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Ian McKellen movie timeline
2024
Hamlet
The Critic
2023
Hamlet Revenant
2022
2021
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
2020
2019
All Is True
The Good Liar
Cats
2018
Mckellen Playing the Part Live 2018
King Lear: NT Live 2018
Animal Crackers
2017
Beauty and the Beast
2016
Shakespeare Live: From the RSC
Look Back In Anger
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2015
Mr. Holmes
The Dresser
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2013
The Wolverine
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Miss In Her Teens
2011
2010
2009
The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
The Academy
2008
2007
Stardust
The Golden Compass
2006
The Da VInci Code
X-Men: The Last Stand
Flushed Away
The Secret Policemans Ball
Displaced
2005
Asylum
Neverwas
Eighteen
2004
The Magic Roundabout
2003
X-Men 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Emile
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000
X-Men
The Book That Wrote Itself
1999
Gods and Monsters
1998
Apt Pupil
1997
Bent
Swept From the Sea
1996
Richard III
1995
Jack & Sarah
Restoration
Cold Comfort Farm
1994
The Shadow
I'll Do Anything
1993
Last Action Hero
Six Degrees of Separation
The Ballad of Little Jo
And the Band Played On
1992
1991
1990
1989
Scandal
1988
1987
1986
Zina
1985
Plenty
1984
1983
The Keep
1982
1981
Priest of Love
1980
1979
A Performance of Macbeth
1978
Corvette Summer
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II
Edward II
Hamlet
1969
The Promise
Alfred the Great
Thank You All Very Much
Starring:
Ian McKellen
First Movie -
Thank You All Very Much
1969
Last Movie -
Hamlet
2024
Total Movies -
71
Future Movies -
The Critic (30th May 2024)
Highest Grossing Movies
UK:
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- £72,507,458
US:
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- $504,014,165
World:
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- $1,273,576,220
Combined grosses
UK -
£605.2 Million
US -
$3.7 Billion
Global -
$11.4 Billion
Highest Rated Movie -
Animal Crackers (2018) - 100%
Lowest rated movie -
Cats (2019) - 30%
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Year of release
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Starring With
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Year
The Critic
(Ian McKellen
plays
Jimmy Erskine
)
Director(s):
Anand Tucker
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Gemma Arterton
•
Mark Strong
• Lesley Manville • Romola Garai
2024
Hamlet
(Ian McKellen
plays
Hamlet
)
Director(s):
Sean Mathias
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Jonathan Hyde • Jenny Seagrove • Steven Berkoff • Francesca Annis
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2024
Hamlet Revenant
(Ian McKellen
plays
The Ghost
)
Director(s):
Ken McMullen
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Dominique Pinon • Gabriella Wright • John Shrapnel • Lex Shrapnel
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2023
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
(Ian McKellen
plays
Dr. Charles Marland-White
)
Director(s):
Matthew Butler-Hart
Starring:
Tori Butler-Hart •
Ian McKellen
• Conleth Hill • Wendy Muir Hart • Chris Hart
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2021
Cats
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gus The Theatre Cat
)
Director(s):
Tom Hooper
Starring:
James Corden
•
Judi Dench
•
Jason Derulo
•
Idris Elba
•
Jennifer Hudson
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From 4 users
2019
The Good Liar
(Ian McKellen
plays
Roy Courtnay
)
Director(s):
Bill Condon
Starring:
Helen Mirren
•
Ian McKellen
•
Russell Tovey
• Jim Carter • Mark Lewis Jones
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2019
All Is True
Director(s):
Kenneth Branagh
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
• Lolita Chakrabarti • Jack Colgrave Hirst • Doug Colling • Eleanor de Rohan
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2019
King Lear: NT Live 2018
(Ian McKellen
plays
King Lear
)
Director(s):
Jonathan Munby
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Anita-Joy Uwajeh
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2018
Mckellen Playing the Part Live 2018
Director(s):
Joe Stephenson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Scott Chambers •
Luke Evans
• Milo Parker • Adam Brown
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YOUR SCORE?
