From portraying the role of Gandalf to reprising his role as Magneto in Avengers: Doomsday, here's what Sir Ian McKellen has ...

It's always great to hear updates from Sir Ian McKellen on anything and everything. Empire just caught up with him at the San Sebastian Film Festival recently and asked him about two big projects: The ...

The thing that gave us Hugh Jackman as Wolverine almost cost us Ian McKellen as Magneto and Gandalf. In an interview with People Magazine, McKellen told the story of how he had just finished the film ...

Ian McKellen has said that Gandalf is tougher than Magneto. The Hobbit actor claimed that JRR Tolkien's wizard would come out on top in a battle with Marvel Comics' mutant master of magnetism.

With a career spanning over six decades, it's no wonder why Ian McKellen has an energy that can only be described as wise beyond his years. Perhaps it's the aura he gives off that just screams ...

"They are making a Magneto spin-off but I don't think it will involve me because it's about the younger Magneto, it's a back-story," McKellen said. And what about the anti-aging special effects ...

McKellen: Playing The Part, a new documentary focused on the life of beloved actor Sir Ian McKellen, covers dense topics like acting, activism, and aging. And the nearly 80-year-old McKellen seems to ...

A life of theater, activism informed McKellen's role choices. I really wished I had a chance to see him on the stage. He was appearing in Waiting for Godot with Patrick Stewart a few years back and I ...

Sir Ian McKellen is one of the greatest actors of all time, and comic book and sci-fi/fantasy fans have been blessed to watch him play two iconic characters. McKellen is best known to science fiction ...

Sir Ian McKellen has had a long, illustrious acting career. Still, there’s one major film series he never starred in despite it featuring almost all British actors: the Harry Potter movies. That doesn ...

Ian McKellen is a beloved pop-culture figure known for playing Gandalf and Magneto, but he almost had a three-peat with the role of Harry Potter headmaster, Dumbledore. On BBC2’s HardTalk, he ...

Ian McKellen has revealed that he only got to be in the Lord of the Rings movies and X-Men series because he turned down a chance to work with Tom Cruise. "I got offered a part in Mission: Impossible ...