Ian mckellen

Ian McKellen’s creative development guarantees him a place in the pantheon of the great Britons. The roles of Nicholas II, King Richard, Magneto, and The Wizard Gandalf made the British actor one...

Sir Ian McKellen

Fotos: 1966-1969 | Ian McKellen Photographs

From March 1976 - April 1978 Ian McKellen appeared in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Macbeth with Judi Dench.

Ian McKellen, Pride at any Age!

Gandalf the Grey to Frodo Baggins, in The Fellowship of the RingAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. Gandalf, known temporarily as the Grey and later the White, and originally named Olórin (Quenya), was an Istar (Wizard), dispatched to Middle-earth in the Third Age to combat the threat of Sauron. He joined Thorin II and his company to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug, helped form the Fellowship of the Ring to destroy the One Ring, and led the Free Peoples…

What's better than one classically-trained actor who is also noted for his later life geek-friendly roles and posting odd pictures online? Why, two such actors, of course. Sir Patrick Stewart (77) and Sir Ian McKellen (78) share a bromance so strong, it looks they have been destined to be together.