Ian McKellen career
Ian McKellen averages 6.71 across 37 rated films as an actor, with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on top at 9.0.
Average
6.71
37 rated films
Best rated
9.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peak five
8.28
2000 to 2003
7+ run
6 films
1998 to 2003
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 The Christophers | 2025 | Julian Sklar | 6.8 | 6,604 |
| Hamlet | 2024 | Hamlet | · | 294 |
| The Critic | 2023 | Jimmy Erskine | 6.0 | 6,785 |
| Infinitum: Subject Unknown | 2021 | Dr. Charles Marland-White | 4.0 | 10,099 |
 The Good Liar | 2019 | Roy Courtnay | 6.7 | 54,942 |
| Animal Crackers | 2017 | Horatio P. Huntington | 5.8 | 4,614 |
| All Is True | 2018 | Earl of Southampton | 6.3 | 6,151 |
| National Theatre Live: King Lear | 2018 | King Lear | · | 499 |
 Mr. Holmes | 2015 | Sherlock Holmes | 6.8 | 70,619 |
| Miss in Her Teens | 2014 | The Prologue | · | 485 |
 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | Gandalf | 7.4 | 627K |
 X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014 | Magneto | 7.9 | 799K |
 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | Gandalf | 7.8 | 763K |
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | Gandalf | 7.8 | 939K |
 The Golden Compass | 2007 | Iorek Byrnison | 6.1 | 205K |
 Stardust | 2007 | Narrator | 7.6 | 301K |
| Asylum | 2005 | Dr. Peter Cleave | 6.1 | 5,823 |
 Flushed Away | 2006 | The Toad | 6.6 | 152K |
 X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | Erik Lehnsherr | 6.6 | 581K |
 The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | Sir Leigh Teabing | 6.7 | 491K |
| Doogal | 2006 | Zebedee | 2.8 | 5,723 |
| Neverwas | 2005 | Gabriel Finch | 6.5 | 7,177 |
| Eighteen | 2005 | Jason Anders | · | 686 |
| The Magic Roundabout | 2004 | Zebedee | 5.3 | 4,145 |
| Emile | 2003 | Emile | · | 849 |
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