Ian McKellen Overview:

Actor, Ian McKellen, was born Ian Murray McKellen on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire. As of December 2025, Ian McKellen was 86 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although McKellen was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1998Best ActorGods and Monsters (1998)James WhaleNominated
2001Best Supporting ActorThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)GandalfNominated
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McKellen was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

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Mr. Holmes (2015) with

By Greg Orypeck on Aug 21, 2015 From Classic Film Freak

Share This! ?But you have retired, Holmes. We heard you are living the life of a hermit among your bees and your books in a small farm upon the South Downs.? ?? Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow (1917) Dr. John Watson, companion and off-and-on sharer of the flat at 221B Baker Street, bro... Read full article


& Derek Jacobi Get “Vicious” in New PBS Sitcom

By Will McKinley on Jul 9, 2014 From Cinematically Insane

In the second episode of Vicious, a new British sitcom on PBS, over-the-hill actor Freddie Thornhill is invited to a fan club screening of an old Doctor Who episode in which he played a villain. ?One of the most iconic roles of my career!? Freddie boasts to his flatmate, Stuart. ?The only,? Stuart h... Read full article


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Ian McKellen Facts
He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in 1990 for his services to drama.

He used the phrase "old friend" in both the X-Men and The Lord of the Rings film series. In both cases (to Christopher Lee as Saruman in the Lord of the Rings and Patrick Stewart as Xavier in X-Men) it is said to an ally who has become a nemesis and "old friend" is said mockingly.

Studied at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, when he was 18, with Sir Derek Jacobi, and with whom he had been "desperately in love'", as he confessed on "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994). In an article in "The Advocate", issue dated December 11, 2001, he further explained that what he had felt for Jacobi in their youth was "a passion that was undeclared and unrequited.".

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