This block contains the information about Ian McKellen and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Ian McKellen, he is supposed to be called as a Sir as he was born in an old noble family of a Dutch. He was born by the time when the Second World War has start in Lancashire, as he grow up in a noble family, love to the art objects and art itself was a must for him. That is why by the time he was ten he already performed in all the possible roles of in all the Shakespeare plays, which by the way he was setting on the backyard of their home. In the war time his parents relocated to Viggen where he was studying in Bolton school and was a part of amateur theater plays, later he went studying to Cambridge, where he immediately entered the student’s theater, and was welcomed there by its teachers for the talent and charisma. After he graduated college he was playing in the local theaters but three years later he relocated to London, where he was performing Hamlet’s role in the plays in a best possible way. He was one of the first people whom declared about the fact that he is gay on a live interview on NBC channel. He is one of the leaders whom are fighting for the rights of sexual minorities. Lately he performed in all the possible blockbusters, for example in “The X: Men” and in “The lord of the Rings”.

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Here you can learn about the movies Ian McKellen acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
X-Men: The Last Stand - Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto	$210M	2006	$123M	$234M
The Golden Compass - Iorek Byrnison (voice)	$180M	2007	$25.8M	$70.1M
Flushed Away - The Toad (voice)	$149M	2006	$18.8M	$64.5M
The Da Vinci Code - Sir Leigh Teabing	$125M	2006	$77.1M	$218M
X2 - Eric Lensherr/Magneto	$110M	2003	$85.6M	$215M
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Gandalf	$94M	2002	$62M	$340M
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Gandalf	$94M	2003	$72.6M	$377M
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey	$93M	2001	$66.1M	$314M
X-Men - Eric Lensherr/Magneto	$75M	2000	$54.5M	$157M
Stardust - Narrator (voice)	$70M	2007	$9.17M	$38.3M
Last Action Hero - Death	$70M	1993		$50M
I'll Do Anything - John Earl McAlpine	$44M	1994		$10.2M
The Shadow - Dr. Reinhardt Lane	$25M	1994		$32.1M
Sprung! The Magic Roundabout - Zebedee (voice: English version)	$20M	2005	$108K	$7.42M
Apt Pupil - Kurt Dussander, Soundtrack (performer: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)")	$14M	1998	$3.58M	$8.84M
Six Degrees of Separation - Geoffrey Miller	$12M	1993		$6.41M
Restoration - Will Gates	$12M	1995		$4.1M
Plenty - Sir Andrew Charleson	$10M	1985
The Keep - Dr. Theodore Cuza	$6M	1983
Gods and Monsters - James Whale	$3.5M	1998	$75.5K	$6.39M