Ian McKellen

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English person LGBT person actor film actor human stage actor television actor voice actor

Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film series.

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Label Occurrences
Ian McKellen canonical 61
Sir Ian Murray McKellen 2
Sir Ian McKellen 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
LGBT person ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
activismFocus LGBT rights ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor

The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companion of Honour

Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Emmy Award ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award nomination

Screen Actors Guild Award ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-05-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Bolton School ⓘ
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: St Catharine's College, Cambridge
familyName McKellen ⓘ
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
fullName Ian McKellen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Ian Murray McKellen
givenName Ian ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.mckellen.com/ ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor LGBT rights activism ⓘ
Shakespearean roles ⓘ
notableRole Gandalf ⓘ
Magneto ⓘ
notableWork Gods and Monsters (1998 film) ⓘ
King Lear ⓘ
surface form: King Lear (stage performances)

Macbeth ⓘ
surface form: Macbeth (stage performances)

Mr. Holmes (2015 film) ⓘ
No Man's Land (stage performances) ⓘ
Richard II (stage performances) ⓘ
Richard III (1995 film) ⓘ
The Da Vinci Code ⓘ
surface form: The Da Vinci Code (2006 film)

The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
Waiting for Godot ⓘ
surface form: Waiting for Godot (stage performances)

X-Men (film series) ⓘ
surface form: X-Men film series
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
partner Sean Mathias ⓘ
placeOfBirth Borough of Burnley ⓘ
surface form: Burnley, Lancashire, England
portrayedIn The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
X-Men (film series) ⓘ
surface form: X-Men (2000 film)

X-Men: Days of Future Past ⓘ
X-Men: The Last Stand ⓘ
X2 (2003 film) ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
spouse Brian Taylor ⓘ
title Knight Bachelor ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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The Lord of the Rings film trilogy → mainCastMember → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Hobbit film trilogy → leadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Da Vinci Code → starring → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Derek Jacobi → hasWorkedWith → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Cats (2019 film) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → castMember → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Ian McKellen → fullName → Ian McKellen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Ian Murray McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → starredActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Sir Leigh Teabing → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasNotablePerformer → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Vicious → executiveProducer → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Vicious → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Vicious → leadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
X-Men (film series) → notableActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
X-Men: Days of Future Past → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Brad Renfro → coStarredWith → Ian McKellen ⓘ
James Whale → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Extras (TV series) → hasNotableGuestStars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: Extras
Heart → featuresPerformer → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Apt Pupil → filmLeadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
McKellen → name → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian McKellen
this entity surface form: Sir Ian Murray McKellen
Richard III (1995 film) → screenwriter → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Richard III (1995 film) → starring → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Richard III (1995 film) → titleRolePlayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Richard III (1995 film) → leadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Gods and Monsters (1998 film) → star → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Gods and Monsters (1998 film) → castMember → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Mr. Holmes (2015 film) → starring → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: Mr. Holmes
Richard II (stage performances) → notablePerformer → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Bolton School → hasNotableAlumni → Ian McKellen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Ian McKellen
Brian Taylor → partner → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Brian Taylor → knownAssociate → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Sean Mathias → partner → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Sean Mathias → notableCollaboration → Ian McKellen ⓘ
And the Band Played On → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
No Man's Land (stage performances) → notablyStars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
No Man's Land (stage performances) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: No Man's Land (2013–2014 West End production)
No Man's Land (stage performances) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: No Man's Land (2016 West End revival)
No Man's Land (stage performances) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: No Man's Land (2016–2017 UK and US tour)
No Man's Land (stage performances) → hasNotableActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Magneto → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ
X2 (2003 film) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
subject surface form: X2
X-Men: The Last Stand → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) → includesRecipient → Ian McKellen ⓘ
Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) → notableRecipient → Ian McKellen ⓘ