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Ian McKellen

McKellen at the premiere of The Return of the King in Wellington, New Zealand, December 1, 2003
Born 25 May 1939 (1939-05-25) (age 69)
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Years active 1965 - present
Domestic partner(s) Brian Taylor (1964-1972)
Sean Mathias (1978-1988)
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In 1988, he came out as gay and became a founding member of Stonewall, one of the United Kingdom's most influential LGBT rights groups, of which he remains a prominent spokesman. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Stonewall is a Gay rights campaign organisation in the United Kingdom named after the Stonewall Inn of Stonewall riots fame The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Biography

Early life

McKellen was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, though spent most of his early life in Wigan and later attended Bolton School. Burnley is a large Market town in the borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73500 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester Bolton School is an independent school in Bolton, Greater Manchester, in the North-West of England. Born shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the experience had some lasting impact on him. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In an interview with The Advocate magazine (December 25, 2001), when an interviewer remarked that he seemed quite calm in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attack, he said: "Well, darling, you forget — I slept under a steel plate until I was four years old. The Advocate ( is a US -based LGBT -related biweekly Newsmagazine. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. "[5]

McKellen's father, Denis Murray McKellen, a civil engineer, was a lay preacher, and both of his grandfathers were preachers as well. A civil engineer is a person who practices Civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions In religious organizations the laity comprises all persons who are not Clergy. At the time of Ian's birth, his parents already had a five-year-old daughter Jean. His home environment was strongly Christian, but non-orthodox. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings "My upbringing was of low nonconformist Christians who felt that you led the Christian life in part by behaving in a Christian manner to everybody you met. "[5] When he was 12, his mother, Margery Lois (née Sutcliffe) died; his father died when he was 24. When he came out of the closet to his stepmother, Gladys McKellen, who was a Friend (Quaker): "Not only was she not fazed, but as a member of a society which declared its indifference to people's sexuality years back, I think she was just glad for my sake that I wasn't lying any more. Closeted Coming out (that is " coming out of the closet " describes the voluntary public announcement of one's Sexual orientation and/or Gender identity "[5]

McKellen attended Bolton School (boys division),[6] of which he is still a supporter, attending regularly to talk to pupils. McKellen's acting career started at Bolton Little Theatre,[7] of which he is now the Patron. An early fascination with theatre was encouraged by his parents, who took him on a family outing to Peter Pan at the Manchester Opera House when he was three. Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J The Opera House in Quay Street Manchester, England is a 1920 seater commercial touring theatre which plays host to touring musicals Ballet, When he was nine, his main Christmas present was a wood and bakelite, fold-away Victorian Theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres, with cardboard scenery and wires to push on the cut-outs of Cinderella and of Olivier's Hamlet. Pollock's Toy Museum is a small Museum in London, England. It was started in 1956 in a single attic room at 44 Monmouth Street near His sister took him to his first Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre, shortly followed by their Macbeth and Wigan High School for Girls' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with music by Mendelssohn and with the role of Bottom played by Jean McKellen. Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from (Until her recent death, Jean still acted, directed, and produced amateur theatre. )

He won a scholarship to St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, when he was eighteen, where he developed an attraction to Derek Jacobi. St Catharine’s College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (ˈdʒækəbi born 22 October, 1938) is an English Actor and Film director, knighted [8] He has characterized it as "a passion that was undeclared and unrequited". [5] He and his first serious partner, Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton,[9] began their relationship in 1964. Bolton ( is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West region of England. It was a relationship that was to last for eight years, ending in 1972. They lived in London, where McKellen continued to pursue his career as an actor. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For over a decade he has lived in a five-story Victorian conversion in Narrow Street, Limehouse, London. Narrow Street is just that a narrow street running parallel to the River Thames through the Limehouse area of east London. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. [10] In 1978 he met his second partner, Sean Mathias, at the Edinburgh Festival. Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a British Theatre director, Film director, Writer and Actor. Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural Festivals which take place during August each year in Edinburgh, According to Mathias, the ten-year love affair was tempestuous, with conflicts over McKellen's success in acting versus Mathias' somewhat less-successful career.

Twenty years ago McKellen lost his appetite for meat except for fish and became a pescetarian. Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two Pescetarianism is a dietary choice in which a person known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, [11]

Theatrical career

Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000.
Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American

McKellen made his stage debut in Coventry in 1961 and his West End debut in 1964. Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" His first film role — in the unfinished The Bells of Hell Go Ting-A-Ling-A-Ling (1966) — produced a £4000 fee that helped fund his repertory work for a time, but the experience contributed to a focus on the stage,[12] which remained the medium he was best known for well into the fourth decade of his career. For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation.

