ACTOR

Ian McKellen

1939 - Today

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Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. With a career spanning more than sixty years, he is noted for his roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian McKellen has received more than 22,598,708 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Ian McKellen is the 72nd most popular actor (down from 51st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 101st in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Actor.

Ian McKellen is most famous for playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian McKellen ranks 72 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Kirk Douglas, Alan Alda, Henry Fonda, and Johnny Depp. After him are Maggie Smith, Jean Marais, Steven Seagal, Tom Selleck, Roger Moore, and John Wayne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ian McKellen ranks 5. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald, Ali Khamenei, Tina Turner, and Terence Hill. After him are Francis Ford Coppola, Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Reuven Rivlin, and Giovanni Falcone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McKellen ranks 110 out of 8,785. Before him are Liam Neeson (1952), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), George V (1865), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), and Terry Pratchett (1948). After him are H. G. Wells (1866), Maggie Smith (1934), Ada Lovelace (1815), Blackbeard (1680), Neville Chamberlain (1869), and Edward VIII (1894).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian McKellen ranks 9. Before him are Richard Burton (1925), Sean Connery (1930), Alan Rickman (1946), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), and Liam Neeson (1952). After him are Maggie Smith (1934), Roger Moore (1927), Michael Caine (1933), Jane Birkin (1946), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Helen Mirren (1945).

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