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.^ Born: Burnley, Lancashire, England on May 25, 1939 View Ian McKellen Profile .- IGN: Interview with Sir Ian McKellen (Conclusion) 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC movies.ign.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Sir Ian McKellen: older women should have more stage and screen roles .- Sir Ian McKellen takes gay tolerance message to schools - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Ian Murray McKellen was born on the 25th of May, 1939, in the general hospital of Burnley, Lancashire.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ It received two Bafta nominations.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ His role in "Gods and Monsters" earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor.- Councilwoman Jan Perry and BAFTA/LA Host Sir Ian McKellen at MOCA. | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.allbusiness.com [Source type: General]
^ Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939), is an English actor of stage and screen, the recipient of the Tony Award and two Academy Award nominations.- Ian McKellen | ajc.com 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC projects.ajc.com [Source type: General]
.^ His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.- Ian McKellen | ajc.com 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC projects.ajc.com [Source type: General]
^ His work has spanned genres from serious Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Ian McKellen Action Figures, Toys, Bobble Heads, Collectibles at Entertainment Earth 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.entertainmentearth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Ian McKellen Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.monstersandcritics.com [Source type: General]
^ Historical Film > Period Film Epic > Period Film Drama > Period Film Science Fiction > Superhero Film Fantasy > Superhero Film browse all genres Our Money-Back Guarantee .- Ian McKellen Movies (Used, New, Hard-to-Find) - Alibris 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.alibris.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He played Magneto in X-Men (2000) and its two sequels, as well as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001) trilogy.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
^ He also played the famous role of the wizard Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ McKellen is best known to moviegoers in recent years for his roles as Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and as Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy.
.^ He “came out” on Radio 3 in 1988 and has since become one of the UK’s leading spokesman on gay rights, which has led to him receiving death threats.- Bishop Joseph Devine anti-gay, say stars - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ In 1988 he publicly came out as a gay man during a BBC Radio 3 discussion about Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which made illegal the public 'promotion of homosexuality.'- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ Somewhat ironically, a year before gaining fame for playing one of the most infamously heterosexual public figures of the 20th century, McKellen came out to the public as a gay man during a BBC radio program.
.^ In 1988 McKellen came out as gay and became a founding member of Stonewall, one of the United Kingdom's most influential LGBT rights groups, of which he remains a prominent spokesman.
^ Since then, he has founded Stonewall, a leading gay-rights activist group.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
^ He helped to found Stonewall, a UK lobby group for the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
.^ In 1979 he was honoured to be made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1979 and knighted in 1990.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ The British New Year Honours List for 2008 has now been released.- Blog iChatGay.com - Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.ichatgay.com [Source type: General]
[1][2][3] .^ The British New Year Honours List for 2008 has now been released.- Blog iChatGay.com - Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.ichatgay.com [Source type: General]
^ In the 2008 New Year Honours he was made a Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Drama and to Equality.- Ian McKellen Action Figures, Toys, Bobble Heads, Collectibles at Entertainment Earth 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.entertainmentearth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 2007 he was appointed Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Drama and Equality.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
[4]
Early years
.^ Ian McKellen was born on May 25th, 1939 in Burnley, England.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
^ McKellen was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, though spent most of his early life in Wigan and later attended Bolton School.
^ Ian McKellen was born on 25 May 1939 in Burnley, England.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
.^ Born shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the experience had some lasting impact on him.
^ On his eighteenth birthday he receives a tape of his grandfather's World War II memoirs which awakens the ghosts of a long lost time and place.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
^ SM Apt Pupil is also about a man whose sudden relationship with a younger man forces him to confront his war experiences.- BOMB Magazine: Ian McKellen by Scott Mendelsohn 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bombsite.com [Source type: Original source]
In response to an interview question when an interviewer remarked that he seemed quite calm in the aftermath of the
11 September attacks, he said: "Well, darling, you forget — I slept under a steel plate until I was four years old."
[5]
.^ McKellen's father, Denis Murray McKellen, a civil engineer, was a lay preacher, and both of his grandfathers were preachers as well.
^ He was born in Burnley in 1939; his father was a civil engineer and his mother had an interest in amateur dramatics.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Born May 25, 1939, in the northern English mill town of Burnley, McKellen was the son of a civil engineer.
