Ian McKellen

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne1965

Apparition

BBC Play of the Month1965

Simon Bliss / Ross / T.E. Lawrence / George Tesman

L'Histoire d'une femme1969

George

Alfred le Grand, vainqueur des Vikings1969

Roger

1 Rue Sesame1969

Self

The Tragedy of King Richard II1970

King Richard II

Edward II1970

King Edward

Hamlet1970

Hamlet

Hedda Gabler1972

Apparition

Country Matters1972

David Masterman

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour1979

Alexander Ivanov

Priest of Love1981

D.H. Lawrence

Pillar of Fire1981

Narrator

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare1982

Self

Walter1982

Walter

The Scarlet Pimpernel1982

Chauvelin

Walter and June1983

Walter

La Forteresse noire1983

Dr. Theodore Cuza

Playing Shakespeare1984

Apparition

Plenty1985

Sir Andrew Charleson

Zina1985

Kronfeld

Süleyman the Magnificent1987

Narrator

Windmills of the Gods1988

Apparition

Scarfe's Follies1988

Apparition

Windmills of the Gods1988

Chairman

Scandal1989

John Profumo

Countdown to War1989

Adolf Hitler

Othello1990

Iago

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up1992

Apparition

Last Action Hero1993

Death

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up1993

Self - Narrator

The Ballad of Little Jo1993

Percy Corcoran

Les Soldats de l'espérance1993

Bill Kraus

Les Chroniques de San Francisco1993

Archibald Anson Gidde

A Simple Matter of Justice1993

Self

Six Degrés de Séparation1993

Geoffrey

Camp Christmas1993

Apparition

La Petite Star1994

John Earl McAlpine

David Macaulay: Roman City1994

Augustus Caesar

The Shadow1994

Dr. Reinhardt Lane

Age of Dissent1994

Self

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest1994

Self

To Die For1994

Quilt Documentary Narrator

Cold Comfort Farm1995

Amos Starkadder

Thin Ice1995

Ian McKellen

Jack et Sarah1995

William

Le Don du roi1995

Will Gates

Richard III1995

Richard III

An Evening with Lily Savage1996

Apparition

Raspoutine1996

Tsar Nicholas II

A Bit Of Scarlet1997

Self - Narrator

Surviving Friendly Fire1997

Self

Bent1997

Uncle Freddie

Au cœur de la tourmente1998

Dr. James Kennedy

Ni Dieux Ni Démons1998

James Whale

Un élève doué1998

Kurt Dussander

After Stonewall1999

Self

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale1999

Self - Actor ("Gods and Monsters")

David Copperfield1999

Creakle

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man2000

Narrator

X-Men : The Mutant Watch2000

Self - 'Magneto'

X-Men2000

Magneto

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!2000

Self - Actor

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love2001

Narrator

Quest for the Ring2001

Self

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001

Self

Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau2001

Gandalf

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring2001

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale2002

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002

Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..2002

Self

Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours2002

Gandalf

Emile2003

Emile

Churchill2003

Apparition

X-Men: Premieres Around the World2003

Self

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men2003

Apparition

The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003

Apparition

X-Men 22003

Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X22003

Self

National Geographic : Le Seigneur des Anneaux, le retour du Roi (Beyond the Movie)2003

Self

Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi2003

Gandalf

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision2003

Self

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?2004

Self

The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004

Self

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!2004

Self

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004

Self

Eighteen2005

Jason Anders

Pavarotti: The Last Tenor2005

Narrator

Ringers: Lord of the Fans2005

Self

Pollux, le manège enchanté2005

Zebedee

Extras2005

Ian McKellen

The Hobart Shakespeareans2005

Self

Asylum2005

Dr. Peter Cleave

Neverwas2005

Gabriel Finch

Saint of 9/112006

Narrator

Da Vinci Code2006

Sir Leigh Teabing

X-Men : L'Affrontement final2006

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Pet Shop Boys: Cubism2007

Self - Interval Announcer

For the Love of God2007

Jackdaw

À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or2007

Iorek Byrnison

King Lear2008

King Lear

Theatreland2009

Self

Le Prisonnier2009

2 / Curtis

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation2010

Apparition

Small-Time Revolutionary2010

Hamish Miller

Lady Grey London2010

Apparition

Looking for Lowry2011

Apparition

The Betty Driver Story2011

Self

Perspectives2011

Apparition

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony2012

Self

Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu2012

Gandalf the Grey

The Egg Trick2013

Apparition

Vicious2013

Freddie Thornhill

Wolverine : Le Combat de l'immortel2013

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)

Muse of Fire2013

Self

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot2013

Self

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin2013

Self

Le Hobbit : La Désolation de Smaug2013

Gandalf the Grey

Middle-earth: There and Back Again2014

Self

Miss in Her Teens2014

The Prologue

X-Men : Days of Future Past2014

Magneto

Trailblazer Honors2014

Self - Speaker

Nelson Mandela Redrawn2014

Self

Double Take: Xavier & Magneto2014

Self

Le Hobbit : La Bataille des cinq armées2014

Gandalf the Grey

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC2015

Apparition

Muslim Drag Queens2015

Narrator

M. Holmes2015

Sherlock Holmes

Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'2015

Self

The Dresser2015

Norman

The Roof2016

And Even Yet Another Fan

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016

Self - Performer

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land2016

Spooner

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage2016

Self

How a Kite Flies2017

Apparition

Edmund the Magnificent2017

Narrator

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2017

Self - Actor

La Belle et la Bête2017

Cogsworth

The Paul O'Grady Story2017

Self

McKellen: Playing the Part2018

Self

National Theatre Live: King Lear2018

King Lear

All Is True2018

Earl of Southampton

On Broadway2019

Self

L'Art du mensonge2019

Roy Courtnay

Cats2019

Gus, the Theatre Cat

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet2020

Apparition

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU2020

Apparition

Infinitum: Subject Unknown2021

Dr. Charles Marland-White

Great British Theatre2021

Apparition

Peter Tatchell, militant controversé2021

Self

The Hobbit - M4 Book Edit2021

Gandalf the Grey

Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen2022

Apparition

Hamlet Within2022

The Ghost

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride2022

Self

Quintessentially British2022

Self

Hamlet2024

Hamlet

The Life and Death of Lily Savage2024

Apparition

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved2024

Apparition

The Critic2024

Jimmy Erskine

Billy & Dom Eat the World2025

Self

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness2025

Apparition

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'2025

Self (archive footage)

Schadenfreude2025

Continuity Announcer

The Christophers2026

Julian Sklar

Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen2026

Self

Scrooge2026

Jacob Marley

Avengers: Doomsday2026

Magneto

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027

Gandalf