Ian McKellen on screen and stage
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Cataloging of performances and honors by the English filmmaker
Ian McKellen is an English stage and screen actor. He is the recipient of seven Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen’s work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men films, Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code (2006), Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (2015) and Cogsworth in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).
Theatre[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1964 | A Scent of Flowers | Godrey | Duke of York’s Theatre |
1965 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | National Theatre The Old Vic |
Armstrong’s Last Goodnight | Protestant Evangelist | National Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre |
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Trelawny of the ‘Wells’ | Capt. de Foenix | ||
1966 | The Man of Destiny O’Flaherty V.C. |
Corporal Napoleon Private O’Flaherty |
Mermaid Theatre |
A Lily in Little India | Alvin Hanker | Hampstead Theatre | |
Their Very Own and Golden City | Andrew Cobham | Mermaid Theatre | |
1967 | The Promise | Leonidik | Fortune Theatre Henry Miller’s Theatre |
1968 | The White Liars / Black Comedy | Tom / Harold Gorringe | Lyric Theatre |
1968–1970 | Richard II | Richard II | UK tour |
1969 | The Bacchae | Pentheus | Liverpool Playhouse |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | — | Director Liverpool Playhouse |
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Three Months Gone | — | Director Liverpool Playhouse |
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1969–1970 | Edward II | Edward II | UK and European tours |
1970 | Billy’s Last Stand | Darkly | Royal Court Theatre |
The Recruiting Officer | Captain Plume | UK tour | |
Chips with Everything | Corporal Hill | ||
1971 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | UK and European tours |
The Swan Song | Svetlovidov | Crucible Theatre | |
1972 | The Real Inspector Hound | — | Director Phoenix Theatre |
The Erpingham Camp | — | Director Watford Palace Theatre |
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Ruling the Roost Tis Pity She’s a Whore The Three Arrows |
Page-boy Giovanni Prince Yoremitsu |
UK tour | |
1973 | A Private Matter | — | Director Vaudeville Theatre |
1973–1974 | The Way of the World The Wood Demon King Lear |
Lady Wishfort’s Footman Kruschov Edgar |
UK tour Brooklyn Academy of Music |
1974 | Tis Pity She’s a Whore | Giovanni | Wimbledon Theatre |
Dr Faustus | Dr. Faustus | Edinburgh Festival Aldwych Theatre |
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The Marquis of Keith | The Marquis of Keith | Aldwych Theatre | |
1975 | King John | King John | |
The Clandestine Marriage | — | Director Savoy Theatre |
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Ashes | Colin | The Young Vic | |
Too True to Be Good | Aubrey “Popsy” Bagot | Aldwych Theatre | |
1976–1977 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Royal Shakespeare Theatre Aldwych Theatre Theatre Royal, Newcastle |
1976 | The Winter’s Tale | King Leontes | Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
1976–1978 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Young Vic Warehouse |
1977–1978 | The Alchemist | Face | Royal Shakespeare Theatre Aldwych Theatre |
1977 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Alexander | Barbican Arts Centre |
Pillars of the Community | Karsten Bernick | Aldwych Theatre | |
The Days of the Commune | Langevin | ||
1978 | A Miserable and Lonely Death | Kentridge | |
1978–1979 | Twelfth Night / Three Sisters | Sir Toby Belch / Andrei | Also producer UK tour |
1979 | Bent | Max | Royal Court Theatre Criterion Theatre |
1980–1990 | Acting Shakespeare | Himself | World tours |
1980–1981 | Amadeus | Salieri | Broadhurst Theatre |
1982 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Alexander | Barbican Arts Centre |
1983 | Short List | Terry | Hampstead Theatre |
Cowardice | Boy | Ambassadors Theatre | |
1984 | Venice Preserv’d | Pierre | Royal National Theatre |
Wild Honey | Michael Platonov | ||
Coriolanus | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus | ||
1985 | The Duchess of Malfi | Bosola | |
The Real Inspector Hound / The Critic | Inspector Hound / Mr. Puff | ||
The Cherry Orchard | Yermolai Lopakhin | ||
1986–1987 | Wild Honey | Michael Platonov | August Wilson Theatre |
1988–1989 | Henceforward … | Jerome | Vaudeville Theatre |
1989 | Othello | Iago | Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Young Vic |
1990–1992 | Richard III | Richard III | World tour |
1992 | Uncle Vanya | Uncle Vanya | Royal National Theatre |
1993–1997 | A Knight Out | Himself | UK & US tours |
1997–1998 | An Enemy of the People | Dr. Tomas Stockmann | Royal National Theatre Ahmanson Theatre |
1997 | Peter Pan | Mr. Darling/Captain Hook | Royal National Theatre |
1998 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
2001–2004 | Dance of Death | Edgar | Broadhurst Theatre Lyric Theatre Sydney Arts Festival |
2004, 2005 | Aladdin | Widow Twankie | The Old Vic |
2006 | The Cut | Max | Donmar Warehouse |
2007–2008 | King Lear | Lear | Stratford-upon-Avon Brooklyn Academy of Music New London Theatre |
The Seagull | Sorin | Stratford-upon-Avon Brooklyn Academy of Music New London Theatre |
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2009–2010 | Waiting for Godot | Estragon | Theatre Royal Haymarket Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Fugard Theatre, Cape Town |
2011 | The Syndicate | Don Antonio | Chichester Festival Theatre |
2013–2014 | Waiting for Godot / No Man’s Land | Estragon / Spooner | Cort Theatre |
2016 | No Man’s Land | Spooner | Wyndham’s Theatre |
2016–2019 | The Exorcist | Demon (voice) | Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Phoenix Theatre London UK tour |
2017 | Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others and You | Himself | Park Theatre |
2017–2018 | King Lear | Lear | Chichester Festival Theatre Duke of York’s Theatre |
2019–2020 | Ian McKellen on Stage | Himself | UK tour Harold Pinter Theatre[1] Hudson Theatre |
2021 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | Theatre Royal, Windsor |
The Cherry Orchard | Firs | ||
2022 | Hamlet with Ian McKellen | Performer | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
2022–2023 | Mother Goose | Mother Goose | Theatre Royal, Brighton Duke of York’s Theatre UK tour |
2023 | Frank and Percy | Percy | Theatre Royal, Windsor Theatre Royal, Bath |
Filmography[edit]
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Audiobooks[edit]
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Barratt, Mark (2005). Ian McKellen: An Unofficial Biography. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-7535-1074-2.
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