Ian McKellen, roles and awards
Year Title Role Director
1969 The Promise Leonidik Michael Hayes
1969 Alfred the Great Roger Clive Donner
1969 A Touch of Love George Matthews Waris Hussein
1981 Priest of Love D. H. Lawrence Christopher Miles
1983 The Keep Dr. Theodore Cuza Michael Mann
1985 Plenty Sir Andrew Charleson Fred Schepisi
1985 Zina Arthur Kronfeld Ken McMullen
1989 Scandal John Profumo Michael Caton-Jones
1990 Othello Iago Trevor Nunn
1993 Six Degrees of Separation Geoffrey Miller Fred Schepisi
1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Percy Corcoran Maggie Greenwald
1993 Last Action Hero Death John McTiernan
1994 To Die For Quilt Documentary Narrator Peter Litten
1994 The Shadow Dr. Reinhardt Lane Russell Mulcahy
1994 I 'll Do Anything John Earl McAlpine James L. Brooks
1995 Restoration Will Gates Michael Hoffman
1995 Richard III Richard III Richard Loncraine
1995 Jack and Sarah William Tim Sullivan
1997 Swept from the Sea Dr. James Kennedy Beeban Kidron
1997 Bent Uncle Freddie Sean Mathias
Filmography -- Film
Ian McKellen is an English stage and screen actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men films, Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code (2006), Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (2015) and Cogsworth in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).