Ian McKellen

All Is True (2018)

As: Henry Wriothesley

A look at the final days in the life of renown playwright William Shakespeare.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Kenneth Branagh | Judi Dench | Ian McKellen | Kathryn Wilder | Jack Colgrave Hirst

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)

As: King Lear

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

Runtime: 227 min.

Stars: Ian McKellen | Sinéad Cusack | Danny Webb | Kirsty Bushell | James Corrigan

McKellen: Playing the Part (2018)

As: Himself

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen's life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed him in the public eye for the best part of his lifetime. Using an abundance of photography from McKellen's private albums and cinematically reconstructed scenes, a raw talent shines through in the intensity, variety and devotion to that moment ...

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Joe Stephenson

Stars: Ian McKellen | Scott Chambers | Luke Evans | Milo Parker | Adam Brown

The Paul O'Grady Story (2017)

As: Himself

A razor-witted entertainer who found fame as two people - first his drag queen alter ego, Lily Savage, and then as himself. This documentary film charts the unique career of a working class Merseysider whose life away from the spotlight has often been far more dramatic than the consistently successful career he has enjoyed on stage and screen.

Runtime: 90 min.

Stars: Tracy-Ann Oberman | Christopher Biggins | Michelle Butterly | Andrew Collins | Andy Collins

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

As: Cogsworth

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Stars: Emma Watson | Dan Stevens | Luke Evans | Kevin Kline | Josh Gad

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Jennifer M. Kroot

Stars: Armistead Maupin | Laura Linney | Jonathan Groff | Kate Bornstein | Margaret Cho

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Robin Mason | Tim Taggart | Bridget Caldwell | Gregory Doran

Stars: David Tennant | Catherine Tate | Judi Dench | Benedict Cumberbatch | Joseph Fiennes

The Roof (2016)

As: And Even Yet Another Fan

A brief comedy about a visit from a legendary theatre maker and his legion of fans.

Runtime: 10 min.

Directed by: Natalie Abrahami

Stars: Natalie Dormer | Noma Dumezweni | Rory Kinnear | Jude Law | Ian McKellen

Animal Crackers (2016)

As: Horatio P. Huntington (voice)

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Jaime Maestro | Scott Christian Sava | Tony Bancroft

Stars: Emily Blunt | John Krasinski | Lydia Rose Taylor | Ian McKellen | Sylvester Stallone

The Dresser (2015)

As: Norman

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Stars: Ian McKellen | Anthony Hopkins | Emily Watson | Vanessa Kirby | Sarah Lancashire

Mr. Holmes (2015)

As: Sherlock Holmes

The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Stars: Ian McKellen | Milo Parker | Laura Linney | Hattie Morahan | Patrick Kennedy

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

As: Gandalf

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

Runtime: 144 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Martin Freeman | Ian McKellen | Richard Armitage | Benedict Cumberbatch | Cate Blanchett

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

As: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Old)

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Stars: Hugh Jackman | James McAvoy | Michael Fassbender | Jennifer Lawrence | Halle Berry

Miss in Her Teens (2014)

As: The Prologue

An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in order to find true love.

Runtime: 70 min.

Directed by: Matthew Butler

Stars: Ian McKellen | Simon Callow | Carol Royle | Tori Hart | Adam Alexander

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

As: Gandalf

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Runtime: 161 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Martin Freeman | Ian McKellen | Richard Armitage | Benedict Cumberbatch | Cate Blanchett

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)

A star studded special written and directed by Peter Davison. With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the 'Classic' Doctors are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?

Runtime: 30 min.

Directed by: Peter Davison

Stars: Russell T. Davies | Peter Davison | Sylvester McCoy | Colin Baker | Paul McGann

Muse of Fire (2013)

As: Himself

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s ...

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Giles Terera | Dan Poole

Stars: Ian McKellen | Judi Dench | Mark Rylance | Ralph Fiennes | John Hurt

The Wolverine (2013)

As: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: James Mangold

Stars: Hugh Jackman | Hiroyuki Sanada | Famke Janssen | Will Yun Lee | Tao Okamoto

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

As: Gandalf

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Runtime: 169 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Martin Freeman | Ian McKellen | Richard Armitage | Andy Serkis | Cate Blanchett

The Golden Compass (2007)

As: Iorek Byrnison (voice)

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Chris Weitz

Stars: Dakota Blue Richards | Nicole Kidman | Daniel Craig | Sam Elliott | Eva Green

Stardust (2007)

As: Narrator (voice)

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Stars: Claire Danes | Charlie Cox | Michelle Pfeiffer | Robert De Niro | Sienna Miller

For the Love of God (2007)

As: The Jackdaw

'For the Love of God' is the wickedly irreverent tale of Graham (Coogan); an over-grown man-child still living at home under the suffocating glare of his elderly Mother, in her dusty and forgotten Christian bookshop. Graham has a terrible secret - an unholy fantasy - which only he and his Mother's pet Jackdaw (McKellen) know about. Spurred on by the sinister bird and the possibility of consummating his perverse desire, will ...

Runtime: 11 min.