The role that made McKellen famous was his 1969 portrayal of King Edward II of England in the Prospect Theatre Company's touring production of Marlowe's Edward II. For the play see Edward II (play. For the film see Edward II (film. Edward II is a Renaissance or Early Modern period play written by Christopher Marlowe. [8] The production was controversial for its explicit torture scenes and implicit homosexuality. He later reprised the role for the BBC. In 1972, he founded the Actors' Company with his friend Edward Petherbridge, and this was the beginning of his reputation as a spokesman for actors and the British theatre in general. Edward Petherbridge (born on 3 August 1936 in Bradford) is a British Actor. Between 1974 and 1978, he played leading roles in Royal Shakespeare Company productions such as Romeo and Juliet (in which he played opposite Francesca Annis); a legendary production of Macbeth (opposite Judi Dench); and Trevor Nunn's 1977 production of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson, in which he played Face. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances most recently Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and Film director. The Alchemist is a Comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally Benjamin Jonson ( c 11 June 1572 &ndash 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance Dramatist

McKellen starred on Broadway in Bent, a play about gay men in Nazi death camps, starting in 1979. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Bent is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman (which starred Ian McKellen in its original West-End production and Richard Gere in its original Broadway Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Extermination camps were two types of facilities that Nazi Germany built during World War II for the systematic killing of millions of people in what has become [8] Despite his role in the play, which brought to public view for the first time in a widespread way the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, McKellen was not yet out publicly. After World War I, in the period known as the Weimar Republic, gay men in Germany, especially in Berlin, enjoyed more freedom and acceptance [8] At first, he was unsure whether he dared to take the role. "As impressed as I was by it, I thought 'My God! Do I dare be in this?' And [then-boyfriend] Sean read it and replied, 'Well you have to do it'. "[5] Since starring in the original Broadway production of Bent, he has been involved in two other productions of the play. In 1990, he starred in the revival at the National Theatre in London directed by Mathias, and also made a supporting appearance in the movie version, also directed by Mathias, which was released in 1997. The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England.

McKellen won more and more parts, until eventually in 1980 he won the role of Salieri in the Broadway production of Amadeus. Antonio Salieri ( 18 August 1750 &ndash 7 May 1825) was an Italian Composer and conductor. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Amadeus is a Stage play written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of the Composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart He was awarded the Tony Award for his performance, an honour he was also nominated for in 1984 for his one-man Shakespeare recital Acting Shakespeare. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented William Shakespeare ( baptised Acting Shakespeare is a one-man show of Shakespearean speeches devised and performed by Ian McKellen. His appearance as Walter, a mentally-handicapped adult adjusting to life on his own after the death of his mother, in a 1982 television play shown on the first night of Channel 4's broadcasting, won him a new following; but he was still a relative unknown to much of the U. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began S. public. In 1994 McKellen put together a one-man show, A Knight Out. The show was very successful, and he still performs it today, considering it a perpetual "work in progress". He is a benefactor of the Rose Theatre in London and in January 2006 unveiled a blue plaque on the outside of the building. The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built after The Theatre ( 1576) the Curtain In the United Kingdom, a blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event [13] McKellen is also active in fostering young people's interest in the stage, and is a dedicated patron of Theatre Peckham, a performing arts charity based on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Peckham, which provides professional training for young people in Southwark. [14]

In 2007, he returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in Trevor Nunn's productions of The Seagull (sharing the role of Sorin with William Gaunt) and in the title role of King Lear, to great acclaim. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and Film director. The Seagull ( Russian: "Чайка" ("Chayka" written in 1895 is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English Actor, sometimes credited as King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works [15] Germaine Greer, a Shakespeare scholar, famously commented on the disrobing scene which featured McKellen's "impressive genitalia" but critically panned the production, lamenting of McKellen's portrayal that "such virtuosic caricature makes sympathy impossible". Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939 is an Australian born Writer, Academic, Journalist and Scholar of early modern English literature [16] But most of McKellen's notices were raves, with critic Ian Shuttleworth writing "Every moment is beautifully pitched, from the initial 'division of the kingdom' speech which he reads off cue cards to his final expiration, almost inadvertently, between phrases of grief for the dead Cordelia. This is not a Lear who blows and cracks his cheeks to vie with the storm on the heath; he feels his control slipping little by little, until he is utterly distracted but never raging or raving. "[17]The production of King Lear also featured appearances by Sylvester McCoy and Jonathan Hyde. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. Jonathan Hyde (born May 21, 1948) is an Australian-born English stage actor He will reprise his role in the 2008 TV film of the same name. King Lear is an upcoming 2008 TV film based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name.

