McKellen is recognised worldwide as Magneto in the X-Men films and Gandalf in Tolkien's Middle Earth films. He won his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor, as the gay film director James Whale, in Bill Condon's 1998 classic "Gods and Monsters". Since he has starred in The Da Vinci Code", "Mr Holmes", "Beauty and the Beast", with "CATS" yet to come.
In Shakespeare he has triumphed as Richard II, Macbeth (with Judi Dench), Coriolanus, Iago, Richard III (also on film) and most recently as King Lear. He was in the first of Martin Sherman's sensational "Bent" and premieres of plays by Arnold Wesker, Peter Shaffer, Michael Frayn, Alan Ayckbourn and Mark Ravenhill. Of late he has been Widow Twankey in the Old Vic's "Aladdin" pantomime and toured "Waiting for Godot" and "No Man's Land" with Patrick Stewart. As Salieri in "Amadeus" he won the Tony Award in 1981.
Ian McKellen, No Man's Land
Ian McKellen has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.
Ian McKellen has appeared on London's West End in 7 shows.
Ian McKellen's first West End show was No Man's Land which opened in 2016
Ian McKellen has been nominated for Best Actor at the Olivier Awards for his performance in No Man's Land.
Ian McKellen's next show will be Player Kings which opens on 4/1/2024 on West End.
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