Directed by: Joe Tucker

Stars: Ian McKellen | Steve Coogan | Julia Davis

Flushed Away (2006)

As: The Toad (voice)

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Sam Fell | David Bowers

Stars: Hugh Jackman | Kate Winslet | Ian McKellen | Jean Reno | Bill Nighy

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

As: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Stars: Hugh Jackman | Halle Berry | Ian McKellen | Patrick Stewart | Famke Janssen

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

As: Sir Leigh Teabing

When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.

Runtime: 149 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Stars: Tom Hanks | Audrey Tautou | Ian McKellen | Paul Bettany | Jean Reno

Saint of 9/11 (2006)

As: Narrator

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Glenn Holsten

Stars: Ian McKellen | Larry Boes | Everald Brathwaite | Thomas Paul Carey | Brian Carroll

Doogal (2006)

As: Zebedee

This is the story of Doogal, an adorable candy-loving mutt who goes on a mission to save the world.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Frank Passingham | Jean Duval | Dave Borthwick

Stars: Daniel Tay | Jimmy Fallon | Jon Stewart | Whoopi Goldberg | William H. Macy

Asylum (2005)

As: Dr. Peter Cleave

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: David Mackenzie

Stars: Ian McKellen | Natasha Richardson | Marton Csokas | Hugh Bonneville | Joss Ackland

Neverwas (2005)

As: Gabriel Finch

Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern

Stars: Ian McKellen | Aaron Eckhart | Brittany Murphy | Nick Nolte | Jessica Lange

The Hobart Shakespeareans (2005)

As: Himself

Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at a school in a dangerous, poor, drug-infested 100% Latino/Asian neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Directed by: Mel Stuart

Stars: Ian McKellen | Michael York

The Magic Roundabout (2005)

As: Zebedee

A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Frank Passingham | Jean Duval | Dave Borthwick

Stars: Ian McKellen | Kylie Minogue | Bill Nighy | Robbie Williams | Tom Baker

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

As: Himself

The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", during the Council of Elrond scene. His brief appearance sparked a huge internet fan-base dedicated to his "brooding pout" and "elvish good looks". McKenzie has been dubbed "FIGWIT", an acronym of "Frodo is Great; Who is That!!?"

Runtime: 60 min.

Directed by: Stan Alley | Nick Booth | Hannah Clarke

Stars: Bret McKenzie | Peter Jackson | Jemaine Clement | Elijah Wood | Taika Waititi

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

As: Gandalf the White

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

Runtime: 201 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Elijah Wood | Ian McKellen | Viggo Mortensen | Sean Astin | Liv Tyler

X2: X-Men United (2003)

As: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses – Magneto and Mystique – to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Stars: Patrick Stewart | Hugh Jackman | Ian McKellen | Halle Berry | Famke Janssen

Émile (2003)

As: Emile

In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Carl Bessai

Stars: Ian McKellen | Deborah Unger | Tygh Runyan | Chris William Martin | Ian Tracey

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

As: Gandalf the White

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Runtime: 179 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Elijah Wood | Ian McKellen | Viggo Mortensen | Sean Astin | Liv Tyler

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

As: Gandalf the Grey

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

Runtime: 178 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Stars: Elijah Wood | Ian McKellen | Viggo Mortensen | Sean Astin | Liv Tyler

X-Men (2000)

As: Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Stars: Hugh Jackman | Patrick Stewart | Ian McKellen | Famke Janssen | James Marsden

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)

As: Narrator(Voice)

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics ...

Runtime: 39 min.

Directed by: Keith Melton

Stars: Ian McKellen | Nicky Dewhurst | Brian Dewhurst | Anait Karagyezyan | Chris Van Wagenen

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (2000)

As: Himself

A documentary from Universal about the movie The Invisible Man (1933) directed by James Whale.

Runtime: 35 min.

Directed by: David J. Skal

Stars: Rudy Behlmer | David J. Skal | Ian McKellen | Bill Condon | Jessica Rains

Apt Pupil (1998)

As: Kurt Dussander

Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII...

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Stars: Ian McKellen | Brad Renfro | David Schwimmer | Bruce Davison | Ann Dowd

Swept from the Sea (1998)

As: Dr. James Kennedy

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Beeban Kidron

Stars: Rachel Weisz | Vincent Pérez | Ian McKellen | Kathy Bates | Joss Ackland

Gods and Monsters (1998)

As: James Whale

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Stars: Ian McKellen | Brendan Fraser | Lynn Redgrave | Lolita Davidovich | David Dukes

Bent (1997)

As: Uncle Freddie

Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Sean Mathias

Stars: Clive Owen | Lothaire Bluteau | Ian McKellen | Mick Jagger | Jude Law

A Bit Of Scarlet (1997)

As: Narrator

A Bit of Scarlet excavates clips from Britain's cinema archives to create a moving and humorous testament to the closeted gay and lesbian images from filmmaking's earliest days.

Runtime: 70 min.

Directed by: Andrea Weiss

Stars: Ian McKellen

Rasputin (1996)

As: Tsar Nicholas II

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

Runtime: 135 min.

