Gandalf

Ian McKellen is thin and strange, with rich facial expressions. He has been a veteran actor in the film and television stage for more than 40 years and won more than 40 acting awards. In the field of drama, McLean is an excellent Shakespeare actor, and he enjoys a high reputation for boldly and passionately shaping a series of roles from Richard II, Napoleon to Hamlet. In the film industry, he is also loved by the world because of Richard III, Ghost and X-Men. As he himself said: I have been feeling refreshed and satisfied since I appeared. I didn't realize it, because

There is a huge stone in my heart, which brings me infinite happiness after it is removed.

Ian McKellen, 1939, was born in Burnley, a small town in the north of England. His father was a civil engineer. Parents' love for art often haunts this family with the wonderful music of Chopin, Liszt and Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. Soon, his father Dennis and his mother Maggie moved to Wigan, a coal mine town, with him and his sister Joan. It was in this small town that the young McLaren experienced World War II. Soon, with the encouragement of his parents, he became addicted to acting and drama. His parents often take him to see performances, especially Shakespeare's plays. When he reached school age, he tried his best to take part in the performance. Amateur performances at school further ignited his enthusiasm for drama. The death of his mother also prompted McLennan to express himself in the performance. Especially during his stay at Burton School, he fully exercised his acting skills. In fact, it was in this school that he first participated in the performance of Shakespeare's plays. /kloc-At the age of 0/3, he played Malfurion in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Later, he began to attend the summer camp of the film festival in Shakespeare's hometown, where he watched the wonderful performances of Olivier, Shearer, gielgud, Richardson and Robertson all night.

After graduating from high school, Ian McKellen entered St Catherine's College of Cambridge University to study English language and literature. At this time, Shakespeare's plays continued to play an important role in his life. Two years later, because he was too busy performing to go to school, he was ordered to drop out. However, his drama performances in his student days played an inestimable role in his future acting career.

196 1 year, after leaving Cambridge, McLennan devoted himself to acting and began his stage career. At first, he worked as a professional actor in the Belgrave Theatre in Coventry. There, he participated in the performance of "A Man Suitable for All Seasons". Three years later, he moved to London and continued to develop on the stage. During this period, he participated in many drama performances and won prizes in some performances. 1969, he caused a sensation in the theater because of his successful performance as Shakespeare's Richard II. Richard II and Edward II, which he later starred in, established his important position in the British drama world. Edward II was deposed from the throne in British history because he was unpatriotic and loved beauty, and was finally persecuted to death. Mcclellan called this tragic figure his favorite role in his drama career. 1972, Ian McKellen co-founded an actor company, in which the members decided to play their roles independently and the income was divided equally, which was a pioneering work in the drama industry.

1973, Ian McKellen won the outstanding performance award of Edinburgh Drama Festival for his leading role in Shakespeare's King Lear. 1974, at the invitation of his tutor, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in Romeo and Juliet by Dr. Faust and Shakespeare. Juliet ") and other dramas. During this period, he won many awards in the British drama circle, including the most outstanding Laurence laurence olivier awards Award for Best Actor, and was called the best Shakespeare playwright after Oliver. 1979, McLennan was given the command of the British Empire. In addition to his busy performances, he is a member of many troupes and art organizations, and has long been a professor of contemporary drama at Oxford University. 198 1, McLennan came to Broadway, New York, and played a mediocre but jealous Sally in Peter Sheffield's stage play Amadeus. His incisive and perfect performance won him the Tony Award, the highest prize in the stage play, and won a high reputation in the international drama world.

Long before he became famous in the theater, Ian McKellen began to try to participate in film performances. 1968, his screen debut "Promise", in which he played a small role. 198 1 began to shift his focus to film performance, and played D.H. Lawrence in The Pastor of Love. 1983, he starred in The Keep, a horror thriller directed by michael mann, as Theodore Cuza, a doctor of Jewish history. This is a supernatural film, which tells the mysterious power of a century-old castle, leading to the disappearance or bizarre death of German soldiers in World War II, and has a strong dreamy color. From 65438 to 0985, he appeared in the films Abundance and Gina. 1989 In the Scandal directed by Michael Caton-Jones, he played John Profumo, a cabinet minister with constant affairs. At this time, his wonderful performance was finally recognized by the international film industry. Ironically, before he played the most notorious heterosexual role in the 20th century, he appeared as a homosexual in the BBC radio program. 199 1 year, in recognition of MacKaren's outstanding contribution to English drama, the Queen of England knighted him.

1993, McClaren was recognized by American TV viewers for his homosexual role in two famous TV dramas, The Story of the City and The Band Played by armistead maupin. He was nominated for an Emmy for his outstanding performance in the latter film. Since then, McLaren's popularity on large and small screens has been further improved. That year, he also participated in the filming of The Ballad of Little Joe and the comedy six degrees of separation directed by Australian director Fred Schepisi, and his acting skills were further recognized by the public.

