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Ian McKellen Biography (1939-)

Full name, Ian Murray McKellen; born May 25, 1939, in Burnley, Lancashire, England; son of Denis Murray (a civil engineer) and Margery (maiden name, Sutcliffe) McKellen. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, Oxford House, 76 Oxford St., London W1N 0AX, England.; Publicist: Nancy Seltzer & Associates, 6220 Del Valle Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, writer

Birth Details

May 25, 1939

Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Roper, A Man for All Seasons, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England,1961
• Fred Dyson, When We Are Married, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Philip Clandon, You Never Can Tell, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Tredwell, Black Coffee, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Midnight Matinee, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Stan Dyson, Celebration, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Simon Mason, End of Conflict, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Mr. Snodgrass, Mr. Pickwick, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Chief Weasel, Toad of Toad Hall, Belgrade Theatre, 1961
• Konstantin, The Seagull, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Joe Tilney, The Bride Comes Back, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Claudio, Much Ado about Nothing, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Various roles, Happy Returns, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Anthony Marston, Ten Little Niggers (later known as Ten LittleIndians and And Then There Were None), Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Andrew Rankin, The Irregular Verb to Love, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Shem, Noah, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• Tom Midway, Semi-Detached, Belgrade Theatre, 1962
• First baron and Bishop Folliott, Becket, Arts Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, 1962
• Elliot Nash, The Gazebo, Arts Theatre, 1962
• Sam Gerridge, Caste, Arts Theatre, 1962
• Gavin Cole, The Big Killing, Arts Theatre, 1962
• Larry Hoffman, The Amorous Prawn, Arts Theatre, 1962
• The Keep, Arts Theatre, 1962
• Title role, David Copperfield, Arts Theatre, 1962
• Tee Vee and Chinese police officer, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Arts Theatre, 1962
• John Bogle, The Life in My Hands, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1963
• Various roles, How Dare We!, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Title role, Henry V, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Mr. Waldo, Cherry Owen, and No-good Boyo, Under Milk Wood, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Mortimer Brewster, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Martin Luther (title role), Luther, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Robin Green, The Big Contract, Belgrade Theatre, 1963
• Edmund Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Voice characterizations, To Dorothy a Son, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Andrew Acre, I, John Brown, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Fosdyke/Nigel, Salad Days, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Morgan Evans, The Corn Is Green, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Julian Christoforou, The Public Eye, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Private Sparky, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Arthur Fitton (the bridegroom), All in Good Time, Arts Theatre, 1963
• Tullus Aufidius, Coriolanus, Nottingham Playhouse, 1963
• Winifred Hutchins, The Bashful Genius, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
• Captain Don Alvaro, The May of Zalamea, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
• Arthur Seaton, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
• Title role, Sir Thomas More, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
• Gogo, A Scent of Flowers, Wimbledon Theatre, then Golders Green Hippodrome, later Duke of York's Theatre, all London, 1964
• Claudio, Much Ado about Nothing, National Theatre Company, BristolHippodrome, Bristol, England, then Theatre Royal, Nottingham, England, laterOld Vic Theatre, London, all 1965
• Protestant evangelist, Armstrong's Last Goodnight, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival, Bristol, then Nottingham, later Chichester, England, all 1965
• Captain de Foenix, Trelawny of the Wells, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival, Bristol, then Nottingham, later Chichester, all 1965
• Alvin Hanker, A Lily in Little India, Hampstead Theatre Club, thenSt. Martin's Theatre, both London, 1965
• Andrew Cobham, Their Very Own, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1966
• Andrew Cobham, Golden City, Royal Court Theatre, 1966
• Napoleon Bonaparte, The Man of Destiny, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1966
• O'Flaherty (title role), O'Flaherty, V.C., Mermaid Theatre, 1966
• Leonidik, The Promise, New Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, then The Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, both 1966, later Fortune Theatre, London, thenHenry Miller's Theatre, New York City, both 1967
• Tom, White Liars, Lyric Theatre, London, 1968
• Harold Gorringe, Black Comedy, Lyric Theatre, 1968
• Pentheus, The Bacchae, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, England, 1969
