Filmografía
Películas
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The Critic
Jimmy Erskine2024 -
Dragfox
Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking)2024 -
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024 -
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
Self2024 -
Hamlet
Hamlet2024 -
The One Note Man
Narrator (voice)2023 -
Quintessentially British
Self2022 -
Hamlet Within
2022 -
El odioso Peter Tatchell
Self2021 -
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Dr. Charles Marland-White2021 -
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
2020 -
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020 -
Cats
Gus, the Theatre Cat2019 -
El Buen Mentiroso
Roy Courtnay2019 -
On Broadway
Self2019 -
Todo es cierto
Earl of Southampton2018 -
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear2018 -
McKellen: Playing the Part
Himself2018 -
Galletas de Animalitos
Horatio P. Huntington (voice)2017 -
The Paul O'Grady Story
Self2017 -
How a Kite Flies
Mr. Kite (voice)2017 -
La Bella y La Bestia
Cogsworth2017 -
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self2017 -
Edmund the Magnificent
Self - Narrator (voice)2017 -
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self2016 -
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
Spooner2016 -
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
2016 -
Shakespeare on Film
2016
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Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
2016
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All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)2016 -
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer2016 -
The Roof
And Even Yet Another Fan2016 -
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)2015 -
El ayuda de cámara
Norman2015 -
Mr. Holmes
Sherlock Holmes2015 -
El Hobbit 3: La Batalla de Los Cinco Ejércitos
Gandalf the Grey2014 -
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self2014 -
X-Men: Días del futuro pasado
Magneto2014 -
Miss in Her Teens
The Prologue2014
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El Hobbit 2: La Desolación de Smaug
Gandalf the Grey2013 -
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self2013 -
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self2013 -
Muse of Fire
Self2013 -
Wolverine: Inmortal
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)2013 -
The Egg Trick
Magician2013 -
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
The Great Intelligence (voice)2012 -
El Hobbit: Un viaje inesperado
Gandalf the Grey2012 -
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Self2012
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Looking for Lowry
Himself2011 -
The Betty Driver Story
Self2011 -
Lady Grey London
2010 -
Small-Time Revolutionary
Hamish Miller (voice)2010 -
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Narrator (voice)2010 -
Pesadilla en la calle del infierno 10 - Desde dentro
Self (archive footage)2010 -
Theatreland
Himself2009 -
King Lear
King Lear2008 -
La brújula dorada
Iorek Byrnison (voice)2007 -
Stardust: El misterio de la estrella
Narrator (voice)2007 -
The Art of Breaking Character
Self2007
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For the Love of God
The Jackdaw2007
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Lo que el agua se llevó
The Toad (voice)2006 -
X-Men 3: La Batalla Final
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto2006 -
El Código Da Vinci
Sir Leigh Teabing2006 -
Saint of 9/11
Narrator2006 -
Doogal
Zebedee (voice)2006 -
Neverwas
Gabriel Finch2005 -
Asylum
Dr. Peter Cleave2005 -
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Himself2005 -
The Magic Roundabout
Zebedee (voice)2005 -
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self2005 -
Eighteen
Jason Anders (voice)2005 -
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self2004 -
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self2004 -
The Making of the Return of the King
Self2004 -
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004 -
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Self2003 -
El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey
Gandalf2003 -
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self2003 -
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
2003 -
X-Men 2
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto2003 -
The Making of The Two Towers
2003 -
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003 -
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self2003 -
Émile
Emile2003 -
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Self2003 -
El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres
Gandalf2002 -
Lord of the Piercing
Gandalf the Grey (archive footage)2002 -
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self2001 -
El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo
Gandalf2001 -
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
Self2001 -
Quest for the Ring
Self2001 -
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Narrator (voice)2001 -
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Self2000 -
X-Men
Magneto2000 -
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Self - 'Magneto'2000 -
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Narrator (voice)2000 -
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
Self1999 -
El Aprendiz
Kurt Dussander1998 -
Gods and Monsters
James Whale1998 -
Swept from the Sea
Dr. James Kennedy1998 -
Bent
Uncle Freddie1997 -
Surviving Friendly Fire
1997 -
A Bit Of Scarlet
Narrator1997
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An Evening with Lily Savage
Self1996 -
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II1996 -
Richard III
Richard III1995 -
Restoration
Will Gates1995 -
Jack & Sarah
William1995 -
Cold Comfort Farm
Amos Starkadder1995 -
To Die For
Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)1994 -
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994 -
La Sombra
Dr. Reinhardt Lane1994 -
David Macaulay: Roman City
Augustus Caesar (voice)1994 -
I'll Do Anything
John Earl McAlpine1994 -
Camp Christmas
1993 -
Six Degrees of Separation
Geoffrey1993 -
Y la Banda Siguió Tocando
Bill Kraus1993 -
The Ballad of Little Jo
Percy Corcoran1993 -
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Narration (voice)1993 -
El último gran héroe
Death1993 -
Gladio
Aldo Moro (voice)1992 -
Othello
Iago1990 -
Countdown to War
Adolf Hitler1989 -
Scandal
John Profumo1989 -
Scarfe's Follies
1988
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Zina
Kronfeld1985 -
Plenty
Sir Andrew Charleson1985 -
The Keep
Dr. Theodore Cuza1983 -
Walter and June
Walter1983 -
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin1982 -
Walter
Walter1982 -
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
1982 -
Sacerdote del amor
D.H. Lawrence1981 -
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Alexander Ivanov1979 -
A Performance of Macbeth
Macbeth1979 -
Hedda Gabler
George Tesman1972
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Hamlet
Hamlet1970 -
Edward II
King Edward1970 -
The Tragedy of King Richard II
King Richard II1970 -
The Promise
1969
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Alfred the Great
Roger1969 -
A Touch of Love
George1969 -
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Wolf1965 -
Richard II
Richard II1970
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Schadenfreude
Continuity Announcer1970 -
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Self1970
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The Christophers
1970
Series
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Billy & Dom Eat the World
Himself2025 -
ted
Narrator (voice)2024 -
Great British Theatre
2021 -
Reunited Apart
Self2020 -
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self2014 -
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Speaker2014 -
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self2014 -
Vicious
Freddie Thornhill2013 -
Perspectives
2011
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The Prisoner
2 / Curtis2009 -
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest2009 -
El show de Graham Norton
Self - Guest2007 -
El show de Graham Norton
Self2007
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The One Show
Self - Guest2006 -
Extras
Ian McKellen2005 -
Doctor Who
Voice of the Snowman2005 -
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self2004 -
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 -
Churchill
Himself - Narrator (voice)2003 -
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self2003 -
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 -
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self2002 -
David Copperfield
Creakle1999 -
Padre de Familia
Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)1999 -
Parkinson
Self1998 -
The View
Self - Guest1997 -
Inside the Actors Studio
Self1994 -
Tales of the City
Archibald Anson Gidde1993 -
Have I Got News for You
Self1990 -
Los Simpson
Ian McKellen (voice)1989 -
Windmills of the Gods
Chairman1988 -
Playing Shakespeare
1984 -
עמוד האש
Narrator1981 -
Armchair Thriller
Anthony Skipling1978 -
An Audience with...
Self1978 -
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host1975 -
Playhouse
1974 -
Country Matters
David Masterman1972 -
Plaza Sésamo
Himself1969 -
Omnibus
Self - Reading Poetry1967 -
David Copperfield
David Copperfield1966 -
BBC Play of the Month
Captain Plume1965 -
Coronation Street
Mel Hutchwright1960 -
The Oscars
Self1953 -
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter1944 -
Amol Rajan Interviews
Self - Interviewed Guest1970