Sir Ian McKellen
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Sir Ian McKellen
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Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is a highly acclaimed English actor on both stage and screen. His roles have spanned genres from serious Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular action movies. He is also well known as a campaigner for gay rights. For over a decade he has lived in a five-story Victorian conversion in Narrow Street, Limehouse, London.
He played the role of Gandalf in the three films that comprise the screen adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King). For The Fellowship of the Ring he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
[edit] External Links
- Ian McKellen His official website
- 3D Timeline of Sir Ian McKellen at Kronomy
- Sir Ian McKellen entry at the Wikipedia
