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Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London. Ian McKellen in Richard III The Royal Shakespeare Company's King Lear (2007) Ian McKellen as Gandalf smokes a pipe while Elijah Wood as Frodo stands behind him in a warmly lit hobbit home in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Ken Leung as Kid Omega, Aaron Stanford as Pyro, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut, and Dania Ramirez as Callisto stand in costume against a smoky backdrop in X-Men: The Last Stand. Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, dressed in tattered coats and bowler hats, take a curtain call on stage for Waiting For Godot, with a bare tree in the background. Main characters from X-Men: Days of Future Past, including Wolverine, Mystique, Beast, Magneto, Charles Xavier, and others, stand in dramatic poses with a split blue and orange background.
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Article revised and updated. Oct 06, 2026
Modified link of Web site: NPR - At 86, Ian McKellen is still taking on new projects like 'The Christophers'. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Amol Rajan Interviews... - Sir Ian McKellen. May 22, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 21, 2026
Added cross-reference. Feb 22, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - At 86, Ian McKellen is still taking on new projects like 'The Christophers'. Jan 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - M. Night Shyamalan. Dec 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Ian McKellen. Oct 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 25, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Sir Ian McKellen. Dec 26, 2023
Added the film Cats. Dec 13, 2019
Added the film The Good Liar. Nov 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Site of Sir Ian McKellen. Mar 20, 2018
Noted the end of the TV series Vicious and added the film Beauty and the Beast. Feb 09, 2018
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Ian McKellen. Apr 19, 2017
Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Biography of Ian McKellen. Apr 19, 2017
Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Ian McKellen. Mar 21, 2016
Noted the release of the film Mr. Holmes (2015). Jul 17, 2015
Added photograph. Dec 19, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Ian McKellen. Jun 09, 2014
Noted appearance in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). May 23, 2014
Noted the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Dec 13, 2013
Added the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Dec 14, 2012
Article revised and updated. Jun 01, 2012
Moved video of Ian McKellen in Richard III. May 19, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jan 03, 2008
Article revised. Sep 09, 2005
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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