Birthname : Ian Murray McKellen.
Height : 5 foot and 11 inches.
Nationality : British.
Birthdate : May 25,1939.
Birthplace : Burnley,Lancashire,UK.
Occupation : Actor.
Education : Dicconson Street Wesleyan Primary School.Wigan Grammar School for boys.Bolton School (Boys' Division) and St. Catharine's College,Cambridge.
Marital Status : Has a boyfriend for over one year and a half now (he has admitted to being gay in the early 80's.
Father : Dennis Murray (civil engineer).
Mother : Margery Lois (n�e Sutcliffe).
Siblings : Jean (older sister).
Movies :
Loving Walter as Walter.
Zina as Professor Kronfeld.
The Keep as Dr Cuza.
Priest of Love as D H Lawrence.
Camp Christmas as Himself.
Thin Ice as Himself.
A Bit of Scarlet as Narrator.
Alfred the Great (1969) as Roger.
Plenty (1985) as Sir Andrew Charleson.
Scandal (1989) as John Profumo.
Last Action Hero (1993) as Death.
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) as Percy Corcoran.
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) as Geoffrey.
I'll Do Anything (1994) as John Earle McAlpine.
The Shadow (1994) as Reinhardt Lane.
Heaven's a Drag (1995) as Quilt Documentary Narrator.
Restoration (1995) as Will Gates.
Richard III (1995) as Richard III.
Jack and Sarah (1996) as William.
Cold Comfort Farm (1996) as Amos Starkadder.
Bent (1997) as Uncle Freddie.
Swept From the Sea (1998) as Dr James Kennedy.
Apt Pupil (1998) as Kurt Dussander.
Gods and Monsters (1998) as James Whale.
Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man (2000) as Narrator.
X-Men (2000) as Magneto.
Lord of the Rings : the Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Gandalf.
Lord of the Rings : the Two Towers (2002) as Gandalf.
X2: X-Men United (2003) as Eric Lensherr/Magneto.
Emile (2003) as Emile.
Lord of the Rings : the Return of the King (2003) as Gandalf.
Asylum (2004) as Peter Cleave.
