2027The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum— Gandalf
2026Ebenezer— Jacob Marley
2026LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes— L S Lowry
2026Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen— Self
2025Schadenfreude— Continuity Announcer
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025Dragged Through Time
2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'— Self (archive footage)
2024Eleştirmen— Jimmy Erskine
2024Hamlet— Hamlet
2024The Life and Death of Lily Savage— Self
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024Dragfox— Ginger Snap the Fox (Speaking) (voice)
2023The One Note Man— Narrator (voice)
2022Hamlet Within
2022Quintessentially British— Self
2022Freedom: 50 Years of Pride— Self
2021Hating Peter Tatchell— Self
2021Infinitum: Subject Unknown— Dr. Charles Marland-White
2020Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
2020Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
2019Sahtekar— Roy Courtnay
2019Cats— Gus, the Theatre Cat
2019On Broadway— Self
2018Hayvan Krakerleri— Horatio P. Huntington (voice)
2018McKellen: Playing the Part— Self
2018National Theatre Live: King Lear— King Lear
2018Hepsi Gerçek— Earl of Southampton
2017Armistead Maupin'in Bilinmeyen Hikâyeleri— Self
2017The Paul O'Grady Story— Self
2017Edmund the Magnificent— Self - Narrator (voice)
2017How a Kite Flies— Mr. Kite (voice)
2016All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film— Prospero's Speech Reader (voice)
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC— Self - Performer
2016The Roof— And Even Yet Another Fan
2016Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage— Self
2016National Theatre Live: No Man's Land— Spooner
2016Play the Devil: Making Richard III
2016Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen
2016Shakespeare on Film
2015Mr. Holmes ve Müthiş Sırrı— Sherlock Holmes
2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC— Self (archive footage)
2015Kostümcü— Norman
2014Hobbit: Beş Ordunun Savaşı— Gandalf the Grey
2014Miss in Her Teens— The Prologue
2014Nelson Mandela Redrawn— Self
2014Double Take: Xavier & Magneto— Self
2013Hobbit: Smaug'un Çorak Toprakları— Gandalf the Grey
2013Muse of Fire— Self
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot— Self
2013The Egg Trick— Magician
2013The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin— Self
2012Hobbit: Beklenmedik Yolculuk— Gandalf the Grey
2012London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony— Self
2012Doctor Who: The Snowmen— The Great Intelligence (voice)
2011Looking for Lowry— Self
2011The Betty Driver Story— Self
2010A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation— Narrator (voice)
2010Small-Time Revolutionary— Hamish Miller (voice)
2009Theatreland— Self
2008King Lear— King Lear
2007Yıldız Tozu— Narrator (voice)
2007For the Love of God— The Jackdaw
2007The Art of Breaking Character— Self
2007Guerrilla Distribution— Self
2006Fare Şehri— The Toad (voice)
2006Doogal— Zebedee (voice)
2006Saint of 9/11— Narrator
2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'— Self
2006The Making of 'The Return of the King'— Self
2006Brett Ratner's X-Diaries— Self
2006X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy— Self
2006X3: The Excitement Continues— Self
2005Geçmişin Peşinde— Gabriel Finch
2005Asylum— Dr. Peter Cleave
2005Doogal'ın Sihirli Yolculuğu— Zebedee (voice)
2005The Hobart Shakespeareans— Self
2005Eighteen— Jason Anders (voice)
2005Yüzük Tutkunları— Self
2004Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'— Self
2004Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!— Self
2004My First Time— Narrator
2003Geçmişte Kalan— Emile
2003X-Men 2— Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King— Self
2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2— Self
2003X-Men: Premieres Around the World— Self
2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale— Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..— Self
2001Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love— Narrator (voice)
2001Quest for the Ring— Self
2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'— Self
2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring— Self
2000X-Men— Magneto
2000Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man— Narrator (voice)
2000Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!— Self
2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch— Self - 'Magneto'
1999The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale— Self
1999After Stonewall— Self
1998Gods and Monsters— James Whale
1998Aşk Denizi— Dr. James Kennedy
1998Ölümcül Sır— Kurt Dussander
1997Bent— Uncle Freddie
1997Surviving Friendly Fire
1997A Bit Of Scarlet— Narrator
1996An Evening with Lily Savage— Self
1996Rasputin— Tsar Nicholas II
1995Jack & Sarah— William
1995Richard III— Richard III
1995Cold Comfort Farm— Amos Starkadder
1995Restorasyon— Will Gates
1995Thin Ice— Ian McKellen
1994Gölge— Dr. Reinhardt Lane
1994Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest— Self
1994I'll Do Anything— John Earl McAlpine
1994David Macaulay: Roman City— Augustus Caesar (voice)
1994Age of Dissent— Self
1993Ve Orkestra Çalmaya Devam Ediyor— Bill Kraus
1993Ayrılığın Altı Derecesi— Geoffrey
1993Küçük Jo'nun Öyküsü— Percy Corcoran
1993Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up— Narration (voice)
1993Camp Christmas
1993A Simple Matter of Justice— Self
1992Gladio— Aldo Moro (voice)
1990Othello— Iago
1989Scandal— John Profumo
1989Countdown to War— Adolf Hitler
1988Scarfe's Follies
1987Süleyman the Magnificent— Narrator
1985Plenty— Sir Andrew Charleson
1985Zina— Kronfeld
1983The Keep— Dr. Theodore Cuza
1983Walter and June— Walter
1982The Scarlet Pimpernel— Chauvelin
1982Walter— Walter
1982Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
1981Priest of Love— D.H. Lawrence
1980Dying Day— Antony Skipling
1979A Performance of Macbeth— Macbeth
1979Every Good Boy Deserves Favour— Alexander Ivanov
1974Graceless Go I— Tony
1972Hedda Gabler— George Tesman
1972Craven Arms— David Masterman
1970Hamlet— Hamlet
1970Edward II— King Edward
1970The Tragedy of King Richard II— King Richard II
1969Alfred the Great— Roger
1969A Touch of Love— George
1969The Promise
1965The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne— Wolf
—Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary— Self
—No Man's Land— Spooner
—Frank and Percy— Percy
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