• An Evening of Free Greek Music and Drama, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1970
• Darkly, Billy's Last Stand, Royal Court Theatre, Theatre Upstairs,London, 1970
• Captain Plume, The Recruiting Officer, Cambridge Theatre Company,Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England, 1970
• Corporal Hill, Chips with Everything, Cambridge Theatre Company, Arts Theatre, 1970
• Title role, Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Company, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1971
• Svelovidov, Swansong, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 1971
• Prince Yoremitsu, The Three Arrows, Actors Company, Arts Theatre,1972
• Ensemble, Actors Company, Shaw Theatre, London, 1973
• Krushchev, The Wood Demon, Actors Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1973
• Footman, The Way of the World, Actors Company, Brooklyn Academy ofMusic, 1973
• Edgar, King Lear, Actors Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1973
• Knots, Actors Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1973
• Philip the Bastard, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, London, 1975
• Colin, Ashes, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1975
• The editor, The Journalists (staged reading), Jackson's Lane Community Centre, Great Britain, 1975
• Title role, The Marquis of Keith, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
• Aubrey Bagot (a burglar), Too True to Be Good, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, then Globe Theatre, London, both 1975
• Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976
• Words, Words, Words (solo show), Edinburgh Festival, St. Cecilia'sHall, then Belfast Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1976
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, later Aldwych Theatre, 1976-1977
• Title role, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Gulbenkinan Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, laterRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, then Donmar Warehouse, London, 1976-1977
• Won't You Charleston?, Hilton Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1977
• Alex, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Concert Hall, London, 1977
• Karsten Bernick, Pillars of the Community, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1977
• Langevin, Days of the Commune, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1977
• Face, The Alchemist, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1977-1978
• Max, Bent, Royal Court Theatre, then Criterion Theatre, London, 1979
• Antonio Salieri, Amadeus, National Theatre, Washington, DC, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, both 1980
• Boy, Cowardice, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1983
• Terry, The Short List, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1983
• Pierre, Venice Preserv'd, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1984
• Caius Martius Coriolanus (title role), Coriolanus, Royal NationalTheatre, Olivier Theatre, London, 1984
• Michael Platonov, Wild Honey, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1984, later Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1986, then Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Bosola, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1985, then International Theatre Festival, Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1986
• Inspector Hound, The Real Inspector Hound, Royal National Theatre,Lyttelton Theatre, 1985, then International Theatre Festival, Blackstone Theatre, 1986
• Mr. Puff, The Critic, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1985, then International Theatre Festival, Blackstone Theatre, 1986
• Lopakhin, The Cherry Orchard, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1985, then International Theatre Festival, Blackstone Theatre, 1986
• Jerome, Henceforward, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1988
• Iago, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, then Young Vic Theatre, 1989
• Max, Bent, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1989, then Lyttelton Theatre,later Garrick Theatre, London, both 1990
• Chip in the Sugar, Haymarket Theatre Royal, London, 1990
• Title role, Richard III, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1990
• The earl of Kent, King Lear, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1990
• Gennaro, Napoli milionaria, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1991
• Uncle Vanya, Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1992
• A Knight out at the Lyceum, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1994
• A Knight out at the Market Theatre, Market Theatre, Johannesburg,South Africa, 1994
• A Knight out in the East End, St. Paul's Arts Centre, London, 1996
• A Knight out in Brussels, Theatre du Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium, 1997
• A Knight out in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1997
• Dr. Thomas Stockmann, An Enemy of the People, Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, 1997, then Ahmanson Theatre, 1998
• Mr. Darling and Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, 1997
• Dr. Dorn, The Seagull, Courtyard Company, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, England, 1998
• Garry Essendine, Present Laughter, Courtyard Company, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1998
• Prospero, The Tempest, Courtyard Company, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1999
