Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, , , is an English actor and voice actor, who is best known for his film roles, such as horror director in Bill Condon's 1998 period drama film (in which he earned a nomination for an ), Magneto in the film franchise, and Gandalf in 's and film trilogies, in which he received a nomination for in (the first film of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy). 
McKellen has also appeared in many well-known Shakespearean plays, such as , , , , , and , as well as numerous Broadway stage productions, most notably , , , , , , , , , , and .
For Disney, he portrayed Cogsworth in the 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
Outside of Disney, McKellen has also appeared in various television films and miniseries, such as , , , , , , , and the sitcom .
McKellen's other notable film roles include Ron Howard's 2006 mystery thriller film , /'s 2006 animated adventure comedy film (as the voice of the Toad), 's 2007 fantasy adventure film (as the voice of Iorek Byrnison), and Condon's 2015 mystery drama film .
==Role==
Beauty-and-the-Beast-24.png|Cogsworth(Beauty and the Beast; 2017 live-action adaptation)
==Trivia==
*He was initially offered to voice Cogsworth in the 1991 original animated film Beauty and the Beast, but he turned it down.
*He was also considered for the voice roles of Jafar, Frollo, and Clayton in Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Tarzan (respectively).
*Both him and Patrick Stewart who were in the X-Men movies, (Professor X and Magneto) they were both considered to play Jafar in Aladdin.
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