"When we were doing ‘Richard III' at the National Theatre in 1990, the director Richard Eyre, the designer Bob Crowley and I ...

Ian McKellen released a statement in which he said he is 'looking forward to returning to work ... with stage roles including Macbeth, King Lear, Richard II, Coriolanus, Iago and Richard III. Read ...

McKellen is a frequent Shakespeare actor, with stage roles including Macbeth, King Lear, Richard II, Coriolanus, Iago and Richard III. He also played Hamlet this year in a film adaptation from ...

Ian McKellen doesn’t put much stock in trophies. The British actor has been a beloved big-screen presence for 60 years, with acclaimed films such as “Scandal,” “Richard III,” and “Six ...

British actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to the role of John Falstaff in a tour after he fell off a London stage mid-performance last month, the play's producers said on Monday.

Though McKellen was well-known in the theatrical sphere, by the time McKellen’s screenplay was ready to be turned into a film, he knew it would need greater star-power to draw audiences and push the ...

For most of his career, Sir Ian McKellen was recognized primarily as a theater actor, having performed the work of Shakespeare since the mid-‘60s, from “Much Ado About Nothing” to “Hamlet ...

For most of his career, Sir Ian McKellen was recognized primarily as a theater actor, having performed the work of Shakespeare since the mid-‘60s, from “Much Ado About Nothing” to “Hamlet.” He even ...