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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
Cedric Novachez
for Cedric Novachez in Daikaiju Epicenter - Arc V: War at Sea
Suggested by zenith2024
3 years have passed since MechaGhidorah's defeat in Egypt. Godzilla and the other Earth Defenders have had much time to lick their wounds. Since the incident, Kaiju attacks have been at an all time low... with Gigan, Megalon, Salunga, Kiryu, Megaguirus, and Orga having been nowhere to be seen since the battles they had appeared in. During this time of peace, the UN has effectively dissolved the company known as Venator due to their involvement in the resurrection of Ghidorah. Strangely, Cyrus Koiva, the CEO of Venator, has seemingly vanished and is nowhere to be found. The UN has decided to replace the company with a brand new one. IKDC (International Kaiju Defence Corps) has taken up the mantle that Venator left open. Lead by new founding CEO Eric Peters, they have established a brand new remote base of operations. On top of that, they have effectively taken over all facilities previously owned by Venator. The UN has promised that with this new more trustworthy company, they will bring about a new era of peace to the people of Earth... But peace never lasts... With the King of Atlantis known as Vaderak seeking to control the surface world, he exploits Godzilla Jr's strained relationship with his father and prepares toi exact his revenge on the world.
