Ian McKellen
Complete filmography from TMDB as of 2026-09-17 - 261 credits.
Acted in
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027
Avengers: Doomsday2026
Ebenezer2026
Frank and Percy2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen2026
The Christophers2026
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes2026
Schadenfreude2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'2025
Season 112025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness2025
Billy & Dom Eat the World2025 - TV
The Critic2024
Dragfox2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved2024
The Life and Death of Lily Savage2024
Hamlet2024
ted2024 - TV
Season 312023
The One Note Man2023
Quintessentially British2022
Season 302022
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride2022
Hamlet Within2022
Hating Peter Tatchell2021
Season 292021
Amol Rajan Interviews2021 - TV
Great British Theatre2021 - TV
Infinitum: Subject Unknown2021
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU2020
Reunited Apart2020 - TV
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet2020
Cats2019
The Good Liar2019
On Broadway2019
Season 262019
Season 52019
Season 252019
All Is True2018
Season 242018
National Theatre Live: King Lear2018
Animal Crackers2018
McKellen: Playing the Part2018
Season 162017
The Paul O'Grady Story2017
How a Kite Flies2017
Beauty and the Beast2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2017
Edmund the Magnificent2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage2016
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land2016
Season 132016
Season 202016- Play the Devil: Making Richard III2016
- Shakespeare on Film2016
- Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen2016
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016
The Roof2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC2015
The Dresser2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 - TV
Mr. Holmes2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 - TV
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto2014
Season 162014
Season 452014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn2014
Trailblazer Honors2014 - TV
X-Men: Days of Future Past2014
Miss in Her Teens2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 - TV
Season 12014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot2013
Muse of Fire2013
The Wolverine2013
The Egg Trick2013
Season 102013
Vicious2013 - TV
Doctor Who: The Snowmen2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony2012
Looking for Lowry2011
Perspectives2011 - TV
The Betty Driver Story2011
The Talk2010 - TV
Small-Time Revolutionary2010
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation2010
Miniseries2009
The Prisoner2009 - TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 - TV
Theatreland2009
King Lear2008
The Golden Compass2007
Stardust2007- The Art of Breaking Character2007
- For the Love of God2007
The Graham Norton Show2007 - TV
Guerrilla Distribution2007
Flushed Away2006- X3: The Excitement Continues2006
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'2006
The Making of 'The Two Towers'2006
The One Show2006 - TV
X-Men: The Last Stand2006
The Da Vinci Code2006
Saint of 9/112006
Doogal2006
Season 42006
Asylum2005
Neverwas2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans2005
Extras2005 - TV
The Magic Roundabout2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans2005
Eighteen2005
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004
My First Time2004
Who Do You Think You Are?2004 - TV
The Paul O'Grady Show2004 - TV
Parkinson2004 - TV
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!2004
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?2004
Season 522004
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King2003
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X22003
Season 152003- Series 262003
Churchill2003 - TV- Season 72003
X22003
Real Time with Bill Maher2003 - TV
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men2003
X-Men: Premieres Around the World2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 - TV
Emile2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002- The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002
- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale2002- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..2002
Season 92002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 - TV
Season 502002- The 59th Golden Globe Awards2002
Season 52002
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001
Quest for the Ring2001
Season 272001
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love2001
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!2000
X-Men2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch2000
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man2000
David Copperfield1999 - TV
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale1999
After Stonewall1999
Season 471999
Family Guy1999 - TV
Apt Pupil1998- Season 61998
Gods and Monsters1998- Season 61998
Swept from the Sea1998
Parkinson1998 - TV
Bent1997
The View1997 - TV
Surviving Friendly Fire1997
A Bit Of Scarlet1997
HARDtalk1997 - TV- The 54th Golden Globe Awards1997
An Evening with Lily Savage1996
Rasputin1996
TFI Friday1996 - TV
Restoration1995
Richard III1995
Jack & Sarah1995
Thin Ice1995
Cold Comfort Farm1995
To Die For1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest1994
Inside the Actors Studio1994 - TV
Age of Dissent1994
The Shadow1994
David Macaulay: Roman City1994
I'll Do Anything1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras1994 - TV
Camp Christmas1993
Six Degrees of Separation1993
A Simple Matter of Justice1993
Tales of the City1993 - TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 - TV
And the Band Played On1993
Late Show with David Letterman1993 - TV
The Ballad of Little Jo1993
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up1993
Last Action Hero1993
Gladio1992
Have I Got News for You1990 - TV
Othello1990
The Simpsons1989 - TV
Countdown to War1989
Scandal1989
Windmills of the Gods1988 - TV
Scarfe's Follies1988
Süleyman the Magnificent1987
Zina1985
Plenty1985
Playing Shakespeare1984 - TV- Season 11984
The Keep1983
Walter and June1983
The Scarlet Pimpernel1982
Walter1982
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare1982
American Playhouse1982 - TV
Pillar of Fire1981 - TV
Priest of Love1981- Dying Day1980
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour1979- Season 61979
Macbeth1979
An Audience with...1978 - TV
Saturday Night Live1975 - TV- Graceless Go I1974
Playhouse1974 - TV- Hedda Gabler1972
Country Matters1972 - TV- Craven Arms1972
- Film '721971 - TV
Hamlet1970
Edward II1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II1970- Solo1970 - TV
- The Promise1969
Sesame Street1969 - TV
Alfred the Great1969
A Touch of Love1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 - TV
Omnibus1967 - TV
ITV Playhouse1967 - TV- David Copperfield1966 - TV
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne1965
BBC Play of the Month1965 - TV
The Wednesday Play1964 - TV
Coronation Street1960 - TV
Tony Awards1956 - TV
The Oscars1953 - TV
Golden Globe Awards1944 - TV- No Man's Landdate unknown
- Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentarydate unknown
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