• Edgar, Dance of Death, Broadhurst Theatre, 2001-2002
• Stage Work
• Director
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, England, 1969
• Three Months Gone, Liverpool Playhouse, 1969
• The Real Inspector Hound, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, England, 1972
• The Erpingham Camp, Watford Theatre, London, 1972
• A Private Matter, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1973
• The Clandestine Marriage, Savoy Theatre, London, 1975
• A Knight out at the Lyceum, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1994
• A Knight out at the Market Theatre, Market Theatre, Johannesburg,South Africa, 1994
• A Knight out in the East End, St. Paul's Arts Centre, London, 1996
• A Knight out in Brussels, Theatre du Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium, 1997
• A Knight out in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1997
• Major Tours
• Title role, Richard II, Prospect Theatre Company, English cities,including Cambridge, Brighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Leeds, and Guildford, England, all 1968, later European cities, including Billingham, England, Vienna,Austria, and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), all 1969
• Title role and King Richard, Edward II, Prospect Theatre Company,British cities, including London, Leeds, Nuffield, and Cambridge, England, Cardiff, Wales, and Edinburgh, Scotland, 1969-1970
• Captain Plume, The Recruiting Officer, Cambridge Theatre Company,British cities, including Brighton and Leeds, England, and Swansea, Wales, all 1970
• Corporal Hill, Chips with Everything, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, including Brighton and Leeds, England, and Swansea, Wales, all1970
• Title role, Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Company, European cities, including Zurich, Switzerland, Vienna, Austria, Rome, Italy, Antwerp, Belgium, The Hague, the Netherlands, Brighton and Wolverhampton, England, Cardiff, Wales, and Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland, all 1971
• Page boy, Ruling the Roost, Actors Company, British cities, including Edinburgh, Scotland, and Billingham, England, both 1972
• Giovanni, `Tis Pity She's a Whore, Actors Company, British cities,including Edinburgh, Scotland, and Billingham, England, both 1972
• Krushchev, The Wood Demon, British cities, including Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bath, Brighton, and Cambridge, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, all 1973
• Footman and an understudy, The Way of the World, British cities, including Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bath, Brighton,and Cambridge, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, all 1973
• Title role, Dr. Faustus, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, including Stratford-upon-Avon, London, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Nottingham,England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, 1974-1975
• Is There Honey Still for Tea?, Royal Shakespeare Company, Britishcities, 1978
• Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
• Andrei, Three Sisters, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities,1978
• Acting Shakespeare (solo show; also known as Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare), international venues, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, all 1980, Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel,Poland, Romania, and Amherst, MA, all 1982, Los Angeles and New York City, both 1983, London, 1986, and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, CA, Washington, DC, Olney, MD, Boston, MA, Cleveland, OH, and London, all 1987
• Title role, Richard III, Royal National Theatre, international cities, including Tokyo, Japan, Paris, France, Milan, Italy, Cairo, Egypt, and Cork, Ireland, all 1991
• The earl of Kent, King Lear, Royal National Theatre, internationalcities, including Tokyo, Japan, Paris, France, Milan, Italy, Cairo, Egypt, and Cork, Ireland, all 1991
• Title role, Richard III, U.S. cities, including New York City, Washington, DC, St. Paul, MN, Denver, CO, and San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA,all 1992
• A Knight Out, British cities, including Glasgow and Edinburgh Scotland, and Brighton and Birmingham, England, all 1994, later South African cities, including Johannesburg, Durban, and Capetown, all 1995
• Stage Work
• Major Tours
• Producer, Is There Honey Still for Tea?, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
• Producer, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
• Producer, Three Sisters, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
• Director and producer, Acting Shakespeare (solo show; also known as Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare), international venues, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, all 1980, Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel, Poland, Romaina, and Amherst, MA, all 1982, Los Angeles and New York City, both 1983, London, 1986, and San Francisco, Los Angeles,and San Diego, CA, Washington, DC, Olney, MD, Boston, MA, Cleveland, OH, andLondon, all 1987
• Associate producer, Richard III, U.S. cities, including New York City, Washington, DC, St. Paul, MN, Denver, CO, and San Francisco and Los Angeles, all 1992
• Film Appearances
• Soldier, The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling (unfinished and unreleased), 1966
• Roger, Alfred the Great, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
