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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.
The time is long ago, where the people were known as tribes of the Earth Goddess. & the Sessair, exile a young man (For embarrassing his chieftain) out into the wilds of Tir-Nan-Og. His name is Slaine, only accompanied by his trusty axe, Brain-biter & a unscrupulous Dwarf named Ukko. Before his banishment, Slaine was newly inducted into the Red Branch where he found out that he was warped by the special gift of the Earth Mother. This has to be seen to be believed. They both embark on a series of adventures, where they discover evil Sorceror's Lord Weird Slough Feg's plans to flood the northern lands. They procure a dragon while meeting a young witch named Nest and ride off together to warn the druids. Along the way they make a stop at the eternal fortress of Snowdonia to visit Myrddin. Who is currently under attack by his relatives, the Cythrons who drag our adventures down into Cythrawl. Adventures ensue and they make it out alive. Myrddin awards them with the Cauldron of Blood with which Slaine can safely return to his tribe. For they need a knew chieftain. They fly to Slaine's home and guess who gets to be king. More adventures ensue..... I forgot to mention Niamh, Slaine's reason for being booted from the tribe. She has a special something for him when they next meet.