Popular success

McKellen had taken film roles throughout his career - beginning in 1969 with A Touch of Love, excluding the unreleased The Bells of Hell Go Ting-A-Ling-A-Ling (1966) – but it was not until the 1990s that he became more widely recognised in this medium, through several roles in blockbuster Hollywood movies. A Touch of Love was a 1915 American silent Short film directed by Tom Ricketts starring Charlotte Burton

In 1993, McKellen had a supporting role as a South African tycoon in the sleeper hit Six Degrees of Separation, in which he starred with Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, and Will Smith. A sleeper hit (often simply called a "sleeper" refers to a Film, Book, single, Album, TV show, or Video game Six Degrees of Separation is a 1993 film adaptation of the John Guare play of the same title. Stockard Channing (born February 13, 1944) is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award-nominated three time Emmy Donald McNicol Sutherland OC (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian Actor with a film career spanning over 50 years In the same year, he was also exposed to North American audiences in minor roles in the television miniseries Tales of the City (based on the novel by his friend Armistead Maupin) and the movie Last Action Hero, in which he played Death. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes This article is about the novel series see also Tales of the City (novel and Tales of the City (miniseries Tales of the City is a series of Armistead Jones Maupin Jr (born) is an American Writer best known for his Tales of the City series of Novels based in San Francisco Last Action Hero is a 1993 action comedy Film directed by John McTiernan. In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe Also in 1993, McKellen played a large role in the TV movie And the Band Played On, about the discovery of the AIDS virus. And the Band Played On is a 1993 Emmy Award -winning American made-for-television Docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode

In 1995, he played the title role in Richard III, a film he also co-wrote (adapting the play for the screen based on a stage production of Shakespeare's play directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre) and co-produced. Richard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE (born 28 March, 1943) is an English director of Film, Theatre and The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. [8] In McKellen's role as executive producer he returned his £50,000 fee in order to complete the filming of the final battle. [12] His performance in the title role was critically acclaimed, and he was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA awards, and won the European Film Award for best actor. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements

His breakthrough role for mainstream American audiences came with the modestly acclaimed Apt Pupil, based on a story by Stephen King. Apt Pupil is a 1998 Film, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, McKellen portrayed an old Nazi officer, living under a false name in the U. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) S. , who was befriended by a curious teenager (Brad Renfro) who threatened to expose him unless he told his story in detail. Brad Barron Renfro (July 25 1982 – January 15 2008 was an American actor His casting was based partly on his performance in Cold Comfort Farm, seen by Apt Pupil-director Bryan Singer despite the BBFC's refusal to release it in cinemas. Cold Comfort Farm is a comic Novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932 Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American Film director and Film producer. The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD [12] He was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters, where he played James Whale, the gay director of Show Boat (1936) and Frankenstein. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Gods and Monsters is a 1998 Film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized last days of the life James Whale ( July 22, 1889 – May 29, 1957) was a British born Film director, best known for his work in the Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Frankenstein is a Horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of the same name [8]

Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination.
Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination. Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

McKellen has become a major global star by playing leading roles in blockbuster films. He reteamed with Apt Pupil director Bryan Singer to play the comic book character Magneto in X-Men and its sequels X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American Film director and Film producer. Magneto (alias Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, born Max Eisenhardt) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel X-Men is a 2000 Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. X2 (also known in promotional materials as X2 X-Men United, X-Men 2 X-Men United, and X-Men 2) is a X-Men The Last Stand is a 2006 Superhero film and the third in the X-Men series [8] It was while filming X-Men that he was cast as the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King). In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, the Wizards of Middle-earth are a group of five beings outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings is an epic The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is a 2002 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the second volume of J This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. McKellen received honors from the Screen Actors Guild for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in The Fellowship of the Ring and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role. The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts He also voiced Gandalf in the two video game adaptions of the film trilogy. He will reprise the role for the upcoming prequel The Hobbit. [18]

