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