.^ Ian Holmes is 78 years Old.- Ian McKellen teases with Hobbit casting news | SCI FI Wire 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC scifiwire.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ At the time he was born the couple also had a five year old daughter named Jean.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ At the time of Ian's birth, his parents already had a five-year-old daughter Jean.
.^ His home environment was strongly Christian, but non-orthodox.
.^ "My upbringing was of low nonconformist Christians who felt that you led the Christian life in part by behaving in a Christian manner to everybody you met."- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ 'My upbringing was of low nonconformist Christians who felt that you led the Christian life in part by behaving in a Christian manner to everybody you met.'
^ I have spent the better part of my life giving the Bible an objective look and I find it far from fraudulent.- Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen: Secret Gay Life Like Being a Jew in Hitler’s Europe 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC bighollywood.breitbart.com [Source type: General]
[5] When he was 12, his mother, Margery Lois (
née Sutcliffe) died; his father died when he was 24. When he
came out of the closet to his stepmother, Gladys McKellen, who was a member of the
Religious Society of Friends: "Not only was she not fazed, but as a member of a society which declared its indifference to people's sexuality years back, I think she was just glad for my sake that I wasn't lying any more."
[5]
.^ But at Bolton School (Boys' Division) opportunities were more regular.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ McKellen attended Bolton School Boys Division, of which he is still a supporter, attending regularly to talk to pupils.
^ Finally becoming Head Boy of Bolton School, the scholar and young actor in the making won a scholarship to St Catherine's College, Cambridge .- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ McKellen's acting career started at Bolton Little Theatre, of which he is now the Patron.
^ McKellen's acting career started at Bolton Little Theatre, of which theatre he is now its patron.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ McKellen avidly sought out roles in amateur school theatre productions, which developed his skills at an early age, though his original career goal was to be a journalist.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
[7] .^ Ian, was sincerely supported by his parents to attend to theatre classes, and his first play to be seen was Peter Pan at the Manchester Opera House.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His parents encouraged his artistic inclinations by taking the family to regular cinema and theatre outings.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Encouraged by his parents, he developed an early fascination with the theatre.
. When he was nine, his main Christmas present was a wood and bakelite, fold-away Victorian Theatre from
Pollocks Toy Theatres, with cardboard scenery and wires to push on the cut-outs of Cinderella and of Olivier's Hamlet.
^ At 7, he was given a fold-up Victorian theatre made of wood and Bakelite.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ At the age of seven, his main Christmas present was a Victorian theatre, made of wood and Bakelite, with cardboard scenery cut-outs of Cinderella and Olivier's Hamlet.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ When he was nine, his main Christmas present was a wood and bakelite, fold-away Victorian Theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres, with cardboard scenery and wires to push on the cut-outs of Cinderella and of Olivier's Hamlet.
. His sister took him to his first Shakespeare play,
Twelfth Night,
[8] by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre, shortly followed by their
Macbeth and Wigan High School for Girls' production of
A Midsummer Night's Dream with music by Mendelssohn and with the role of Bottom played by Jean McKellen.
^ His sister took him to his first Shakespeare play, "Twelfth Night", by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre, shortly followed by their "Macbeth" and Wigan High School for Girls' production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with music by Mendelssohn and Bottom by Jean McKellen.
^ Ian McKellen played the role of Macbeth.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ His first Shakespeare play had been Twelfth Night, when Jean (McKellan, not Simmons) took him to a show by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
. (Jean continued to act, direct, and produce amateur theatre up to her recent death.
^ (Until her recent death, Jean still acted, directed, and produced amateur theatre.
^ His first Shakespeare play had been Twelfth Night, when Jean (McKellan, not Simmons) took him to a show by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He directed The History Boys on screen and recently renewed his partnership with Boyett Ostar Productions which presents National Theatre productions on Broadway.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
)
.^ He won a scholarship to St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, when he was eighteen, where he developed an attraction to Derek Jacobi.
^ Later, when he was eighteen, recieved a scolarship from St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge and this is how his acting career truly began...- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He got to Cambridge, coincided with Corin Redgrave, Trevor Nunn and Derek Jacobi, for whom he harboured an undeclared passion.
[9] .^ It was a relationship that was to last for eight years, ending in 1972.
