What is Ian McKellen?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] | name = Ian McKellen | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100|CH|CBE}} | image = McKellenRichmnd040219-5 (46275370484) (cropped).jpg | caption = McKellen in 2019 | birth_name = Ian Murray McKellen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|05|25}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Monitor|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_entertainment-weekly_2012-05-25_1208/page/21|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=25 May 2012|issue=1208|page=21}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Burnley]], [[Lancashire]], England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1958–present | partner = {{plainlist| * Brian Taylor (1964–1972) * [[Sean Mathias]] (1978–1988)}} | education = [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | awards = | website = {{URL|mckellen.com}} }} '''Sir Ian Murray McKellen''' {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100%|CH|CBE}} (born 25 May 1939) is an [[English people|English]] [[actor]]. He has had a [[Tony Award]] and two [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations. ==Life== McKellen was born on 25 May 1939 in [[Burnley]], [[Lancashire]]. In 1939, he moved to [[Wigan]]. In 1951, he moved to [[Bolton]]. His work has spanned genres from serious [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction movies. In a television movie role in 1970 titled ''Edward II'', he and his co-star, [[James Laurenson]] kissed in British television's first gay kiss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/video-ian-mckellen-first-gay-kiss|title=Video: Sir Ian McKellen on Edward II and British TV's first gay kiss|date=28 September 2017|website=BFI.org|accessdate=27 July 2020}}</ref> Best known for his roles as [[Gandalf]] in the 2001-2003 [[The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy|''Lord of the Rings'' movie trilogy]], as [[Sir Leigh Teabing]] in ''[[The Da Vinci Code (movie)|The Da Vinci Code]]'', and