Sir Ian McKellen is one of the UK's most beloved actors, but he admitted he is often confused for being another acting great, ...

Actor Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he has taken on the role of Hamlet three times in his career as he discussed how ...

The 91-year-old Notes on a Scandal star couldn't even recognize her old friend Sir Ian McKellen, her costar in a 1979 production of Macbeth, when the two did a recent joint interview on U.K. TV. Sir ...

Ian McKellen has revealed a detail from the final Lord of the Rings movie, spilling the secrets behind his "very last scene". The star plays Gandalf in the film adaptations of JRR Tolkien's book ...

The fires of Mount Doom may have been extinguished decades ago, but Middle-earth is calling its most legendary travelers back to the Shire as Sir Ian McKellen breaks his silence on the return of a ...

At long last, the X-Men are wading their way into the next Avengers movie. On Tuesday, Jan. 6, Marvel Studios rolled out the third of its new miniature-sized teasers for this year's Avengers: Doomsday ...

Ian McKellen confirmed at the “For the Love of Fantasy” fan event in London that a new Lord of the Rings film is in the works. He revealed that production on The Hunt for Gollum will begin in May 2026 ...

Magneto and Professor X are back in a new teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the highly anticipated title from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The video is the latest in a series of new promos from ...

The actor Sir Ian McKellen, a Shakespearean actor also known as the wizard Gandalf in all three “Lord of the Rings” films, is coming to Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a one-night benefit performance ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater will present One Knight Only! Sir Ian McKellen Onstage with Gandalf, Shakespeare, and YOU! on Friday, January 30, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in The Yard. The one-night-only benefit ...

Wicked Witches is a pantomime with even more drag than usual, and straddling the family/adult audience for traditional Christmas pantomimes by giving us both a family-friendly version and a decidedly ...