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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
for Alfred Pennyworth in Breaking Bat: Meth of Gotham
Suggested by matthewfenner
In the crime-ridden heart of Gotham City, a new poison begins to spread through its streets — pure, untraceable crystal meth unlike anything the city’s underworld has ever seen. When Walter White and his partner Jesse Pinkman arrive under the invitation of Oswald Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin, the criminal ecosystem begins to shift. Operating out of a repurposed chemical plant in the Narrows, Walter applies his genius to craft the most addictive substance Gotham has ever known, while Penguin prepares to monopolize addiction itself. But Gotham’s silent guardian, Batman, quickly uncovers whispers of a new operation poisoning his city, one that threatens to dismantle what fragile order remains. As Batman delves deeper, he faces an adversary unlike the flamboyant psychopaths he’s used to — Walter White is a man of intellect and cold, deliberate evil. Using chemistry, deception, and manipulation as his weapons, Walter views Gotham not as a cesspool to clean up, but as a goldmine of desperate souls. The ensuing war between justice and obsession turns the city into a battleground of morality, where science clashes with vigilantism. As Jesse begins to question the path they’ve taken, and Penguin’s empire spirals into chaos, Batman must confront a new kind of criminal mind — one that believes he’s not a villain at all, but the only man smart enough to survive Gotham’s madness.