From 65438 to 0995, he participated in the performances of Cold Comfort Farm and Jack and Sarah. Soon after, he worked as an actor, screenwriter and producer in the war film Richard directed by richard loncraine. The film moves the story background to Nazi Germany, skillfully combines with contemporary fascism, and tells the story of Richard's murder, cheating marriage and disowning relatives in order to seize his brother's throne, which is quite meaningful. Richard portrayed by McClaren was very shocking after reading it, so 1996 won the Best Actor Award in the 9th European Film Awards. This year, McLean was nominated for an Emmy Award again for his outstanding performance in the TV series rasputin.

From 65438 to 0998, McLean released a masterpiece, starring in bill condon's horror film The Beast, in which he played the famous British gay director james whale in 1930s. The film is almost gay from the plot to the producer, and describes the tragic story of james will falling in love with a young gardener in his later years. In the play, McLennan showed strong desire and maturity, and showed Will's complicated and changeable weird personality with superb acting skills, which was well received. The film caused a sensation when it was released, and was selected as the top ten movies of the year by more than ten newspapers and magazines such as USA-Today, Washington post and Entertainment Weekly, and was praised as the "Top Ten Gay Movies in the United States" in the 1990s. McClaren also won the Best Actor Award in the Independent Film Award, the Best Actor Award in the 24th Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Best Actor Award in the American Film Critics Association for his lifelike performance, and was nominated for the Best Actor Award in the 7 1 Oscar Award with 199. Then, he participated in the filming of Bryan Singer's thriller "Apt Pupils", in which he played Kurt, a Nazi war criminal, and regularly told a good student evil horror stories in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. The following year, he starred in the TV series david copperfield with Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, and Daniel Jacob Radcliffe later starred in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

In 2000, McLean released a new masterpiece-the sci-fi thriller X-Men directed by Bryan Singer. "X-Men" is based on the famous best-selling comic book "X-Men", which is a wonderful production costing 78 million dollars. This film tells the story of a group of mutants born with special functions. At the call of Professor X (Patrick Stewart), they set up a special police force to protect human beings and the earth. Unexpectedly, humans began to doubt mutants and began to fight with each other. McClaren plays the evil mutant leader "Wan Ciwang" in the film. After the film was released, the box office went red, and Zhou Xiong topped the list in succession, and finally ranked sixth among the top ten blockbuster movies in the United States in 2000 with a box office score of $654.38+$57 million.

On 200 1, McLean starred in The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by magical director Peter Jackson. This beautiful film describes the epic confrontation between good and evil, extraordinary heroes, magical species and powerful dark forces in the prehistoric "Middle-earth" written by J.R.R Tolkien, a British master of modern fantasy novels and a professor of literature at Oxford University. In this film, Ian McKellen plays Gandalf, the wizard, who is the guardian of Habizu and has powerful magic. He must face the biggest test of his life and destroy the evil ring. Mcclellan, 62, likes the role of the wizard very much. He gets up at 4: 30 every morning and takes all the props, especially the fake nose. He likes it, puts on his robe, and looks like a perfect wizard. Because of his outstanding performance in this film, McClaren was nominated for an Oscar again.

Ian McClaren's next films are The Lord of the Rings: This Year's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, X-Men 2》(X2) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003 (we are eagerly looking forward to this drama master bringing us new mutants and magic.

Richard harris (played by Dumbledore)

In the epic film Gladiator, there are several senior actors. Among them, richard harris, the old king who has been in power for 20 years but spent 65,438+06 years fighting for territory with blood, is an old pine tree in the entertainment circle and has been nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe Award for many times. 1968+0963 won the Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival, and his name was engraved on the prestigious British Academy of Art Award.

Irish-born Harris made his debut. 1959 Participated in the performance of gary cooper's film Incomplete Mary, which is familiar to American audiences. His early works include Hawaii, Bible and Big Dundee.

After the filming of the film musical Hamlet, Harris returned to the stage, traveled around the world with the troupe, and played King Arthur in the musical. During this period, he also recorded his own classic album MacArthur Park. In 2008+099 1 year, Harris remolded the image of Henry IV on the British stage and won the Best Actor Award from the London Drama Jury.

In 1970s, Harris successfully created a cowboy image in the western film Wild Horse, and successively made films such as Wild Horse House and Wild Horse Success, all of which were sensational. In recent years, he also starred in Patriot Game with Garrison Volt, Unforgettable with Clint Eastwood, Hemingway and Crying for the Lovely Motherland.

China audience is most familiar with the image of Harris, who plays the leading role in Cassandra Bridge and Goose Death Squad. Harris can be regarded as an old trick in Hollywood entertainment circle.

But he's dead.