Head to headIan McKellen against Manu Bennett Both careers by TMDB ratingIan McKellenManu Bennett
Tale of the tape as an actor
Ian McKellen vs Manu Bennett
Manu Bennett averages 6.60 across 9 rated films as an actor, ahead of Ian McKellen at 6.52.
- 52 (43 rated)
- Films acted
- 10 (9 rated)
- 6.52
- Average
- 6.60▶
- 6.69
- Weighted
- 6.73▶
- ◀The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 8.5
- Best film
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 7.6
- ◀7.89, 2000 to 2003
- Peak five
- 6.96, 2007 to 2014
- ◀5 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- 5.73 (−0.79)
- Current form
- 6.86 (+0.25)▶
- ◀246K
- TMDB votes
- 56.5K
- 1969 to 2026
- Career
- 2001 to 2023
- ◀0 wins, 2 noms
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$11.4B
- Box office
- $3.06B
Rows won
6 to 3
Ian McKellen ahead
Films together
3
averaging 7.43
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | 7.4 | as Gandalf the Grey | as Azog the Defiler |
 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | 7.6 | as Gandalf the Grey | as Azog the Defiler |
 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | 7.3 | as Gandalf the Grey | as Azog the Defiler |