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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.
Ian McKellen
Alfred Pennyworth
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When an accident leaves scientist couple Victor and Nora Fries with Subzero Physiology, a condition where their bodies are no longer able to function outside of subzero temperatures, and Nora is left in a coma, Victor Fries goes to the brilliant Hugo Strange to help him. Hugo Strange, despite being a well regarded scientist in his own right, who has been working for Belle Reve prison for over a decade, has a secret, he wants to create the perfect weapon, something that will help him in his plans to take over Gotham. Seeing Victor's cry for help and his vulnerability, Hugo takes advantage of it, Victor is slowly dying without the proper temperature to keep him healthy, so Hugo supplies him with a super suit, capable of generating the subzero cold he needs. He sends Victor to steal the ingredients to his and his wife's cure from Wayne Tech. Bruce Wayne, already 5 years into crime fighting assumes it's just another criminal but he underestimates Victor. Bruce and police commissioner Jim Gordon need to unravel the mystery behind Mr. Freeze and stop Hugo before it's too late. After Hugo kills Amanda Waller and flees Gotham Bruce faces off against Freeze in Ace Chemicals where Bruce finally understands what Freeze wanted, but he lets Freeze know Hugo lied, there is no cure. Freeze accidentally lets himself drop into the chemicals and perishes, Bruce vows to find a cure for his wife.