• Leonidik, The Promise, Commonwealth, 1969
• George, A Touch of Love (also known as The Millstone and Thank You All Very Much), Columbia, 1969
• D. H. Lawrence, Priest of Love, Filmways, 1981
• Dr. Theodore Cuza, The Keep, Paramount, 1982
• Sir Andrew Charleson, Plenty, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Psychiatrist, Zina, Hemdale, 1985
• John Profumo, Scandal, Miramax, 1989
• The film director, It's Only a Movie, Columbia, 1992
• Percy Corcoran, The Ballad of Little Jo, Fine Line, 1992
• (As Sir Ian McKellen) Himself, Camp Christmas, 1993
• Geoffrey, Six Degrees of Separation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
• Death, Last Action Hero, Columbia, 1993
• Dr. Reinhardt Lane, The Shadow, Universal, 1994
• Quilt documentary narrator, To Die For (also known as Heaven'sa Drag), First Run Features, 1994
• John Earle McAlpine, I'll Do Anything, Columbia, 1994
• Himself, Thin Ice, Thin Ice Productions, 1994
• William, Jack and Sarah, Gramercy, 1995
• Will Gates, Restoration, Miramax, 1995
• Title role, Richard III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
• Amos Starkadder, Cold Comfort Farm (theatrical release of the BBCtelevision movie), Gramercy, 1995
• Uncle Freddie, Bent, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
• Narrator, A Bit of Scarlet (documentary), Maya Vision, 1997
• Dr. James Kennedy, Swept from the Sea (also known as Amy Foster), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Kurt Dussander/Arthur Denker, Apt Pupil, TriStar, 1998
• James "Mr. Jimmy" Whale, Gods and Monsters (also known as The Father of Frankenstein), Lions Gate Films, 1998
• Narrator, Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man, 2000
• Magneto/Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, X-Men, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• (In archive footage) Richard III, William Shakespeare, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2000
• Gandalf the Grey, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (also known as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture), Warner Bros./New Line, 2001
• Gandalf the White, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers), Warner Bros./New Line, 2002
• Film Work
• Executive producer, Richard III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Title role as an adult, David Copperfield, BBC, 1966
• Narrator, Amud Ha'Esh (also known as Pillar of Fire), 1979
• Himself, Playing Shakespeare, London Weekend Television, 1984
• Archibald Anson Gidde, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (alsoknown as Tales of the City), Channel 4, broadcast on American Playhouse, PBS, both 1993
• Creakle (episode one), David Copperfield, BBC, 1999, then PBS, 2000
• Movies
• Stefan, The Last Journey, Granada Television, 1971
• Craven Arms (also known as Country Matters), Granada Television, 1973
• Paul Chauvelin, The Scarlet Pimpernel, CBS, 1982
• Chairman, Windmills of the Gods (also known as Sidney Sheldon'sWindmills of the Gods), CBS, 1988
• Adolf Hitler, Countdown to War, Granada Television, 1989
• Bill Kraus, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1992
• Amos Starkadder, Cold Comfort Farm, BBC, 1995
• Czar Nicholas II, Rasputin (also known as Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny), HBO, 1996
• Specials
• Wolf, The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne, BBC, 1965
• Victor Leech, "Sunday Out of Season," ATV Sunday Playhouse, Associated Television, 1965
• Simon Bliss, "Hay Fever," BBC Play of the Month, BBC, 1968
• T. E. Lawrence (also known as Lawrence of Arabia), "Ross," BBC Play ofthe Month, BBC, 1970
• Title role, "Richard II" (also known as "The Tragedy of Richard II"), BBC Television Shakespeare, BBC-2, 1970
• Title role, Edward II, BBC and PBS, 1970
• Title role, Keats (solo reading of Keats's poetry), BBC, 1970
• Title role, Hamlet, CBS Cable, 1971
• Captain Plume, "The Recruiting Officer," BBC Television Play of the Month, BBC, 1973
• Graceless Go I, BBC, 1973
• George Tesman, "Hedda Gabler," BBC Play of the Month, BBC, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, both 1974
• Title role, Macbeth, Thames Television, 1979
• Antony Skipling, Dying Day, ITV, also broadcast on MasterpieceTheatre, PBS, both 1979
• "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," BBC Play of the Week, BBC, 1979
• Acting Shakespeare (also known as Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare), PBS, 1981
• Title role, Walter, Channel 4, 1982
• Walter, Walter and June (also known as Loving Walter), Channel 4, 1983
• Himself, Ian McKellen's Diary of a Year, PBS and Bravo, 1985
• Narrator, Suleyman the Magnificent, PBS, 1987
• Iago, Othello, CBS, 1988
• Presenter, The 46th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1992
• Himself, Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up, 1993
• Voices of Augustus and a Druid, City (documentary), PBS, 1994
• Voice of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Great Composers, BBC, 1999
• Himself/Gandalf, Quest for the Ring (documentary), Fox, 2001
• Himself, A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of Lord of the Rings (documentary), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
• Narrator, The Oliviers in Love, Channel 4, 2001
• (As Sir Ian McKellen) Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
• Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2002
• The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
• Also appeared in Mr. Shaw's Missing Millions.