^ He moved down to London, taking a place in Kensington with his lover Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He has characterized it as 'a passion that was undeclared and unrequited'.
.^ He had lived in Narrow Street for a quarter of a century, during a time of great change in the region known as Limehouse, dangerously close to the influence of the Dark Doctor, David Owen, and the inferior wizard Steven Berkoff.
^ In a narrow street beside the great river called Thames lived a grey-bearded man from the North Country.
[11] .^ In 1978 he met his second partner, Sean Mathias, at the Edinburgh Festival.
^ In his 68 years, he has had two long-term partners: Brian Taylor, the drummer with the Tom Robinson Band, from 1964 to 1972, and then, from 1978 to 1986, theatre director Sean Mathias.- Sir Ian McKellen: The Bard and me - Features, Films - The Independent 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ He also starred as Uncle Freddie in Bent (1997), where he met his long-time partner Sean Mathias, roughly ten years after he publicly came out of the closet on the BBC Radio 4 program.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
.^ After leaving Cambridge in 1961, McKellen began his professional career at Coventry's Belgrave Theatre, where he acted in a production of A Man for All Seasons.
^ McKellen's acting career started at Bolton Little Theatre, of which theatre he is now its patron.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Ian McKellen has 934 friends.- MySpace - Ian McKellen - 70 - Male - UK - myspace.com/ianmurraymckellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Company man: Sir Ian McKellen I have not met too many of our great classical actors but I would hazard a guess that none of them dresses like Ian McKellen.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ That said, I like, admire and respect Ian McKellen, and I can understand why he wouldn’t want a book that condemns him for his sexuality on the premises, but I have a problem with defacing books of any kind.- Cele|bitchy » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen will tear Leviticus 18:22 out of any Bible around 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.celebitchy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[12]
In the Autumn of 1997, McKellen became a vegetarian.
[13]Theatre
.^ Directed by Trevor Nunn, the two plays will run in repertory, September 6-30; McKellen will play the title role in Lear and Sorin in The Seagull at select performances.- Ian McKellen, Edward Scissorhands, et al. Set for BAM in 2007: Theater News on TheaterMania.com - 11/15/2006 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.theatermania.com [Source type: General]
^ For Mr. McKellen in Trevor Nunn s otherwise spotty interpretation of Shakespeare s most unforgiving tragedy, which runs through Sept.- King Lear and The Seagull - Theater - Review - New York Times 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC theater.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
^ When it was announced earlier this year that McKellen would appear as King Lear in Trevor Nunn's RSC production, theatre-land gasped and fell to the floor.- Emma Brockes meets Ian McKellen | Film | The Guardian 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
[14] .^ His first professional performance was in 1961, in the Belgrade Theatre Company's production of A Man for All Seasons .- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ After graduation in 1961 he went on to appear as Roper in A Man for All Seasons at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ Ian graduated from Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 1961, and without having gone to drama school, made his first performance as Roper in the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 's production of A Man for All Seasons .- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ She recommended Ian to Laurence Olivier, who was then building his National Theatre at the Old Vic.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Come Christmas, he'd also deliver an outrageous Widow Twankey in Aladdin at Kevin Spacey 's Old Vic, reprising the role at the end of 2005.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He went on to be a director at the National Theatre in London, and has had an extremely successful transition to the commercial sector with Cats (1981) and the first English production of Les Misérables (1985).- Scoop: Ian McKellen, Royal Shakespeare Company for Akld 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.scoop.co.nz [Source type: News]
.^ And I played in the first production of Bent , which is perhaps the ultimate coming-out play.- BOMB Magazine: Ian McKellen by Scott Mendelsohn 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bombsite.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Synopsis: This powerful production of Shakespeare 's Othello by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990 features renowned actor Ian McKellan as the conniving Iago and was directed by Trevor Nunn .- Ian McKellen Filmography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]
^ Was the National Theatre Production set in the 1930s?- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
[14] .^ The only one of his filmed Shakespeares not to be directed by Trevor Nunn, it was based on Richard Eyre's National Theatre production, but directed in the film version by Richard Loncraine, to a screenplay that McKellen co-wrote.- Sir Ian McKellen: The Bard and me - Features, Films - The Independent 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Having been performed in five countries, it is now to be made into a feature film, for which Lloyd, 49, will make her feature directing debut.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Synopsis: This powerful production of Shakespeare 's Othello by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990 features renowned actor Ian McKellan as the conniving Iago and was directed by Trevor Nunn .- Ian McKellen Filmography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]
.^ In 2007, he returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in Trevor Nunn's productions of "The Seagull" (sharing the role of Sorin with William Gaunt) and in the title role of "King Lear", to great acclaim.
