Ian McKellen

Actor · 26 movies + 2 cameos · IMDb

Not what it used to be

Best movie
9.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Worst movie
2.8
Cats (2019)
First 5 to latest 5
−0.8
6.3 → 5.5 on average
Average rating
6.9
13.2M votes in total

IMDb rating per movie

Cameos

The best rated of the 26 movies Ian McKellen starred in is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), at 9.0 on IMDb, and the worst is Cats (2019), at 2.8. The first 5 average 6.3 and the latest 5 5.5, down by 0.8. Together they average 6.9, from 13.2M votes in total. 2 cameos, like The Wolverine (2013), aren't counted.

Movie by movie

MovieRoleReleasedVotesRatingChange
The Keepas Dr. Theodore Cuza198317.4K5.7
Last Action Heroas Death1993175.5K6.5+0.8
Six Degrees of Separationas Geoffrey199324.5K6.7+0.2
The Shadowas Dr. Reinhardt Lane199429.6K6.1−0.6
Restorationas Will Gates199510.5K6.6+0.5
Richard IIIas Richard III199516.5K7.3+0.7
Apt Pupilas Kurt Dussander199844.8K6.7−0.6
Gods and Monstersas James Whale199834.6K7.3+0.6
X-Menas Magneto2000707.5K7.3±0.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringas Gandalf20012.2M8.9+1.6
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersas Gandalf20022M8.8−0.1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBestas Gandalf20032.2M9.0+0.2
X2: X-Men Unitedas Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto2003622.3K7.4−1.6
X-Men: The Last Standas Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto2006582K6.6−0.8
The Da Vinci Codeas Sir Leigh Teabing2006491.3K6.7+0.1
Flushed Awayas The Toad (voice)2006151.9K6.6−0.1
The Golden Compassas Iorek Byrnison (voice)2007205K6.1−0.5
StardustCameoas Narrator (voice)2007301.3K7.6
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyas Gandalf the Grey2012939.2K7.8+1.7
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaugas Gandalf the Grey2013763.2K7.8±0.0
The WolverineCameoas Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (uncredited)2013532K6.7
X-Men: Days of Future Pastas Magneto2014799.8K7.9+0.1
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armiesas Gandalf the Grey2014627.1K7.4−0.5
Mr. Holmesas Sherlock Holmes201570.6K6.8−0.6
Beauty and the Beastas Cogsworth2017363.6K7.1+0.3
The Good Liaras Roy Courtnay201955K6.7−0.4
CatsWorstas Gus, the Theatre Cat201959.8K2.8−3.9
Infinitum: Subject Unknownas Dr. Charles Marland-White202110.1K4.0+1.2

Movies with at least 10,000 votes on IMDb. Cameos, billed after the first 20 or uncredited, are listed but not counted.

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