2018
Animal Crackers
(Ian McKellen
plays
Horatio P. Huntington
)
Director(s):
Tony Bancroft
•
Scott Christian Sava
•
Jaime Maestro
Starring:
Emily Blunt
•
Danny DeVito
•
John Krasinski
•
Ian McKellen
• Raven-Symone
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From 1 user
2018
Beauty and the Beast
(Ian McKellen
plays
Cogsworth
)
Director(s):
Bill Condon
Starring:
Emma Watson
•
Dan Stevens
•
Luke Evans
• Josh Gad •
Kevin Kline
Hover To Score
From 12 users
2017
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
(Ian McKellen
plays
Spooner
)
Director(s):
Sean Mathias
Starring:
Sean Mathias •
Ian McKellen
• Damien Molony •
Patrick Stewart
• Owen Teale
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2016
Shakespeare Live: From the RSC
(Ian McKellen
plays
Self - Performer
)
Director(s):
Bridget Caldwell
•
Gregory Doran
•
Robin Mason
•
Tim Taggart
Starring:
Catherine Tate
•
David Tennant
• Akala • Roger Allam • Richard Atwill
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2016
Look Back In Anger
(Ian McKellen
plays
Colonel
)
Director(s):
Richard Wilson
Starring:
Nancy Carroll
• Daniel Evans •
Ian McKellen
• Claire Price •
David Tennant
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2016
The Dresser
(Ian McKellen
plays
Norman
)
Director(s):
Richard Eyre
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
•
Ian McKellen
•
Emily Watson
• Sarah Lancashire • Edward Fox
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2015
Mr. Holmes
(Ian McKellen
plays
Sherlock Holmes
)
Director(s):
Bill Condon
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Laura Linney • Milo Parker • Hiroyuki Sanada • Hattie Morahan
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Martin Freeman
• Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
Hover To Score
From 5 users
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(Ian McKellen
plays
Magneto
)
Director(s):
Bryan Singer
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
•
James McAvoy
•
Michael Fassbender
•
Jennifer Lawrence
•
Halle Berry
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Martin Freeman
• Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
Hover To Score
From 6 users
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage
(Ian McKellen
plays
Richard III
)
Director(s):
Nicholas Hytner
•
Tim Van Someren
•
Howard Davies
•
Rufus Norris
•
Alex Sims
Starring:
Roger Allam • Samuel Anderson • Alan Ayckbourn • Jonathan Bailey • Matthew Barker
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2013
The Wolverine
Director(s):
James Mangold
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
• Hiroyuki Sanada • Tao Okamoto • Rila Fukushima •
Famke Janssen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Director(s):
Peter Davison
Starring:
Sean Pertwee •
Olivia Colman
• Peter Davison • Louis Davison • Joel James Davison
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Martin Freeman
• Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
Hover To Score
From 5 users
2012
Miss In Her Teens
Director(s):
Matthew Butler
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Simon Callow • Carol Royle • Tori Hart • Matthew Butler
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2012
The Academy
Director(s):
Peter Hinton
Starring:
Rebecca Alexander • Frances Barber • Jemma Bolt • Eke Chukwu • Joanne Dixon
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2009
The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
Director(s):
Peter Hinton
Starring:
Rebecca Alexander • Anoushka Arden • Frances Barber • Beth Eyre • Robert Gilbert
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2009
The Golden Compass
(Ian McKellen
plays
Iorek Byrnison
(voice)
)
Director(s):
Chris Weitz
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
•
Daniel Craig
•
Dakota Blue Richards
• Ben Walker • Freddie Highmore
Hover To Score
From 2 users
2007
Stardust
(Ian McKellen
plays
Narrator
(voice)
)
Director(s):
Matthew Vaughn
Starring:
Claire Danes
•
Charlie Cox
•
Sienna Miller
•
Ricky Gervais
• Jason Flemyng
Hover To Score
From 1 user
2007
Flushed Away
Director(s):
David Bowers
•
Sam Fell
