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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Sir Ian Murray McKellen	1

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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → castMember → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Vicious → executiveProducer → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Ian McKellen → fullName → Ian McKellen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Ian Murray McKellen

Hamlet (stage performances) → hasNotablePerformer → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Derek Jacobi → hasWorkedWith → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Hobbit film trilogy → leadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Vicious → leadActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy → mainCastMember → Ian McKellen ⓘ

X-Men (film series) → notableActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Sir Leigh Teabing → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Vicious → portrayedBy → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → starredActor → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Da Vinci Code → starring → Ian McKellen ⓘ

Cats (2019 film) → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → stars → Ian McKellen ⓘ