Joanne Whalley and Ian McKellen in Scandal (1989)

Ian McKellen and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)

Ian McKellen and Rosalind Ayres in Gods and Monsters (1998)

Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellen in Asylum (2005)

Ian McKellen in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Ian McKellen and Sylvester McCoy in King Lear (2008)

Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ian McKellen in Hating Peter Tatchell (2021)

Ian McKellen in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Ian McKellen in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, and Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ian McKellen and Milo Parker in Mr. Holmes (2015)

Laura Linney and Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes (2015)

Ian McKellen and Phil Davis in Mr. Holmes (2015)

Ian McKellen and Hattie Morahan in Mr. Holmes (2015)

Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, and Audrey Tautou in The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Alan Cumming, Patrick Stewart, Kelly Hu, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)

Ben Affleck, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, Jennifer Garner, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, and Hugh Jackman in Daredevil (2003)

Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, Jennifer Garner, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, and Hugh Jackman in Elektra (2005)

Robert Downey Jr., Annette Bening, and Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995)