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	Ian McKellen - MSN Encarta
		Ian McKellen, born in 1939, English actor with a gift for portraying inner turmoil.
		Ian Murray McKellen was born in Burnley, a mill town in northern England, and he attended Cambridge University.
		McKellen became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762506378/Ian_McKellen.html (497 words)

	Ian McKellen Picture, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com
		In 1979, McKellen created the role of Max, a gay man who pretends to be Jewish when he is shipped to a concentration camp, in BENT.
		McKellen has confessed he was offered the coveted role of Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films before Richard Harris died -- the acclaimed thespian has not confirmed or denied whether he has been approached again or if he wants to take over the part.
		McKellen has been tipped to replace the late Richard Harris in the third Harry Potter movie.
	www.celebritywonder.com /html/ianmckellen.html (507 words)

	Ian McKellen Biography
		Ian Murray McKellen was born on the 25th of May, 1939, in the general hospital of Burnley, Lancashire.
		She recommended Ian to Laurence Olivier, then building his new National Theatre at the Old Vic and Ian was taken on, on the same day as Ronald Pickup and Michael York.
		McKellen had actually been asked to appear on the show before, back around 1990, when he'd been invited to play Elsie Tanner's long-lost nephew, but he'd bottled it.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/biographies/ian_mckellen_biog.html (3866 words)

	Sir Ian McKellen Personal Bio
		Ian Murray McKellen was born at 20.30 Greenwich Mean Time, on 25 May 1939, in the general hospital of Burnley, the northern English mill town where his father Denis Murray was a civil engineer.
		Each summer, Ian attended the school's camp to Stratford-upon-Avon: under canvas in Bell tents in a field upstream in Tiddington, half-an-hour to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre by punt.
		As it was, Ian won an exhibition to read English at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge under the tutorship of Tom Henn, the Shakespeare and Yeats scholar.
	www.mckellen.com /life/per.htm (1271 words)

	Ian McKellen
		McKellen can deliver an impression of both countenances - the greater and the lesser [a mirror reflection of the greater one.] One biography mentions this management as the most pronounced characteristic of his distinguished career.
		McKellen: Ron and I pondered what it was like to get polio before you're a teenager and what it would do to you, the disadvantages it would put you at, and the determination that he's had to overcome that disability.
		Ian McKellen re his role as super-villain Magneto: "[Bryan Singer] explained the story about the argument that goes on between professor Xavier and Magneto about what you do when you are a mutant and when you are a mutant leader.
	www.thediviningnation.com /im.htm (5339 words)

	Ian McKellen and Trevor Nunn
		McKellen played Romeo (to Francesca Annis's Juliet); voted Actor of the Year for his now legendary Macbeth (with Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth) and Leontes in The Winter's Tale, which were all directed by Nunn and played at Stratford-upon-Avon and Newcastle-on-Tyne.
		McKellen was a ground-breaking Iago, for which he was again Actor of the Year.
		Nunn invited McKellen to be his leading man for his first season as artistic director at the National Theatre in 1997, which opened with his production of Ibsen's Enemy of the People (McKellen as Dr Stockman.) This also played the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Centre in Los Angeles.
	www.mckellen.com /stage/nunn.htm (663 words)

	IGN: Interview: Ian McKellen
		To the pop culture stratosphere, however, the name of Sir Ian McKellen has primarily become recognizable in the past four years as that of the actor who portrays both Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings' films as well as Magneto in the X-Men films.
		McKellen is not offended by this nor does he mind speaking with fans of the series.
		McKellen was older when he first came to terms with this, but has since become one of the more visible and outspoken members of the gay community.
	movies.ign.com /articles/446/446100p1.html (701 words)

	Ian McKellen - Biography
		In 1988, Ian publicly came out of the closet on the BBC Radio 4 program, while discussing Margaret Thatcher's "section 28" legislation which would make the "public promotion of homosexuality" a crime.
		Ian currently resides in Limehouse, where he lives with his current lover of 8 years, Sean Mathias.
		To this day, McKellen works mostly in theater, and was knighted by 'Queen Elizabeth' in 1990 for his efforts in the arts.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0005212/bio (2978 words)

	Ian McKellen at Hollywood.com
		(McKellen recreated the part for his first leading role in the little-seen feature version.) Amassing numerous accolades along the way, McKellen increased his profile undertaking roles in the Shakespeare canon but ironically became an international star for two contemporary parts.
		While it made headlines in the United Kingdom and spawned much talk that he would be typecast in future parts, the actor confounded his critics by undertaking the role of John Profumo, a politician brought down by a notorious heterosexual sex scandal in the 60s in "Scandal" (1989).
		McKellen turned in another stellar turn, alternately charming and commanding, and earned both rave reviews and numerous awards nominations for his portrayal, as well as the hearts of fans for his dedication to the role.
	www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Ian_McKellen/191339 (3318 words)

	Ian McKellen - Overview - MSN Movies
		Biography:Widely considered one of the leading British actors of his generation, "Ian McKellen" has had a rich and varied career encompassing the stage, screen, and television.
		A renowned stage actor in his native Britain for decades, McKellen was not familiar to most American audiences until the '90s, when he began popping up in a number of well-received films.
		Born May 25, 1939, in the northern English mill town of Burnley, McKellen was the son of a civil engineer.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?c=118500 (205 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ \| Movies \| Cast \| Ian McKellen as Gandalf
		Biography: Ian McKellen is among the most acclaimed actors of his generation, honored with more than forty international awards for his performances on stage and screen.
		His Hamlet followed and established McKellen as "the leading classical actor of his generation." In 1972, he co-founded the democratically run Actors' Company.
		Sir Ian was knighted in 1991 for his services to the performing arts.
	archives.theonering.net /movie/cast/mckellen.html (748 words)

