Ian Mckellen

Ian McKellen
Birthday: 5/24/1939, the
Age: 75 years
Place of birth: Burnley Lancashire, United Kingdom

Nationality: British

In addition to filming movies McKellen is one of the most prominent British gay activists. He always defends the rights of minorities and does everything to people with gay in the UK lived freely and comfortably.

Ian Murray McKellen was born May 25, 1939 in the UK. He is well-known British actor who specializes in Shakespeare’s works.
Ian McKellen was born and raised in the small town of Burnley, Lancashire. His parents were intellectuals, his father was a famous engineer. In the early 1940s their family moved to the remote mining town of Lancashire.
While studying at the school, Ian was one of the most active participants of stage productions. Already at that time he had a genuine passion for Shakespeare’s creations. He wanted to bring images of their heroes on the big stage or in a movie. After high school, Ian went to Cambridge, where he continued his passion for theater. He immediately joined the theater club and started playing the images of their favorite characters.
Already in the last years of the University of Ian McKellen he realized that his life is forever linked with the theater and the art of cinema. He gets a job in a small theater, where begins his professional acting.
After several years of work in the Belgrade, Ian McKellen moved to London. Even then, it took the actor fame as a connoisseur of Shakespeare’s works. In 1971, for his services to the country, he was awarded the title of Commander.
Since the late 1980s, Ian McKellen became known, and a wide range of viewers. One of the first films with his participation was “Windmills of the Gods.” From his early cinematic works can be distinguished painting “Scandal,” “The Last Action Hero,” “Six Degrees of Separation,” “The Ballad of Little Joe,” “The Shadow.”
In 1990, the actor received the title of knight. Just this year, he openly said that is gay. Ian McKellen is one of the few gay men wearing the title of knight.
In addition to filming movies McKellen is one of the most prominent British gay activists. He always defends the rights of minorities and does everything to people with gay in the UK lived freely and comfortably.
His best roles played by Ian McKellen in the film “Richard III», «Apt Pupil”, “X-Men”, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, “People X-Men 2 “,” Madness “,” The Da Vinci Code, “” X-Men: The Last Stand, “” Flushed Away, “” The Golden Compass. ”
Many viewers will remember this actor on such well-known film-image as a Magneto in “X-Men” Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings” and many others.

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