On 16 March 2002, he was the host on Saturday Night Live. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City In 2003, McKellen made a guest appearance as himself on the American cartoon show The Simpsons, in a special British-themed episode entitled "The Regina Monologues", along with Tony Blair and J. K. Rowling. " The Regina Monologues " is the fourth episode of The Simpsons ' fifteenth season, and originally aired November 23 2003 Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the In April and May 2005, he played the role of Mel Hutchwright in Granada Television's long running soap opera, Coronation Street, fulfilling a lifelong ambition. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren He is also known for his voicework, having narrated Richard Bell's Eighteen, as a grandfather who leaves his World War II memoirs on audiocassette for his teenage grandson. Richard Bell may refer to Richard Bell (artist, Australian Artist Richard Bell (director, Canadian writer and director

McKellen has also appeared in limited release films, such as Emile (which was shot in a few days during the X2 shoot), Neverwas and Asylum. Emile is a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai but not released widely until 2004 For the 1972 British horror film see Asylum (1972 film Asylum is a 2005 drama film directed by David Mackenzie and made He appeared as Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 Feature film, which is based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown During a 17 May 2006 interview on The Today Show with the Da Vinci Code cast and director, Matt Lauer posed a question to the group about how they would have felt if the film had borne a prominent disclaimer that it is a work of fiction, as some religious groups wanted. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. Matthew Todd Lauer ( December 30, 1957) is an American television personality best known as the host of NBC 's The Today Show [19] McKellen responded, "I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying 'This is fiction. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin ' I mean, walking on water? It takes. . . an act of faith. And I have faith in this movie — not that it's true, not that it's factual, but that it's a jolly good story. " He continued, "And I think audiences are clever enough and bright enough to separate out fact and fiction, and discuss the thing when they've seen it". [20] McKellen also appeared in the 2006 series of Ricky Gervais' comedy series Extras, where he played himself directing Gervais' character Andy Millman in a play about gay lovers. Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former Extras is a British television sitcom about extras working on Film sets and in Theatre. McKellen received a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance.

LGBT rights campaigning

Ian McKellen (left) with Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28 in 1988
Ian McKellen (left) with Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28 in 1988

While McKellen had made his sexuality known to his fellow actors early on in his stage career, it was not until 1988 that he came out to the general public, in a programme on BBC Radio 3. Michael Cashman (born December 17 1950 in London) is a former British Actor, now a Labour Politician. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Closeted Coming out (that is " coming out of the closet " describes the voluntary public announcement of one's Sexual orientation and/or Gender identity [8] The context that prompted McKellen's decision — overriding concerns about a possible negative effect on his career — was that the controversial amendment known popularly as "Section 28" (see below) was under consideration in the United Kingdom Parliament. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories [8] By this time, McKellen's ten-year relationship with Mathias had ended, removing the additional concern of what effect his coming out would have on his partner's career. McKellen has stated that he was also influenced in his decision by the advice and support of his friends, among them noted gay author Armistead Maupin. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Armistead Jones Maupin Jr (born) is an American Writer best known for his Tales of the City series of Novels based in San Francisco

In 2003, during an appearance on Have I Got News For You, McKellen claimed that when he visited Michael Howard, the Conservative Environment Secretary (the Environment Secretary had the brief for local government at the time), in 1988 to lobby against Section 28, Howard refused to change his position but did ask him to leave an autograph for his children. Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Michael Howard QC (born 7 July 1941 is a British Politician, a Conservative MP since the 1983 General Election for the constituency of The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of the Environment. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. McKellen agreed, but wrote "Fuck off, I'm gay. "[21]

The amendment in question, Section 28 of the Local Government Bill, proposed to prohibit local authorities from "promoting homosexuality" 'as a kind of pretended family relationship'. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. The drafting was open to several interpretations and the actual impact of the amendment was uncertain. McKellen became active in fighting the proposed law, and declared himself gay on a BBC Radio programme where he debated the subject of Section 28 with the conservative journalist Peregrine Worsthorne. BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927 Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (born December 22, 1923) is a British journalist writer and broadcaster He has said of this period: "My own participating in that campaign was a focus for people [to] take comfort that if Ian McKellen was on board for this, perhaps it would be all right for other people to be as well, gay and straight". [5] Section 28 was, however, enacted and remained on the statute books until 2003. In the intervening period McKellen continued to fight for its repeal and criticised British Prime Minister Tony Blair for failing to concern himself with the issue. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to

McKellen has continued to be very active in LGBT rights efforts. He is a co-founder of Stonewall, a LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. Stonewall is a Gay rights campaign organisation in the United Kingdom named after the Stonewall Inn of Stonewall riots fame The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28 1969 at the Stonewall Inn McKellen is also Patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, GAY-GLOS and The Lesbian & Gay Foundation. LGBT History Month occurs during February in the United Kingdom, but during October in the United States. Pride London is the name of the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender Registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London, most notably The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF is a charity based in Manchester.