	YouTube - Ian Mckellen In 'Richard III'--"Now Is The Winter Of Our.."
		Shakespeare's 'Now is the winter of our discontent' soliloquy performed by Ian McKellen in his film version of 'Richard III' from 1995.
		Sir Ian McKellen talks on his role in The Lord of the Rings
		Richard III - Ian McKellen - Kristin Scott Thomas
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=ke5-SUDrHMU (907 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ \| Movies \| Cast \| Ian McKellen as Gandalf
		Biography: Ian McKellen is among the most acclaimed actors of his generation, honored with more than forty international awards for his performances on stage and screen.
		His Hamlet followed and established McKellen as "the leading classical actor of his generation." In 1972, he co-founded the democratically run Actors' Company.
		Sir Ian was knighted in 1991 for his services to the performing arts.
	theonering.net /movie/cast/mckellen.html (0 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ \| Movies \| Cast \| Ian McKellen as Gandalf
		Biography: Ian McKellen is among the most acclaimed actors of his generation, honored with more than forty international awards for his performances on stage and screen.
		His Hamlet followed and established McKellen as "the leading classical actor of his generation." In 1972, he co-founded the democratically run Actors' Company.
		Sir Ian was knighted in 1991 for his services to the performing arts.
	www.theonering.net /movie/cast/mckellen.html (748 words)

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		The “hamminess” of McKellen’s portrayal can be seen as performing the duplicitous madness of his character to the hilt, and taken as that, he is delightful to watch.
		But the bubbling extremity of McKellen’s presence onscreen tends to overshadow everyone else, so what serves as a plus for him detracts from the offerings of the rest of the cast whenever he is in front of the camera.
		Ian Murray McKellen was born at 20.30 Greenwich Mean Time, on 25 May 1939, in the general hospital of Burnley, the northern English mill town where his father Denis Murray was a civil engineer.
	www.lycos.com /info/ian-mckellen.html (749 words)

	Ian McKellen
		Sir Ian McKellen (born May 25, 1939) is a highly acclaimed British actor on both stage and screen, regarded by many as the greatest living.
		McKellen was born in Burnley[?], Lancashire, during World War II, and has indicated that this had some impact on him.
		McKellen became active in fighting the proposed law, and declared himself gay during a debate that aired on the BBC.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ia/Ian_McKellan.html (1220 words)

	The My Hero Project - Ian M. McKellen
		Ian was already known for being somewhat outspoken at times, and during one radio interview, the interviewer asked him if he himself was in fact homosexual.
		Ian knew that his family was listening to the interview, and now jokingly laughs about how terrified he was to go home to them.
		Ian has won over forty major international acting awards such as a Tony Award for “Amadeus”, the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Fellowship of The Ring”, a Golden Globe for Rasputin and the Felix "European Film Actor of the Year" as Richard III, for which he wrote the screenplay.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=ianmckellen_taft_ul (1842 words)

	Ian McKellen - MovieActors.com
		Ian Mckellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lanashire, England.
		Working mostly in theater, brought Ian Mckellen fame and recognition and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1990 for his efforts in the arts.
		In both cases Ian Mckellen said it to Christopher Lee as Saurman in the LORD OF THE RINGS and Patrick Stewart as Xavier in X-MEN it is said to an ally who has become a nemesis and "old friend" is said mockingly.
	movieactors.com /actors/ianmckellen.htm (346 words)

	Ian McKellen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		McKellen is perhaps 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.
		While McKellen had made his sexuality known to his fellow actors early on in his stage career, it was not until 1988 that he came out to the general public, in a programme on BBC Radio 3.
		McKellen became active in fighting the proposed law, and declared himself gay on a BBC Radio programme where he debated the subject of Section 28 with the conservative journalist Peregrine Worsthorne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ian_McKellen (2980 words)

	Ian McKellen Information
		McKellen is best known to moviegoers for his roles as Gandalf in the 2001-2003 Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men series of movies.
		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.
		McKellen became active in fighting the proposed law, and declared himself gay in a debate with the conservative journalist Peregrine Worsthorne, which was aired by the BBC's Radio Four.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ian_McKellen (2394 words)

	Ian McKellen - SCIFIPEDIA
		Sir Ian Murray McKellen (May 25, 1939) is an English Oscar and Tony-nominated stage and screen actor known to genre fans as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and Magneto in the X-Men trilogy.
		McKellen was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England to Dennis Murray, a civil engineer and Margery Lois a homemaker.
		McKellen developed an interest in theater in his youth and was encouraged in the art by his parents who brought him to see plays.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Ian_McKellen (1402 words)

	Richard III with Ian McKellen
		Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen have adapted Shakespeare's Richard III for the big screen and put the characters and action into an imaginary fascist Europe and England of the 1930s.
		McKellen explained that he wanted "Queen Elizabeth and her brother to be played as Americans for several reasons.
		Ian Murray McKellen was born in 1939 in Burnley, the northern English mill-town where his father Denis Murray was a civil engineer.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo4/richard.htm (1101 words)

	Ian McKellen, actor
		McKellen is quick to point out, though, that he sees only a distinction between film and theater; not among the various genres of film.
		McKellen remembers the two-day period during which the finishing touches were put on his costume, which was based largely on the illustrations of artists John Howe and Alan Lee.
		McKellen says even after so many years, he finds the stage to be incredibly creatively stimulating, though far more physically demanding than his other professional pursuits.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2072067 (967 words)

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