Directed by: Uli Edel

Stars: Alan Rickman | Greta Scacchi | Ian McKellen | David Warner | John Wood

Restoration (1995)

As: Will Gates

An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens ...

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Meg Ryan | Sam Neill | David Thewlis | Hugh Grant

Richard III (1995)

As: Richard III

Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Richard Loncraine

Stars: Ian McKellen | Annette Bening | Jim Broadbent | Kristin Scott Thomas | Adrian Dunbar

Jack & Sarah (1995)

As: William

Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is the proud father of a baby girl, but deficient in the spouse department to the tune of 1.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Tim Sullivan

Stars: Richard E. Grant | Samantha Mathis | Judi Dench | Eileen Atkins | Cherie Lunghi

Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

As: Amos Starkadder

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: John Schlesinger

Stars: Eileen Atkins | Kate Beckinsale | Sheila Burrell | Stephen Fry | Freddie Jones

The Shadow (1994)

As: Dr. Reinhardt Lane

Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Stars: Alec Baldwin | John Lone | Penelope Ann Miller | Peter Boyle | Ian McKellen

David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)

As: Augustus Caesar (voice)

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering ...

Runtime: 56 min.

Directed by: Larry Klein

Stars: David Macaulay | Ian McKellen | Derek Jacobi | Brian Blessed | John Sessions

I'll Do Anything (1994)

As: John Earl McAlpine

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: James L. Brooks

Stars: Nick Nolte | Woody Harrelson | Albert Brooks | Anne Heche | Julie Kavner

Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

As: Geoffrey Miller

The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Stars: Will Smith | Donald Sutherland | Stockard Channing | Ian McKellen | Mary Beth Hurt

And the Band Played On (1993)

As: Bill Kraus

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Runtime: 141 min.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Stars: Matthew Modine | Alan Alda | Patrick Bauchau | Anjelica Huston | Richard Gere

The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

As: Percy Corcoran

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself ...

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Maggie Greenwald

Stars: Suzy Amis | Bo Hopkins | Ian McKellen | David Chung | Heather Graham

Last Action Hero (1993)

As: Death

Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: John McTiernan

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger | F. Murray Abraham | Art Carney | Charles Dance | Frank McRae

Othello (1990)

As: Iago

Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming confidante Iago begins an insidious campaign of lies and treachery.

Runtime: 204 min.

Directed by: Trevor Nunn

Stars: Ian McKellen | Zoë Wanamaker | Clive Swift | Imogen Stubbs | Willard White

Scandal (1989)

As: John Profumo

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones

Stars: John Hurt | Joanne Whalley | Bridget Fonda | Ian McKellen | Jeroen Krabbé

Zina (1986)

As: Kronfeld

Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in Prinkipo having been driven from power by Stalin. The Nazis rise to power in Germany and Austria and Zina commits suicide.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Ken McMullen

Stars: Ron Anderson | George Antoni | Micha Bergese | Gaby Dellal | Paul Geoffrey

Plenty (1985)

As: Sir Andrew Charleson

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Stars: Meryl Streep | Tracey Ullman | John Gielgud | Sting | Ian McKellen

The Keep (1983)

As: Dr. Theodore Cuza

Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Michael Mann

Stars: Scott Glenn | Alberta Watson | Jürgen Prochnow | Robert Prosky | Gabriel Byrne

Walter and June (1983)

As: Walter

Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".

Runtime: 63 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Ian McKellen | Sarah Miles | Jim Broadbent | Barbara Jefford | Tim Potter

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

As: Chauvelin

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to ...

Runtime: 142 min.

Directed by: Clive Donner

Stars: Anthony Andrews | Jane Seymour | Ian McKellen | James Villiers | Eleanor David

Walter (1982)

As: Walter

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".

Runtime: 70 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Ian McKellen | Barbara Jefford | Arthur Whybrow | Tony Melody | David Ryall

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982)

A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Kirk Browning

Stars: Ian McKellen

Priest of Love (1981)

As: D.H. Lawrence

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Christopher Miles

Stars: Ian McKellen | Janet Suzman | Ava Gardner | Penelope Keith | Maurizio Merli

A Performance of Macbeth (1979)

As: Macbeth

Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition, witches and murder.

Runtime: 145 min.

Directed by: Philip Casson

Stars: Judi Dench | Ian McKellen | John Woodvine | Marie Kean | Ian McDiarmid

Alfred the Great (1969)

As: Roger

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. But now, although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God ...

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Clive Donner

Stars: David Hemmings | Michael York | Prunella Ransome | Colin Blakely | Ian McKellen

Thank You All Very Much (1969)

As: George Matthews

Rosamund Stacey (Sandy Dennis), a young 'bookish' girl in London society, spends her days studying for a doctorate in the British Museum and her nights avoiding the sexual attention of the men in her life. But one day, all that changes. Through a friend, she is introduced to rising TV newsreader/announcer George Matthews (Ian McKellen) and after a further chance meeting and a tumble on the sofa, she finds herself pregnant ...

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Waris Hussein

Stars: Sandy Dennis | Ian McKellen | Eleanor Bron | John Standing | Michael Coles