He provided the voice of Gandalf for several video game adaptations of the Lord of the Rings films. [52] McKellen returned to the Broadway stage in 2001 in an August Strindberg play The Dance of Death alongside Helen Mirren and David Strathairn at the Broadhurst Theatre.

His largest mark on the big screen may be as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, which he reprised in "The Hobbit" trilogy.

His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men films, Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code (2006), Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (2015) and Cogsworth in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).

His largest mark on the big screen may be as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, which he reprised in "The Hobbit" trilogy.

2022年9月30日 · While filming X-Men, McKellen was cast as the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson 's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. For his work in the film series, he received the Screen Actors Guild Award for best...

2025年2月13日 · He later played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003), a film trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy (1954–55). He earned another Oscar nomination (for supporting actor) for his work in the 2001 film.

2024年9月3日 · The actor, who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster JRR Tolkien adaptations, addressed rumours he might feature in the forthcoming film, centred on Andy Serkis’s Gollum, during a new...

2024年6月9日 · In a new interview, Ian McKellen quipped he'll return as Gandalf in the upcoming "Lord of the Rings" movie "The Hunt for Gollum" if he's still alive.

Gandalf, the Enemy is defeated. Sauron is vanquished. He can never regain his full strength. Elrond : Gandalf, for four hundred years, we have lived in peace - a hard-won, watchful peace.

2024年8月23日 · Sir Ian Murray McKellen CBE, played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film series. He also wrote forewords to Alan Lee's The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook and Brian Sibley's The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy.

2021年3月25日 · Ian McKellen says he still doesn't have a clue how he managed to get cast as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit prequels. The veteran actor was already a legend of the stage and screen by the late 1990s, when he was cast in two major franchises.

2023年9月9日 · McKellen played Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of The King before taking a break from the role for a few years. He then returned to play Gandalf in The...

2023年9月7日 · Ian McKellen is beloved as Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” franchise, but he almost missed out on the role. In an interview with Variety, the esteemed actor shared that he was not the first...

McKellen played the role of the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy that adapted J.R.R. Tolkien's novel trilogy The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King).

2023年9月7日 · Ian McKellen reflects on playing Gandalf, his Toronto Film Festival debut "The Critic" and having no plans to retire: "Retire to do what?"

2023年9月7日 · The Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf, recalls the major stars who passed on the role before it was ultimately offered to him. Based on the beloved fantasy novels by author J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson's first film in the trilogy was released in 2001, with the story ultimately concluding in 2003.

2024年9月9日 · 85-year-old Sir Ian McKellen reveals he has no intention of stepping away from his iconic role as Gandalf in new 'Lord of the Rings' Movies. “I've just been told there are going to be more films and Gandalf will be involved and they hope that I'll be playing him.”

2009年9月25日 · McKellen where’s a massive awesome beard and a fake nose, he can’t be typecasted like that. He played Magneto in three straight movies in addition to LOTR and I never thought of Gandalf when seeing him on screen there as the master of magnetism.

2022年6月9日 · It wasn't until the three "The Hobbit" movies that Randall would play Gandalf exclusively. Actor Dominic Monaghan, who plays the hobbit Merry Brandybuck, recalled working with Randall as well,...

Stephen John Dillane (/ d ɪ ˈ l eɪ n /; [1] born 27 March 1957) [2] is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours, Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. [3] An experienced …

One of the film's best shots is wizard Gandalf, played by Ian McKellen, charging on horseback through the steep, narrow, cobbled streets of the fortified city Minas Tirith. "He's been to the osteopath," Sir Ian said of Gandalf, who takes on the fight against evil with new energy.

5 天之前 · The other Istari are Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast, who each got a decent role in Warner Bros.' Lord of the Rings movie franchise. Peter Jackson portrayed Gandalf and Saruman with reasonable faithfulness, whereas Radagast's role in The Hobbit was full of original material. So, it may not be clear to casual fans why the Blue Wizards got slighted.

6 天之前 · However, he does indeed play someone with close ties to D'Onofrio's beloved antagonist. As seen in the first episode, Gandolfini is playing a young man named Daniel Blake, ...

5 天之前 · Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit is known for being far more extensive than the original book, including the additions of several characters. J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books are dense fantasy epics, which resulted in a trilogy of films that embraced that grandeur.The Hobbit, on the other hand, is a much lighter and more whimsical tale, which was …