In 1994, at the closing ceremony of the Gay Games, he briefly took the stage to address the crowd, saying, "I'm Sir Ian McKellen, but you can call me Serena. The Gay Games is the world's largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes artists musicians and others " (This nickname, originally given to him by Stephen Fry, had been circulating within the gay community since McKellen's knighthood was conferred. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker )[5] In 2002, he attended the Academy Awards with his then-boyfriend, New Zealander Nick Cuthell - possibly a first for a major nominee since Nigel Hawthorne, the first openly gay performer to be nominated for an Academy Award, who attended the ceremonies with his partner, Trevor Bentham, in 1995. Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE ( 5 April, 1929 – 26 December, 2001) was an English Actor, perhaps best "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Trevor Bentham (born in England in 1943 is an English former Stage manager and Screenwriter.

In 2006, McKellen spoke at the pre-launch of the 2007 LGBT History Month in the UK, lending his support to the organisation and its founder, Sue Sanders, a personal friend. LGBT History Month occurs during February in the United Kingdom, but during October in the United States. Sue Sanders (born 20 March 1947 in London) is as an " out and proud" Lesbian, a British LGBT rights (A video of his speech is available in the external links below. ) On 5 January, 2007, McKellen became a patron of The Albert Kennedy Trust, an organisation that provides support to young, homeless and troubled gay, lesbian and transgender people. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. The Albert Kennedy Trust is a voluntary organisation based in England, created in 1989 to serve lesbian gay bisexual and trans (LGBT young people who are homeless A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives

In 2006, Sir Ian became a Patron of Oxford Pride. LGBT pride or gay pride refers to a world wide movement and philosophy asserting that LGBT ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and At the time he said;

“ I have been to many Pride occasions across the World, from being Grand Marshall in San Francisco to the first ever gay march in Johannesburg in post-apartheid South Africa. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Gay Parade is a Concept album by the band Of Montreal, their third full-length release Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Wherever gay people gather publicly to celebrate their sense of community, there are two important results. First, onlookers can be impressed by our confidence and determination to be ourselves and, second, gay people, of whatever age, can be comforted by the occasion to take first steps towards coming out and leaving the closet forever behind. Coming outThe expressions " closeted " or "in the closet " generally refer to undisclosed sexual behavior, Sexual orientation or Gender I send my love to all member of Oxford Pride, their sponsors and supporters, of which I am proud to be one. ”

