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Ian McKellen, roles and awards

Ian McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English stage and screen actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in the X-Men films and Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (2015).

Stage

  • Much Ado About Nothing, Royal National Theatre, Old Vic, London, 1965
  • Trelawny of the 'Wells', National Theatre, London & Chichester Festival, 1965
  • The Promise, West End; Broadway, 1967
  • Edward II (in title role), Edinburgh Festival & West End, 1969
  • Hamlet (title role), UK/European Tour, 1971
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, UK Tour, 1972
  • Dr Faustus (title role), Royal Shakespeare Company, Edinburgh Festival & Aldwych Theatre (London), 1974
  • King John, RSC, 1975
  • Romeo and Juliet (as Romeo), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon & London, 1976
  • The Winter's Tale, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1976
  • Macbeth (title role), RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon & Young Vic (London), 1976–1977
  • The Alchemist, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon & London, 1977
  • Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, RSC, Barbican Arts Centre (London), 1977
  • Three Sisters, RSC, UK Tour, 1978
  • Bent, (as Max) Royal Court and Criterion, London, 1979
  • Acting Shakespeare (as Himself), Copenhagen, 1980
  • Amadeus (as Salieri), Broadway, 1980
  • Coriolanus (title role), National Theatre, 1984
  • Wild Honey, National Theatre, 1984 (& Broadway, 1986)
  • The Cherry Orchard (as Lopakhin), National Theatre, 1985
  • The Duchess of Malfi, National Theatre, 1985
  • The Real Inspector Hound, National Theatre, London & Paris, 1985
  • Othello (as Iago), RSC, London & Stratford-upon-Avon, 1989
  • Richard III (title role), National Theatre, world tour, 1990 & US tour, 1992
  • Uncle Vanya (title role), National Theatre, 1992
  • Peter Pan (as Mr. Darling/Captain Hook), National Theatre, 1997
  • An Enemy of the People, National Theatre, 1997 & Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles), 1998
  • Present Laughter, West Yorkshire Playhouse (Leeds, England), 1998
  • Dance of Death, at the Broadhurst Theatre (New York) in 2001. At the Lyric Theatre (London, England) in 2003
  • Aladdin, (as Widow Twankie) Old Vic, 2004 & 2005
  • The Cut, Donmar Warehouse, 2006
  • King Lear by William Shakespeare, (as Lear), Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2007; New Zealand, 2007; New York (Brooklyn Academy of Music), 2007, Minneapolis, 2007, New London Theatre (West End), 2007–8
  • The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, (as Sorin), Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2007; New York (Brooklyn Academy of Music), 2007 Minneapolis, 2007, New London Theatre (West End), 2007–8
  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, (as Estragon), Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 2009 and 2010; Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 2010 and Fugard Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010
  • The Syndicate by Eduardo De Filippo, Chichester Festival, 2011
  • No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot (double bill), Broadway, 2013–2014
  • Letters Live, Freemasons Hall, 2015
  • No Man's Land, Wyndham's, London, 2016

    • References

    Ian McKellen, roles and awards Wikipedia
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