^ Directed by Trevor Nunn, the two plays will run in repertory, September 6-30; McKellen will play the title role in Lear and Sorin in The Seagull at select performances.- Ian McKellen, Edward Scissorhands, et al. Set for BAM in 2007: Theater News on TheaterMania.com - 11/15/2006 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.theatermania.com [Source type: General]
^ McKellen, a Tony Award winner for his work in Amadeus , will come to BAM in the Royal Shakespare Company productions of King Lear and The Seagull .- Ian McKellen, Edward Scissorhands, et al. Set for BAM in 2007: Theater News on TheaterMania.com - 11/15/2006 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.theatermania.com [Source type: General]
.^ He plays Estragon and Patrick Stewart will play Vladimir.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ (December 2008) McKellen and Patrick Stewart are to take the stage in a new production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.- Ian McKellen Picture, Video, Wallpaper, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.celebritywonder.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ McKellen also appeared in the 2006 series of Ricky Gervais' comedy series "Extras", where he played himself directing Gervais' character Andy Millman in a play about gay lovers.
[15][16]
Popular success
.^ Still, he made a promicing start, but it was not until the 1990s that he became more widely recognised in this medium, through several roles in blockbuster Hollywood movies.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ More care goes into a film.- Sir Ian McKellen: The Bard and me - Features, Films - The Independent 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ McKellen avidly sought out roles in amateur school theatre productions, which developed his skills at an early age, though his original career goal was to be a journalist.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
[9]
.^ Film script for Six Degrees of Separation (1993) 1 file .- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ In the late 1993, McKellen received a supporting role in the sleeper hit: Six Degrees of Separation, movie that represented for him his first big Hollywoodian role, in which also starred names as Will Smith, David Sutherland and Stockard Channing.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 1993, McKellen had a supporting role as a South African tycoon in the sleeper hit "Six Degrees of Separation", in which he starred with Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, and Will Smith.
.^ In the same year, he was also exposed to North American audiences in minor roles in the television miniseries "Tales of the City" (based on the novel by his friend Armistead Maupin) and the movie "Last Action Hero", in which he played Death.
^ Television script for Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993) 1 file .- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ In April and May 2005, he played the role of Mel Hutchwright in Granada Television's long running soap opera, "Coronation Street", fulfilling a lifelong ambition.
.^ He appeared in Tales Of The City, then in And The Band Played On, the tale of the discovery of and early fight against HIV. As activist Bill Kraus, Ian stood out in a cast including such stars as Richard Gere , Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin and Nathalie Baye, receiving an Emmy nomination for his pains.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ His performance in the title role was critically acclaimed, and he was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA awards, and won the European Film Award for best actor.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Amongst many awards he has received a Tony Award, four Olivier Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as twice being nominated for an Academy Award and also for an Emmy.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
.^ His version of Richard III , set in a future fascist England, would eventually reach the cinema screens.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ After Richard III he was seen as a potential lead, and in 1998 won an Oscar nomination for his role as James Whale in Gods And Monsters, a superbly delicate and tortured performance.- Emma Brockes meets Ian McKellen | Film | The Guardian 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Set in a fascist, English version of the 1930s, it's visually stunning, hugely imaginative – part of Richard III's "Now is the winter of our discontent" speech is delivered in an Art Deco urinal – and psychologically fascinating, as McKellen's all-too-believable dictator monarch vacillates between evil and charm.- Sir Ian McKellen: The Bard and me - Features, Films - The Independent 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
[19] .^ Was the National Theatre Production set in the 1930s?- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
^ I produced a film, which I co-wrote.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Overview: Based on Shakespeare's play.
[9][19] .^ Then would come the climax in The Return Of The King, a film so hotly anticipated that 100,000 came out onto the streets when it premiered in Wellington.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ McKellen is best known to moviegoers in recent years for his roles as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men trilogy.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Apart from Ian McKellen , who we obviously want to return as Gandalf, we are not really offering any roles to anybody until we've done a casting sweep....