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
•
Kate Winslet
•
Ian McKellen
• Jean Reno •
Bill Nighy
Hover To Score
From 1 user
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
(Ian McKellen
plays
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
)
Director(s):
Brett Ratner
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
•
Halle Berry
•
Ian McKellen
•
Patrick Stewart
•
Famke Janssen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2006
The Da VInci Code
(Ian McKellen
plays
Sir Leigh Teabing
)
Director(s):
Ron Howard
Starring:
Tom Hanks
• Audrey Tautou •
Ian McKellen
• Jean Reno •
Paul Bettany
Hover To Score
From 3 users
2006
The Secret Policemans Ball
Director(s):
Julia Knowles
Starring:
Ronni Ancona • David Armand • Alan C. Bennett • Jo Brand •
Russell Brand
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2006
Displaced
Director(s):
Martin Holland
Starring:
Mark Strange • Graham Brownsmith • Malcolm Hankey • Stephanie Fend • Cathy Miller
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2006
Asylum
(Ian McKellen
plays
Dr. Peter Cleave
)
Director(s):
David Mackenzie
Starring:
Natasha Richardson •
Hugh Bonneville
• Gus Lewis •
Ian McKellen
• Joss Ackland
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2005
Neverwas
Director(s):
Joshua Michael Stern
Starring:
Aaron Eckhart
•
Ian McKellen
• Brittany Murphy • Nick Nolte • Jessica Lange
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2005
Eighteen
Director(s):
Richard Bell
Starring:
Paul Anthony • Brendan Fletcher • Clarence Sponagle • Mark Hildreth • Carly Pope
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2005
The Magic Roundabout
(Ian McKellen
plays
Zebedee
)
Director(s):
Dave Borthwick
•
Jean Duval
•
Frank Passingham
Starring:
Tom Baker •
Jim Broadbent
• Lee Evans • Joanna Lumley •
Ian McKellen
Hover To Score
From 1 user
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Elijah Wood
•
Ian McKellen
•
Liv Tyler
•
Viggo Mortensen
• Sean Astin
Hover To Score
From 17 users
2003
X-Men 2
Director(s):
Bryan Singer
Starring:
Patrick Stewart
•
Hugh Jackman
•
Ian McKellen
•
Halle Berry
•
Famke Janssen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2003
Emile
Director(s):
Carl Bessai
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Deborah Kara Unger • Theo Crane • Tygh Runyan • Chris William Martin
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Elijah Wood
•
Ian McKellen
•
Liv Tyler
•
Viggo Mortensen
• Sean Astin
Hover To Score
From 13 users
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(Ian McKellen
plays
Gandalf
)
Director(s):
Peter Jackson
Starring:
Elijah Wood
•
Ian McKellen
•
Liv Tyler
•
Viggo Mortensen
• Sean Astin
Hover To Score
From 15 users
2001
The Book That Wrote Itself
(Ian McKellen
plays
Mr. McKellen
)
Director(s):
Liam O Mochain
Starring:
Liam O Mochain • Antoinette Guiney • Orlaith Rafter • Paul Mahon • Phillip Owen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2000
X-Men
(Ian McKellen
plays
Magneto
)
Director(s):
Bryan Singer
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
•
Patrick Stewart
•
Ian McKellen
•
Famke Janssen
• James Marsden
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
2000
Gods and Monsters
Director(s):
Bill Condon
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Brendan Fraser
• Lynn Redgrave • Lolita Davidovich • David Dukes
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1999
Apt Pupil
(Ian McKellen
plays
Kurt Dussander
)
Director(s):
Bryan Singer
Starring:
Brad Renfro •
Ian McKellen
• Joshua Jackson • Mickey Cottrell • Michael Reid MacKay
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1998
Bent
Director(s):
Sean Mathias
Starring:
Mick Jagger
•
Clive Owen
• Brian Webber • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau •
Jude Law
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1997
Swept From the Sea
Director(s):
Beeban Kidron
Starring:
Rachel Weisz
• Vincent Perez •
Ian McKellen
• Kathy Bates • Joss Ackland
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1997
Richard III
Director(s):
Richard Loncraine
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Annette Bening
•
Jim Broadbent
•
Robert Downey Jr.
