Ian McKellen on screen and stage

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
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
	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
	Three Months Gone	—	Director Liverpool Playhouse
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
	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
	The Marquis of Keith	The Marquis of Keith	Aldwych Theatre
1975	King John	King John
	The Clandestine Marriage	—	Director Savoy Theatre
	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
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

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