[20] .^ McKellen, noticing my eyes drift over to the script, said: "I've only begun to get a grip on it after 30 performances.- Ian McKellen: The King and I - Telegraph 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
dominates everything".
[21] .^ He was Emmy-nominated for this last role, for which he actually won a Golden Globe (Richard III won a Globe nomination too).- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ His performance in the title role was critically acclaimed, and he was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA awards, and won the European Film Award for best actor.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Ian McKellen Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.monstersandcritics.com [Source type: General]
^ McKellen received a Best Actor Oscar nomination and the film won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ He has won two Brit awards and was nominated for Best British Single in 2007 but lost out to Take That.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ McKellen received honors from the Screen Actors Guild for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.
^ Best Art Direction,Best Costume Design,Best Screenplay (Adapted)(2) Best Cinematography,Best Makeup,Best Music (Original Score)(1) Best Screenplay (Adapted)(1) Studios .- Search results for Ian McKellen - Walmart 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.walmart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ His breakthrough role for mainstream American audiences came with the modestly acclaimed "Apt Pupil," based on a story by Stephen King.
^ In the same year, he was also exposed to North American audiences in minor roles in the television miniseries "Tales of the City" (based on the novel by his friend Armistead Maupin) and the movie "Last Action Hero", in which he played Death.
^ Returning to Hollywood, Ian starred as a Nazi hiding in the USA in Stephen King's Apt Pupil .- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ McKellen portrayed an old Nazi officer, living under a false name in the U.S., who was befriended by a curious teenager (Brad Renfro) who threatened to expose him unless he told his story in detail.
^ He was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK, under the name Ian Murray McKellen.- Ian McKellen Nude Pictures, Ian McKellen Naked Clips - HunkyMaleStars.Com 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.hunkymalestars.com [Source type: General]
^ Rate this: 76% from 947 members Churchill on DVD (2003) Starring: Ian McKellen Certificate: In this extensive and extended edition of the major TV series chronicling the legendary life of Sir Winston Churchill, the story is told by people who knew him.- Ian McKellen (King Lear, The Golden Compass, The Da Vinci Code and Displaced) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
.^ His casting was based partly on his performance in "Cold Comfort Farm", seen by "Apt Pupil"-director Bryan Singer despite the BBFC's refusal to release it in cinemas.
^ He reteamed with "Apt Pupil" director Bryan Singer to play the comic book character Magneto in "X-Men" and its sequels "" and "X-Men: The Last Stand".
^ The real breakthrough came in 1995, when Ian starred alongside Kate Beckinsale in a production of Cold Comfort Farm that did well in the States.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
[20] .^ Several films and 10 years later, he landed an Academy Award nomination for "Gods and Monsters" playing a gay film director.
^ He followed Richard III in 1998 with Gods and Monsters , a biopic of the gay Frankenstein director James Whale.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ SM In that film you’re playing James Whale, director of the original Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein .- BOMB Magazine: Ian McKellen by Scott Mendelsohn 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bombsite.com [Source type: Original source]
[9]
.^ This will mean as much to comic-book fans as it will to students of Modernist drama, because Stewart also featured in the X-Men movie franchise.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ The Toad X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) ....- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
^ He reteamed with "Apt Pupil" director Bryan Singer to play the comic book character Magneto in "X-Men" and its sequels "" and "X-Men: The Last Stand".
[9] .^ Then would come the climax in The Return Of The King, a film so hotly anticipated that 100,000 came out onto the streets when it premiered in Wellington.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring .- Ian McKellen Filmography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]
- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.reelzchannel.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Two Towers (USA: short title) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ....- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
.^ McKellen received honors from the Screen Actors Guild for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.
^ McKellen received a Best Actor Oscar nomination and the film won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ In 1993, McKellen had a supporting role as a South African tycoon in the sleeper hit "Six Degrees of Separation", in which he starred with Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, and Will Smith.
