe's Follies cast member
• Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods cast member

1989

• Out on Tuesday[07/03/89] presenter
• Countdown to War Adolf Hitler
• Ian McKellen on-screen participant
• They Would Say That, Wouldn't They on-screen participant
• The Evening Standard Drama Awards 1989 on-screen participant
• Saving the Rose Theatre on-screen participant
• To Dig or Not to Dig interviewee

1990

• Othello Iago
• Nunn's Othello on-screen participant
• Frank Talking/Paintball Crazy!/Gay London interviewee

1991

• Living Shakespeare A Year with the RSC on-screen participant
• To Be or Not to Be... on-screen participant

1992

• D'art on-screen participant

1993

• The Infant presenter
• The Schoolboy presenter
• The Lover presenter
• The Soldier presenter
• The Judge presenter
• The Old Man presenter
• Senility presenter
• Mister Shaw's Missing Millions presenter
• Ours Not to Reason Why narrator
• When Will it Ever End? narrator
• For King and Country narrator
• Just an Illness reader
• Ballad of Little Jo Percy Corcoran
• Six Degrees of Separation Geoffrey Miller
• Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Part 2 cast member
• Last Action Hero Death from "The Seventh Seal"
• Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Part 5 Archibald Gidde
• Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Part 4 Archibald Gidde
• Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Part 3 Archibald Gidde
• And the Band Played On Bill Kraus
• Camp Christmas on-screen participant

1994

• The Lights Go on Again narrator
• It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow narrator
• The Last all Clear narrator
• The Trip to the Other Side narrator
• Who Framed Charles Dickens? David Copperfield(196?)
• The Shadow Reinhardt Lane
• Age of Dissent Stonewall founder member
• Thin Ice Himself
• I'll Do Anything Australian action movie director
• Shakespeare - Playing the Dane on-screen participant

1995

• Richard III Executive Producer
  Screenplay
  Richard III
• Hands of Friendship Nations Reconciled introduction
• Restoration Will Gates
• Cold Comfort Farm Amos Starkadder
• Jack & Sarah William
• The Nation's Favourite Poems on-screen participant
• The Guardian Interview: Ian McKellen interviewee

1996

• My First Time narrator
• Tfi Friday[15/03/96] Guest
• Rasputin cast member
• Bent Uncle Freddie
• The Sunday Programme[27/10/96] Reviewer of newspapers

1997

• Surviving Friendly Fire Special Thanks
  Narrated by
• A Bit of Scarlet narrated by
• Apt Pupil Kurt Dussander
• Amy Foster Dr James Kennedy
• Alastair Sim on-screen participant
• The Sunday Programme[28/09/97] interviewee

1998

• Ian McKellen [Subject of Film]
  interviewee
• Gods and Monsters James Whale
• Blankety Blank[08/08/98] on-screen participant

1999

• David Copperfield Part 1 Creakle
• The Book That Wrote Itself involuntary appearance
• Exclusive![28/03/99] interviewee

2000

• Parents Talking introduction
• Cirque Du Soleil Journey of Man narrator
• X-Men Eric Lehnsherr, 'Magneto'
• Changing Stages[05/11/2000] on-screen participant

2001

• Larry & Vivien The Oliviers in Love narrator
• The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf
• Holocaust Memorial Day on-screen participant
• Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings on-screen participant

2002

• The LORD OF THE RINGS THE TWO TOWERS Gandalf
• Ian McKellen interviewee

2003

• Emile Emile
• The LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING Gandalf
• X2 Eric Lehnsherr, 'Magneto'
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross[19/12/2003] guest

2004

• Year in the Life of Ian McKellen 2003 - 2004 [Subject of Film]
  on-screen participant
• Warrior narrator
• Destiny narrator
• Peace narrator
• Pavarotti The Last Tenor narrator
• William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice [originally cast as Antonio]
• Parkinson[21/02/2004] guest

2005

• Asylum Doctor Peter Cleave
• Neverwas cast member
• The Magic Roundabout voice of Zebedee
• Coronation Street[01/05/2005] Mel Hutchwright
• Coronation Street[22/05/2005] Mel Hutchwright

2006

• Saint of 9/11 narrator
• Flushed Away voice of The Toad
• X-men The Last Stand Eric Lehnsherr, 'Magneto'
• The Da Vinci Code Sir Leigh Teabing

2007

• Stardust Narrated by
• For the Love of God voice of the jackdaw
• The Golden Compass voice of Iorek Byrnison
• Macbeth interviewee

2008

• King Lear King Lear

2009

• Schizoid 2/Un-Two
• Anvil 2
• Harmony 2
• Darling 2
• Arrival 2
• Checkmate 2/Curtis
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards co-presenter: Best Director

2010

• Ian McKellen [Subject of Film]
  interviewee
• LADY GREY LONDON Lord Sutton
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show[16/02/2010] interviewee
• Loose Women[09/02/2010] guest
• South Bank Show Awards on-screen participant
• Are You a Danger to Kids? interviewee - patron, Little Theatre Guild
• Small-time Revolutionary voice of Hamish Miller
• Which Side Are You Are On? on-screen participant

2011

• Looking for Lowry LS Lowry

2012

• The Snowmen The Intelligence
• London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony Prospero
• London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony (AD) Prospero
• The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Gandalf the Grey
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man[21/12/2012] interviewee