Awards

Selected stage and screen credits

Theatre

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
1969 The Promise Leonidik
Alfred the Great Roger
A Touch of Love George Matthews
1981 Priest of Love Lawrence
1982 The Scarlet Pimpernel Paul Chauvelin
1983 The Keep Dr. An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title En folkefiende) is an 1882 play written by Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen Ahmanson Theatre is one of the four main venues that comprise the Los Angeles Music Center. Present Laughter is a comedic play written by Noel Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 as part of a double bill with his lower middle-class The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works William Shakespeare ( baptised The Seagull ( Russian: "Чайка" ("Chayka" written in 1895 is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works William Shakespeare ( baptised The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden Alfred the Great is a 1969 epic film which portrayed Alfred the Great's struggle to rid Wessex of the invading Danes, in the 870s Priest of Love is a 1981 Biographical film about D H Lawrence, released by Filmways Pictures. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 adventure movie set during the French Revolution The Keep is a 1983 Horror film directed by Michael Mann and starring Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Jürgen Prochnow Theodore Cuza
1985 Plenty Sir Andrew Charleson
Zina Kronfeld () ()()
1989 Scandal John Profumo
1993 Six Degrees of Separation Geoffrey Miller
The Ballad of Little Jo Percy Corcoran
Last Action Hero Death
1994 To Die For Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Shadow Dr. For the original David Hare play see Plenty Plenty is a 1985 Drama film directed by Fred Schepisi Zina ( 1985) is an award-winning film by director Ken McMullen. Six Degrees of Separation is a 1993 film adaptation of the John Guare play of the same title. The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out Last Action Hero is a 1993 action comedy Film directed by John McTiernan. To Die For is a British comedy drama film directed by Peter Mackenzie Litten in 1994. Reinhardt Lane
I'll Do Anything John Earl McAlpine
1995 Restoration Will Gates
Richard III Richard III
Jack and Sarah William
1997 Swept from the Sea Dr. I'll Do Anything is a 1994 American Dramedy film written and directed by James L Restoration is a 1995 film adapted by Rupert Walters from the novel by Rose Tremain. Richard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death Jack and Sarah is a 1995 British Romantic comedy Film written and directed by Tim Sullivan Swept from the Sea is a 1997 movie based on a 1903 story Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad. James Kennedy
Bent Uncle Freddie
1998 Apt Pupil Kurt Dussander
Gods and Monsters James Whale Academy Award nominated
2000 X-Men Eric Lensherr / Magneto
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man Narrator (voice)
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf the Grey Academy Award nominated
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Gandalf the Grey / Gandalf the White also voiced the video game
Tusker Tusker animated voice over
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Gandalf the White also voiced the video game
Emile Emile
X2: X-Men United Eric Lensherr / Magneto
2004 Eighteen Jason Anders
2005 Neverwas Gabriel Finch
Asylum Dr. Bent is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman (which starred Ian McKellen in its original West-End production and Richard Gere in its original Broadway Apt Pupil is a 1998 Film, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. Gods and Monsters is a 1998 Film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized last days of the life James Whale ( July 22, 1889 – May 29, 1957) was a British born Film director, best known for his work in the X-Men is a 2000 Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is a 2002 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the second volume of J Tusker is an upcoming computer-animated project from Imagi Animation Studios. This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. Emile is a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai but not released widely until 2004 X2 (also known in promotional materials as X2 X-Men United, X-Men 2 X-Men United, and X-Men 2) is a For the 1972 British horror film see Asylum (1972 film Asylum is a 2005 drama film directed by David Mackenzie and made Peter Cleave
The Magic Roundabout Zebedee (voice)
2006 Displaced (voice)
Flushed Away The Toad (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand Eric Lensherr / Magneto
The Da Vinci Code Sir Leigh Teabing
2007 Stardust Narrator
The Golden Compass Iorek Byrnison
2008 King Lear King Lear post-production
The Colossus Cecil Rhodes on hold
2011 The Hobbit Gandalf the Grey pre-production

Television

Miscellaneous

References

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External links

Interviews, blogs and clips

Awards
Preceded by
John Rubinstein
for Children of a Lesser God		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
1980-1981
for Amadeus		 Succeeded by
Christopher Plummer
for Othello
Preceded by
Oliver Ford Davies
for Racing Demon		 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
1991
for Richard III		 Succeeded by
Nigel Hawthorne
for The Madness of George III
Preceded by
Donald Sutherland
for Citizen X		 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
1997
for Rasputin		 Succeeded by
George C. Scott
for 12 Angry Men
Preceded by
Albert Finney
for Erin Brockovich		 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2001
for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring		 Succeeded by
Christopher Walken
for Catch Me if You Can
The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Yahoo! Movies, provided by the Yahoo! network is home to a large collection of information on movies past and new releases trailers and clips Box office Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. John Arthur Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American film Broadway and television actor a composer of film and theatre music and a director Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 film that tells the story of a speech teacher at a school for Deaf students who falls in love with a deaf woman who The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since Amadeus is a Stage play written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of the Composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born August 12 1939) is a British actor and writer Racing Demon is a 1990 play by English playwright David Hare. The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591 Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE ( 5 April, 1929 – 26 December, 2001) was an English Actor, perhaps best This article is about the 1994 film For the play by Alan Bennett see The Madness of George III (play and for a 2004 political satire see The Madness of King George Donald McNicol Sutherland OC (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian Actor with a film career spanning over 50 years Citizen X is a Made-for-TV movie, released in 1995 which gives a fictionalised account of the Russian Serial killer Andrei Chikatilo Best Supporting Actor in a Series Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television For the main article see Golden Globe Award. George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer. Albert Finney Jr (born 9 May 1936 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning English Actor. Erin Brockovich is a 2000 Drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich 's first fight against the American West Coast The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first Christopher Walken (born March 31 1943 is an American Film and Theatre Actor. Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 Black comedy film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr
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