.^ He also played the famous role of the wizard Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 1998 he appeared as James Whale in Gods and Monsters and amongst other film roles has played Magneto in three X-Men films and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ It was while filming X-Men that he was cast as the Academy Award nominated wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation The Lord of the Rings, consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring (4 Oscars received), The Two Towers (2 Oscars received) and The Return of the King (11 Oscars received).- Ian McKellen - Wiki - Pictures - Videos 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Andy Serkis (Gollum), and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) are confirmed to reprise their LOTR roles in The Hobbit , the prequel to The Lord of the Rings ( LOTR ), but the lead role of Bilbo Baggins has yet to be cast.
[23]
.^ On March 16, 2002, he was the host on "Saturday Night Live".
^ Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title) ...- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
^ Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title) ...- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
.^ While Major made no promises, when I met Tony Blair when he was leader of the Opposition he was much more responsive, and in power Labour delivered on its commitments.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Synopsis: This 2002 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Ian McKellen and features musical guest Kylie Minogue .- Ian McKellen Filmography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]
^ McKellen's last appearance on Ross's show happened to land him in the green room alongside one Russell Brand.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ Next, another of his ambitions was achieved as Ian got a small part in Granada's Coronation Street playing Mel Hutchwright, a writer claiming to suffer from writer's block who managed to con his way into free accommodation and drinks in The Rovers Return.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ After reuniting with Judi Dench when both provided voices for the big screen version of The Magic Roundabout (later inexplicably retitled Doogal for a US release), he'd move on to a brief run in Britain's top soap opera Coronation Street, playing Mel Hutchwright, a blocked writer and con artist who takes advantage of the street's book club to cadge drinks and accommodation.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He has also appeared in the television programmes Coronation Street and Tales of the City as well as playing himself in Extras and The Simpsons .- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
.^ I kept saying this to Richard Eyre, who used to be head of BBC TV plays and has an interest in filming.- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
^ And the North of England, just after the last world war, you thought you were the only person who had ever felt like this before.
^ "Much Ado" is about a group of soldiers who come back from the war and try to cope with the alien world of civilian life.- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
- Richard III Society--McKellen Interview 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.r3.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Has appeared with Bruce Davison in four different films: SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (1993), APT PUPIL (1998), X-MEN (2000) and X2 (2003).- Ian McKellen Picture, Video, Wallpaper, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.celebritywonder.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Coming up he is scheduled to start shooting the film adaptation of "The Hobbit," which will be released as a two-part series.
.^ Like his THE DA VINCI CODE (2006) character, Sir Leigh Teabing, he has been knighted.- Ian McKellen Picture, Video, Wallpaper, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.celebritywonder.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 2006, the "Da Vinci Code" star told "Today" that the Bible needed a "disclaimer."- Ian McKellen Says Latest Role Embodies 'Drawbacks' of Capitalism | NewsBusters.org 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC newsbusters.org [Source type: General]
^ Onscreen, he'd enjoy huge success as The Da Vinci Code's Sir Leigh Teabing, a rich and eccentric expert on Holy Grail mythology, who aids colleague Tom Hanks in his attempt to unravel a worldwide conspiracy involving secret Christian sects and albino killers.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
[24] .^ "Well, I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.- Ian McKellen Says Latest Role Embodies 'Drawbacks' of Capitalism | NewsBusters.org 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC newsbusters.org [Source type: General]
^ McKellen responded, 'I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying 'This is fiction.'
^ MCKELLEN: Well as often been a guy man I`ve got a great big deal of interest in that`s other issues and laws which discriminate against gay people and.
.^ I mean, walking on water?
^ I mean, walking on water, it takes an act of faith," McKellen said.- Ian McKellen Says Latest Role Embodies 'Drawbacks' of Capitalism | NewsBusters.org 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC newsbusters.org [Source type: General]
It takes... an act of faith.
.^ And I have faith in this movie—not that it's true, not that it's factual, but that it's a jolly good story.'
.^ MCKELLEN: I`d rather not be separated out from everybody else.
^ He continued, 'And I think audiences are clever enough and bright enough to separate out fact and fiction, and discuss the thing when they've seen it'.
^ McKellen also appeared in the 2006 series of Ricky Gervais' comedy series "Extras", where he played himself directing Gervais' character Andy Millman in a play about gay lovers.
.^ McKellen received a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance.
