Ian McKellen (Actor ) was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK on a Thursday, May 25, 1939 🎈. Ian McKellen is 85 years old. He is a Gemini ♊ and was born in the Year of the Rabbit 🐇.
Longtime actor who became immortalized as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings franchise. He played the misanthropic mutant Magneto in the X-Men movies and narrated the 2007 fantasy film Stardust. He was cast as Cogsworth in the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast.
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| FULL NAME: | Ian Murray McKellen |
| BIRTH DATE: | May 25, 1939 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK |
| AGE: | 85 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | British |
| ETHNICITY: | White |
| ZODIAC: | Gemini |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rabbit |
About
Ian McKellen is a Actor. Ian was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
He was in a relationship with Brian Taylor from 1964 to 1972. He had a ten-year relationship with actor Sean Mathias that ended in 1988. Find out who is Ian McKellen dating right now.
After receiving a scholarship for St. Catharine’s College, he became a member of the Marlowe Society. He debuted as Plowden in The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling in 1964.
DID YOU KNOW He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002.
FACT He starred alongside Viggo Mortensen in the celebrated Lord of the Rings films.
SEE ALSO Ian McKellen’s net worth as of 2024.
Birthday
Currently, Ian McKellen is 85 years old. His next birthday is away. Ian will celebrate his 86th birthday on a Thursday, May 25th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on May 25, 1939. Below is the countdown to his next birthday.
Zodiac
Ian McKellen’s zodiac sign is Gemini. People born between May 21st and June 20th belong to the third sign in the zodiac, Gemini. Geminis are known for being curious, charismatic, extroverted, and clever. Aries & Leo are the most compatible signs for Geminis.
Famous Gemini celebrities are Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, Natalie Portman, and Prince. Gemini ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Ian McKellen was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Rabbit symbolizes elegance and beauty in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are intuitive, even-tempered, gentle, faithful, compassionate, and clever. They can also sometimes be pessimistic, insecure, vain, overly cautious, and finicky.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Ian McKellen is a 85 years old Actor, born in May, in the Year of the Rabbit (1939), and is a Gemini. His life path number is 7. Ian’s birthstone is Emerald, and his birth flower is Lily of the valley.
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