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Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an British and American actor. He has played 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. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards. McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart. McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III(1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019). McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian McKellen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Gotham trembles as a new terrorist known as Scarecrow spreads fear through the city. Bruce Wayne, still haunted by the past, trains his new sidekick Jason Todd—Robin. But Jason's presence stirs painful memories of the first Robin, Dick Grayson, who left after a falling out. Meanwhile, Wayne Tech faces a hostile takeover from rising politician and businessman Jonathan Crane. The Board considers Crane’s bid, unaware he and Scarecrow are one and the same. As Batman and Robin investigate, they uncover Crane’s plan to infect Gotham with a next-gen fear toxin using Wayne Tech’s R&D. Each encounter with Scarecrow forces Bruce to relive his worst nightmares—his parents’ deaths, Dick walking away, and the fear of losing Jason the same way. Lucius Fox, Jim Gordon, and Alfred support him, but it’s Jason who reminds Bruce what hope feels like. In a climactic showdown at the Gotham Tower, Batman confronts Scarecrow in a nightmare-fueled hallucination, nearly giving in—until Jason breaks through the fear. Together, they stop Crane and expose his plan. Bruce saves Wayne Tech and, more importantly, begins to heal. “I’ve been afraid of losing what family I had left,” Bruce says. “But maybe… family is what saves us.” Batman stands tall—scarred, but stronger. Gotham’s protector. A knight reborn.