^ Amongst many awards he has received a Tony Award, four Olivier Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as twice being nominated for an Academy Award and also for an Emmy.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English stage and screen actor, the recipient of the Tony Award and two Oscar nominations.- Ian McKellen Action Figures, Toys, Bobble Heads, Collectibles at Entertainment Earth 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.entertainmentearth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
LGBT rights campaigning
.^ McKellen famously came out in 1988 during a radio conversation with Peregrine Worsthorne, and went on to co-found the gay rights group Stonewall.- Ian McKellen: A world under his spell | Film | The Observer 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Venerable English stage actor Ian McKellen has played all the great parts from Hamlet to Richard III, but in the twilight of his career, he is finding new roles in mainstream film and TV -- and as a gay icon.
^ "The minute I came out and said that I was gay, suddenly my film career took off," he joked recently to U.S. TV talk show "The View," about revealing his sexuality in 1988 after spending the two previous decades in theater.
[9] .^ Stonewall, the organisation we named after the riots, came 20 years later and was similarly rooted in anger — this time at Section 28, the clause in the Local Government Bill that outlawed the “promotion” of homosexuality.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ It wasn't until a 1988 BBC Radio 4 discussion about the Thatcher government's Local Government Act, Section 28 of which made the public 'promotion of homosexuality' illegal, that Ian publicly announced he was gay.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13248399 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ That is the focus of attention these days – to overturn the effect of Section 28, which bewildered schools as to what they could and could not address in the classroom.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
[9] .^ In 1993, he became recognizable to American television audiences playing gay men in And the Band Played On and Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City , two acclaimed TV miniseries; McKellen earned an Emmy nomination for his work in the former.- Ian McKellen - Ask.com 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
^ When he heard that the Proposition had been carried, McKellen went straight online to talk to Californian friends, including Armistead Maupin.- Ian McKellen: a free man - Telegraph 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
[9]
.^ But Section 28 changed me.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Stonewall, the organisation we named after the riots, came 20 years later and was similarly rooted in anger — this time at Section 28, the clause in the Local Government Bill that outlawed the “promotion” of homosexuality.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ In 1988 he publicly came out as a gay man during a BBC Radio 3 discussion about Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which made illegal the public 'promotion of homosexuality.'- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
McKellen agreed, but wrote "Fuck off, I'm gay."
[25] McKellen also described Howard's junior ministers, the Conservatives
David Wilshire and
Dame Jill Knight, who were the architects of Section 28, as the 'ugly sisters' of a political pantomime.
[26]
.^ They are not “pretend” families, as Section 28 called them.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Stonewall, the organisation we named after the riots, came 20 years later and was similarly rooted in anger — this time at Section 28, the clause in the Local Government Bill that outlawed the “promotion” of homosexuality.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ On Radio 4 in 1988, McKellen admitted he was gay while discussing Section 28, whereby Thatcher hoped to make the "public promotion of homosexuality" a crime.- Ian Mckellen - Biography 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.talktalk.co.uk [Source type: General]
[27] .^ McKellen famously came out in 1988 during a radio conversation with Peregrine Worsthorne, and went on to co-found the gay rights group Stonewall.- Ian McKellen: A world under his spell | Film | The Observer 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ In 1988 he publicly came out as a gay man during a BBC Radio 3 discussion about Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which made illegal the public 'promotion of homosexuality.'- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ Somewhat ironically, a year before gaining fame for playing one of the most infamously heterosexual public figures of the 20th century, McKellen came out to the public as a gay man during a BBC radio program.- Ian McKellen - Ask.com 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
[9] .^ Those are all straight activities right?- Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen: Secret Gay Life Like Being a Jew in Hitler’s Europe 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC bighollywood.breitbart.com [Source type: General]
^ MCKELLEN: Young gay people.
^ My advice to McKellen and all you other Bible burners is get over it.- Cele|bitchy » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen will tear Leviticus 18:22 out of any Bible around 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.celebitchy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[citation needed]
McKellen has continued to be very active in
LGBT rights efforts. In a statement on his website regarding his activism, the actor commented that:
| “ |
.^ GRIFFIN: And most of my career.
^ He helped to found Stonewall, a UK lobby group for the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ And I love to make fun of her because she never gets my jokes or doesn`t like my jokes and therefore I have to make more jokes at her expense to her face.
