Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen is a British actor celebrated for his classical theater work and film roles.
He gained wide recognition playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films and Magneto in the X-Men franchise.
McKellen is also known as an early openly gay advocate in British entertainment, having come out publicly in 1988.
Formal male honorific
- honourEthical standing and dignity
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- Queen ElizabethBritish crown wearer
- Buckingham PalaceUK monarch's headquarters
ceremony · British Empire · CBE · service · recognition · royalty · nobility · knighted
Pleading for a cause
- LGBTQSexual and gender minorities
- equalitySame status for all
- gay rightsEqual treatment regardless of orientation
- StonewallRefuse to answer questions
visibility · pride · campaigner · marriage equality · awareness · coming out · ally · diversity
- Lord of the RingsFantasy saga, one band's destruction
- X-MenMutant superhero collective
- filmographyListed screen credits
- screenDisplay or barrier
Magneto · blockbuster · franchise · Golden Globe · BAFTA · premiere · ensemble · cameo
British classical theater ensemble
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- stageRaised performance platform
- West EndLondon theatre district
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
Macbeth · Richard III · King Lear · Hamlet · Iago · classical · monologue · soliloquy
Genetically altered organism
- helmetProtective head covering
- metalHard conductive solid
- X-MenMutant superhero collective
- villainWicked story antagonist
magnetic · Patrick Stewart · Xavier · powers · antagonist · Marvel · comic book · Holocaust survivor
Sir
Formal male honorific
- honourEthical standing and dignity
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- Queen ElizabethBritish crown wearer
Buckingham Palace · ceremony · British Empire · CBE · service · recognition · royalty · nobility · knighted · chivalry
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- LGBTQSexual and gender minorities
- equalitySame status for all
- gay rightsEqual treatment regardless of orientation
Stonewall · visibility · pride · campaigner · marriage equality · awareness · coming out · ally · diversity · inclusion
Gandalf
- Lord of the RingsFantasy saga, one band's destruction
- X-MenMutant superhero collective
- filmographyListed screen credits
Magneto · screen · blockbuster · franchise · Golden Globe · BAFTA · premiere · ensemble · cameo · feature
Royal Shakespeare Company
British classical theater ensemble
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- stageRaised performance platform
- West EndLondon theatre district
Broadway · Macbeth · Richard III · King Lear · Hamlet · Iago · classical · monologue · soliloquy · tragedy
mutant
Genetically altered organism
villain · magnetic · Patrick Stewart · Xavier · powers · antagonist · Marvel · comic book · Holocaust survivor · superpower
wizard
Practitioner of sorcery
- greyNeutral achromatic tone
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
Balrog · Frodo · Middle-earth · staff · Moria · Tolkien · pipe · fireworks · Saruman · Peter Jackson
- Stage StarsLin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Bernhardt, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith
- Cambridge AlumniIsaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing, Bertrand Russell
- LGBTQ IconsRuPaul, Ellen DeGeneres, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Sylvester
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes, Watson, Baker Street, Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson
Ian McKellenAdam Sandler
Steven Seagal · Vin Diesel · Marlon Brando · James Dean · Robert De Niro
Ian McKellenLeonardo DiCaprio
Macaulay Culkin · River Phoenix · Jodie Foster · Drew Barrymore · teen idols