Filmography
Ian McKellen
The Simpsons
1989 · Ian McKellen (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Family Guy
1999 · Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self
Coronation Street
1960 · Mel Hutchwright
Avengers: Doomsday
2026 · Magneto
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
Ebenezer
2026 · Jacob Marley
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Sesame Street
1969 · Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self - Guest, Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Winner
The South Bank Show
1978 · Actor
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Gandalf
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Gandalf
The Talk
2010 · Self
American Playhouse
1982 · Archibald Anson Gidde
Omnibus
1967 · Self - Reading Poetry
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Gandalf
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Wolf
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Captain Plume, Simon Bliss
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Tony
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Gandalf the Grey
Parkinson
1998 · Self
ted
2024 · Narrator (voice)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Lyov
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Gandalf the Grey
TFI Friday
1996 · Actor
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Playhouse
1974 · Alexander
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Cogsworth
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Magneto
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Gandalf the Grey
HARDtalk
1997 · Actor
The Da Vinci Code
2006 · Sir Leigh Teabing
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest
Extras
2005 · Ian McKellen
Flushed Away
2006 · The Toad (voice)
Stardust
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
The Golden Compass
2007 · Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Last Action Hero
1993 · Death
Vicious
2013 · Freddie Thornhill
The Christophers
2026 · Julian Sklar
David Copperfield
1999 · Creakle
The Prisoner
2009 · 2 / Curtis
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Speaker
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Self
Tales of the City
1993 · Archibald Anson Gidde
Cats
2019 · Gus, the Theatre Cat
The Shadow
1994 · Dr. Reinhardt Lane
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027 · Gandalf
Mr. Holmes
2015 · Sherlock Holmes
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
Perspectives
2011 · Actor
Country Matters
1972 · David Masterman
The Keep
1983 · Dr. Theodore Cuza
Amol Rajan Interviews
2021 · Self - Interviewed Guest
Theatre Night
1985 · Iago
David Copperfield
1966 · David Copperfield
The Good Liar
2019 · Roy Courtnay
And the Band Played On
1993 · Bill Kraus
Billy & Dom Eat the World
2025 · Self
The Wolverine
2013 · Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)
Asylum
2005 · Dr. Peter Cleave
Animal Crackers
2018 · Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · Geoffrey
Gods and Monsters
1998 · James Whale
The Magic Roundabout
2005 · Zebedee (voice)
Playing Shakespeare
1984 · Actor
Windmills of the Gods
1988 · Chairman
Scandal
1989 · John Profumo
Richard III
1995 · Richard III, Executive Producer
Apt Pupil
1998 · Kurt Dussander
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012 · The Great Intelligence (voice)
Solo
1970 · Actor
Restoration
1995 · Will Gates
Pillar of Fire
1981 · Narrator
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000 · Self - 'Magneto'
The Critic
2024 · Jimmy Erskine
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005 · Self
Bent
1997 · Uncle Freddie
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 · Chauvelin
Swept from the Sea
1998 · Dr. James Kennedy
Rasputin
1996 · Tsar Nicholas II
Jack & Sarah
1995 · William
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 · Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Self
All Is True
2018 · Earl of Southampton
I'll Do Anything
1994 · John Earl McAlpine
Doogal
2006 · Zebedee (voice)
Plenty
1985 · Sir Andrew Charleson
Neverwas
2005 · Gabriel Finch
Alfred the Great
1969 · Roger
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Self
The Making of The Two Towers
2006 · Self
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · Percy Corcoran
The Making of The Return of the King
2006 · Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Performer
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
2021 · Dr. Charles Marland-White
A Touch of Love
1969 · George
The Betty Driver Story
2011 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002 · Self
Macbeth
1979 · Macbeth
X-Men
2000 · Magneto
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Priest of Love
1981 · D.H. Lawrence
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Self
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
2000 · Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Self
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · Amos Starkadder
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002 · Self
Zina
1985 · Kronfeld
Frank and Percy
2026 · Percy
The Dresser
2015 · Norman
Eighteen
2005 · Jason Anders (voice)
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003 · Actor
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Countdown to War
1989 · Adolf Hitler
On Broadway
2019 · Self
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2016 · Spooner
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013 · Self
Churchill
2003 · Self - Narrator (voice)
X3: The Excitement Continues
2006 · Self
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016 · Self
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018 · King Lear
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996 · Self
Hamlet
2024 · Hamlet
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003 · Self
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024 · Actor
King Lear
2008 · King Lear
The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970 · King Richard II
Hating Peter Tatchell
2021 · Self
X2
2003 · Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
2026 · Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
2014 · Self
The One Note Man
2023 · Narrator (voice)
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024 · Self
Thin Ice
1995 · Ian McKellen
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Self
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
1965 · Wolf
The Promise
1969 · Actor
Walter
1982 · Walter
The Roof
2016 · And Even Yet Another Fan
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002 · Self
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003 · Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003 · Self
Miss in Her Teens
2014 · The Prologue
The Paul O'Grady Story
2017 · Self
Hedda Gabler
1972 · George Tesman
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
2026 · L S Lowry
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000 · Self
To Die For
1994 · Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002 · Self
A Simple Matter of Justice
1993 · Self
Schadenfreude
2025 · Continuity Announcer
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004 · Actor
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
2006 · Self
Graceless Go I
1974 · Tony
Emile
2003 · Emile
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth
2003 · Self
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994 · Augustus Caesar (voice)
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018 · Self
Walter and June
1983 · Walter
Edmund the Magnificent
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Art of Breaking Character
2007 · Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022 · Self
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025 · Actor
Edward II
1970 · King Edward
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Self
Gladio
1992 · Aldo Moro (voice)
Dragfox
2024 · Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
For the Love of God
2007 · The Jackdaw
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979 · Alexander Ivanov
After Stonewall
1999 · Self
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
1993 · Narration (voice)
How a Kite Flies
2017 · Mr. Kite (voice)
Theatreland
2009 · Self
Othello
1990 · Iago
Great British Theatre
2021 · Actor
Camp Christmas
1993 · Actor
Age of Dissent
1994 · Self
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
2016 · Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
Hamlet Within
2022 · Actor
Craven Arms
1972 · David Masterman
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Self (archive footage)
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth
2002 · Self
Scarfe's Follies
1988 · Actor
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
2016 · Actor
A Bit Of Scarlet
1997 · Narrator
Pet Shop Boys: Cubism
2007 · Self- voice
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999 · Self
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
2020 · Actor
The Egg Trick
2013 · Magician
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
2016 · Actor
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Saint of 9/11
2006 · Narrator
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994 · Self
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
1982 · Actor
Hamlet
1970 · Hamlet
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
TBA · Self
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2020 · Actor
Quintessentially British
2022 · Self
Dying Day
1980 · Antony Skipling
London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2012 · Self
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005 · Self
Süleyman the Magnificent
1987 · Narrator
My First Time
2004 · Narrator
Small-Time Revolutionary
2010 · Hamish Miller (voice)
Guerrilla Distribution
2007 · Self
Surviving Friendly Fire
1997 · Actor
Looking for Lowry
2011 · Self
Shakespeare on Film
2016 · Actor