Today, May 25, 2026, Sir Ian McKellen turns 87. He was born in 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, and grew up in Wigan and Bolton. Today, he stands as one of Britain's greatest living actors, a performer ...

“So, there was all of that, and then my relationship with Ian was completely separate from that. just an absolute thrill to get to know this guy, who I had seen when he did this version of Richard the ...

When Ian McKellen was cast as Magneto in Bryan Singer's 2000 superhero game changer "X-Men," comic book fans reacted with a mixture of elation and bafflement. No one could dispute that McKellen was ...

“That’s one where, again, I have to admit, I didn’t know that there was history in the canon for that,” Waterson recalled. “So we talked about it, and the explanation of that is a relation, that’s not ...

Ian McKellen flashes a menacing glance as Magneto in the X-Men movies - 20th Century Studios When Ian McKellen was cast as Magneto in Bryan Singer's 2000 superhero game changer "X-Men," comic book ...