• Nigel Hawthorne
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1996
Restoration
(Ian McKellen
plays
Will Gates
)
Director(s):
Michael Hoffman
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
•
Sam Neill
•
David Thewlis
• Polly Walker •
Meg Ryan
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1995
Jack & Sarah
(Ian McKellen
plays
William
)
Director(s):
Tim Sullivan
Starring:
Richard E. Grant
• Samantha Mathis •
Judi Dench
• Eileen Atkins • Cherie Lunghi
Hover To Score
From 1 user
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
(Ian McKellen
plays
Amos Starkadder
)
Director(s):
John Schlesinger
Starring:
Eileen Atkins • Kate Beckinsale • Sheila Burrell •
Stephen Fry
• Freddie Jones
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1995
The Shadow
(Ian McKellen
plays
Reinhardt Lane
)
Director(s):
Russell Mulcahy
Starring:
Alec Baldwin
• John Lone • Penelope Ann Miller • Peter Boyle •
Ian McKellen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1994
I'll Do Anything
(Ian McKellen
plays
John Earl McAlpine
)
Director(s):
James L. Brooks
Starring:
Nick Nolte • Whittni Wright • Albert Brooks •
Julie Kavner
•
Joely Richardson
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
(Ian McKellen
plays
Geoffrey
)
Director(s):
Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Stockard Channing
•
Will Smith
•
Donald Sutherland
•
Ian McKellen
• Mary Beth Hurt
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1993
And the Band Played On
(Ian McKellen
plays
Bill Kraus
)
Director(s):
Roger Spottiswoode
Starring:
Matthew Modine • Alan Alda • Patrick Bauchau • Nathalie Baye • Christian Clemenson
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1993
Last Action Hero
Director(s):
John McTiernan
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
• F. Murray Abraham • Art Carney • Charles Dance • Frank McRae
Hover To Score
From 1 user
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
Director(s):
Maggie Greenwald
Starring:
Suzy Amis • Bo Hopkins •
Ian McKellen
• David Chung •
Heather Graham
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1993
Scandal
(Ian McKellen
plays
John Profumo
)
Director(s):
Michael Caton-Jones
Starring:
John Hurt
• Joanne Whalley • Bridget Fonda •
Ian McKellen
•
Leslie Phillips
Hover To Score
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1989
Zina
Director(s):
Ken McMullen
Starring:
Ron Anderson • George Antoni • Micha Bergese • Gaby Dellal • Paul Geoffrey
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1986
Plenty
(Ian McKellen
plays
Sir Andrew Charleson
)
Director(s):
Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Meryl Streep
• Andre Maranne •
Sam Neill
• Charles Dance • Tristram Jellinek
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1985
The Keep
Director(s):
Michael Mann
Starring:
Scott Glenn • Alberta Watson • Jrgen Prochnow • Robert Prosky • Gabriel Byrne
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1983
Priest of Love
Director(s):
Christopher Miles
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Janet Suzman • Ava Gardner • Penelope Keith • Jorge Rivero
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1981
A Performance of Macbeth
(Ian McKellen
plays
Macbeth
)
Director(s):
Philip Casson
•
Trevor Nunn
Starring:
Ian McKellen
•
Judi Dench
• John Bown • Susan Dury • Judith Harte
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1979
Corvette Summer
Director(s):
Matthew Robbins
Starring:
Mark Hamill
•
Annie Potts
• Eugene Roche • William Bryant • Richard McKenzie
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1978
Hamlet
(Ian McKellen
plays
Hamlet
)
Director(s):
David Giles
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Faith Brook • John Woodvine • Susan Fleetwood • James Cairncross
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1970
Edward II
(Ian McKellen
plays
King Edward
)
Director(s):
Richard Marquand
•
Toby Robertson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Timothy West • Diane Fletcher • James Laurenson • Robert Eddison
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II
(Ian McKellen
plays
King Richard II
)
Director(s):
Richard Cottrell
•
Toby Robertson
Starring:
Ian McKellen
• Timothy West • Robert Eddison • Paul Hardwick • Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1970
Alfred the Great
Director(s):
Clive Donner
Starring:
David Hemmings • Michael York • Prunella Ransome • Colin Blakely •
Ian McKellen
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1969
The Promise
Director(s):
Michael Hayes
Starring:
John Castle •
Ian McKellen
• Susan Macready • Mary Jones • David Nettheim
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1969
Thank You All Very Much
Director(s):
Waris Hussein
Starring:
Sandy Dennis •
Ian McKellen
• Eleanor Bron • John Standing • Michael Coles
Hover To Score
YOUR SCORE?
1969