[28] |
” |
.^ McKellen famously came out in 1988 during a radio conversation with Peregrine Worsthorne, and went on to co-found the gay rights group Stonewall.- Ian McKellen: A world under his spell | Film | The Observer 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ He helped to found Stonewall, a UK lobby group for the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people.- Sir Ian McKellen, actor: papers, 1967-2007Catalogue of records in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Theatre CollectionsCatalogued by Vaila Holbourn 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.vam.ac.uk [Source type: General]
^ Everyone has the right to live openly, writes the actor as we approach the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots .- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
[29] .^ But his real-life role becoming a spokesperson for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups on issues such as gay marriage was one that surprised him, he said.
[31]
In 1994, at the closing ceremony of the
Gay Games, he briefly took the stage to address the crowd, saying, "I'm Sir Ian McKellen, but you can call me Serena." (This nickname, originally given to him by
Stephen Fry, had been circulating within the gay community since McKellen's knighthood was conferred.)
[5] In 2002, he attended the Academy Awards with his then-boyfriend, New Zealander Nick Cuthell — possibly a first for a major nominee since
Nigel Hawthorne, the first openly gay performer to be nominated for an
Academy Award, who attended the ceremonies with his partner,
Trevor Bentham, in 1995.
[citation needed]In 2006, McKellen spoke at the pre-launch of the 2007 LGBT History Month in the UK, lending his support to the organisation and its founder,
Sue Sanders.
[30] In 2007 McKellen became a patron of
The Albert Kennedy Trust, an organisation that provides support to young, homeless and troubled LGBT people.
[29]In 2006, McKellen became a Patron of Oxford
Pride.
[32] At the time he said:
| “ |
.^ (March 2009) Regrets spending nearly half a century being dishonest about his sexuality and wishes he had revealed he was gay earlier.- Ian McKellen Picture, Video, Wallpaper, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com 19 September 2009 5:50 UTC www.celebritywonder.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ And if there are people in the audience who don’t like me simply because I am gay, well I don’t want them as part of my audience.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ There is still a lot to do in this country: we have to address attitudes and the rise in casual homophobia, the young people getting abused, even killed, for being gay.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
.^ Bible, the fact that these gay people rip out pages from the Bible is an infringement on the right for a religion to hold its beliefs whether it includes certain people or not.- Times Square Gossip: IAN MCKELLEN RIPS OUT BIBLES GAY PAGES 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timessquaregossip.com [Source type: General]
^ RHEA: Same generation -- you know, people our age, then she went like this -- excuse me, I`m in my 40s and you`re over 100 years old.
^ Condemning the outing of former BP boss Lord Browne as "sordid, amoral journalism of the worst kind", Tatchell believes it should be up to them when people come out.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
I send my love to all members of Oxford Pride, their sponsors and supporters, of which I am proud to be one. |
” |
McKellen has taken his activism internationally, where it caused a major stir in
Singapore.
.^ Because other people would have to go to the bathroom and they couldn`t get the call as fast as she could for the -- on watch the dot and every other person that she interviewed.
^ I met him afterwards and invited myself to 10 Downing Street to talk about gay rights.- Come out, come out, wherever you are | Sir Ian McKellen - Times Online 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Outside London, where I lived, there was no gay pub or bar you could go to.- Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen: Secret Gay Life Like Being a Jew in Hitler’s Europe 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC bighollywood.breitbart.com [Source type: General]
The program immediately ended.
[33][34] In December 2008, he was named in
Out's annual Out 100 list.[35]Selected stage and screen credits
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 Uncle Freddie) West End, 1979
- 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[36]
- 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
- 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
- King Lear by William Shakespeare, (as Lear), New Zealand, 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), London, 2009 the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; revival at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2010 for a limited run
Filmography
Miscellaneous
Other awards
.^ His film performance in Richard III is superb.- Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Ian McKellen: Secret Gay Life Like Being a Jew in Hitler’s Europe 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC bighollywood.breitbart.com [Source type: General]
^ The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay .- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ "We are compiling a list of the most influential gay people in Britain," said the researcher.- The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay - This Britain, UK - The Independent 15 September 2009 15:57 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: News]
[37]
.^ Himself - Honoree The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2009) (TV) ....- Ian McKellen 16 January 2010 13:28 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
[38]
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