• Episodic
• Kipling, BBC, 1964
• "What If It's Just Green Cheese?," Omnibus, BBC, 1969
• Himself, TFI Friday, 1996
• Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 1999
• Himself, Breakfast, BBC, 2001
• Also appeared in an episode of Gaytime TV.
• Radio Appearances
• Specials
• "Sons and Lovers," BBC Woman's Hour Serial, BBC Radio, 1965
• Surrey, Henry VIII, BBC Radio, 1966
• Orestes, Electra, BBC Radio, 1966
• George Tesman, Hedda Gabler, BBC Radio, 1966
• Dauphin, The First St. Joan, 1967
• Konstantin, The Seagull, BBC Radio, 1967
• Lord Hastings, Richard III, BBC Radio, 1968
• A Provincial Life, 1970
• The Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucester, Henry VI, BBC Radio,1971
• A Sort of Legend, BBC Radio, 1971
• Words, Words, Words, BBC Radio, 1980
• Shakespeare's Birthday Program, WNET Boston, 1984
• Dear and Honoured Lady, BBC Radio, 1985
• Related Variations, BBC Radio, 1990, 1994
• Corelli Variations, BBC Radio, 1994
• Little Dorrit, BBC Radio, 2001
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Marlowe Society/Argo Records,1960
• Davy, Henry IV, Part 2, Marlowe Society/Argo Records, 1960
• Mardian, Antony and Cleopatra, Marlowe Society/Argo Records, 1960
• Gaveston, Edward II, Caedmon, 1966
• Dauphin, Henry V, Caedmon, 1966
• Tuzenbach, Three Sisters, Caedmon, 1966
• Butcher, The Diary of a Nobody Writer, 1982
• Narrator, The Soldier's Tale, 1994
• Narrator, The Dancing Bear, HarperCollins Audio, 1994
• Narrator, The Odyssey (unabridged version), Penguin, 1996
• Narrator, Creations, 1996
• Videos
• Himself/Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White, The Making of "The Lord ofthe Rings" (documentary), 2002
• Appeared as the vampire in the Pet Shop Boys' music video "Heart."
• Albums
• Narrator, Corigliano: To Music, Voyage, Campane di Ravello, Elegy, Promenade Overture, Creations, 1997
• WRITINGS
• For the Stage
• A Knight out at the Lyceum, produced at Lyceum Theatre, London, 1994
• A Knight out at the Market Theatre, produced at Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1994
• A Knight out in the East End, produced at St. Paul's Arts Centre,London, 1996
• A Knight out in Brussels, produced at Theatre du Residence Palace,Brussels, Belgium, 1997
• A Knight out in Los Angeles, produced at Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1997
• Major Tours
• Acting Shakespeare (solo show; also known as Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare), produced at international venues, including Jerusalem andTel Aviv, Israel, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, all 1980, Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel, Poland, Romaina, and Amherst, MA, all 1982, Los Angeles and New York City, both 1983, London, 1986, and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, CA, Washington, DC, Olney, MD, Boston, MA, Cleveland, OH, and London, all 1987
• A Knight Out, produced in British cities, including Glasgow and Edinburgh Scotland, and Brighton and Birmingham, England, all 1994, later SouthAfrican cities, including Johannesburg, Durban, and Capetown, all 1995
• Screenplays
• Richard III (based on the play by William Shakespeare), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
• SIDELIGHTS
• Favorite roles: O'Flaherty and Edward II.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Record Guide, May/June, 1997, p. 101
• Entertainment Weekly, November 13, 1998, pp. 40-41; January 18, 2002, pp. 50-51; February 22, 2002, pp. 60-61.
• Total Film (Hungary), May, 1999, pp. 18-19.

Electronic

• Ian McKellen Official Home Page, http://www.mckellen.com, June 16,2002