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Today's Birthday, May 25: English actor Sir Ian McKellen (1939 - )
Sir Ian McKellen has taken the pub quiz to another level in a bid to raise money for 웹툰 무료 London's National Theatre
>The X-Men and Lord of the Rings star was joined by comedian Lenny Henry and fellow actors Helen Mirren and Lesley Manville in late April for the first of what is now a monthly quiz night
>Sir Ian was born in the northern English town of Burnley in Lancashire, and raised in Wigan and Bolton
>He was interested in theatre from an early age and attended local productions of Shakespeare plays with his sister Jean
>At 18, Sir Ian won a scholarship to St Catharine's College at Cambridge University where he joined its theatre club
>His debut in London's West End came in 1964 with a supporting role in A Scent of Flowers and he joined the National Theatre Company the following year
>The 1970s saw Sir Ian establish his theatre credentials with leading roles in Hamlet and Edward II as well as directing contemporary plays. In 1981, he won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus
>Sir Ian came out as gay in 1988 during a BBC radio discussion about the Thatcher government's controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which criminalised the "promotion of homosexuality"
>Two years later, he was knighted for services to the performing arts.
>In the 1990s, Sir Ian appeared in critically-acclaimed films including Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Gods and Monsters (1998)
>The actor also played super-villain Magneto in the Marvel comic book movie X-Men (2000) and two of its sequels. As X-Men fans flocked to cinemas, Sir Ian was in New Zealand shooting his best known role
>Sir Ian has appeared six times as the wizard Gandalf in the blockbuster film adaptations of fantasy epics Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
>He has since maintained a busy film and theatre schedule including Disney's 2017 live adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and the 2019 films Cats and The Good Liar
>Sir Ian, who is a prominent LGBT rights campaigner, lives in London.
Sir Ian McKellen has taken the pub quiz to another level in a bid to raise money for 웹툰 무료 London's National Theatre
>The X-Men and Lord of the Rings star was joined by comedian Lenny Henry and fellow actors Helen Mirren and Lesley Manville in late April for the first of what is now a monthly quiz night
>Sir Ian was born in the northern English town of Burnley in Lancashire, and raised in Wigan and Bolton
>He was interested in theatre from an early age and attended local productions of Shakespeare plays with his sister Jean
>At 18, Sir Ian won a scholarship to St Catharine's College at Cambridge University where he joined its theatre club
>His debut in London's West End came in 1964 with a supporting role in A Scent of Flowers and he joined the National Theatre Company the following year
>The 1970s saw Sir Ian establish his theatre credentials with leading roles in Hamlet and Edward II as well as directing contemporary plays. In 1981, he won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus
>Sir Ian came out as gay in 1988 during a BBC radio discussion about the Thatcher government's controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which criminalised the "promotion of homosexuality"
>Two years later, he was knighted for services to the performing arts.
>In the 1990s, Sir Ian appeared in critically-acclaimed films including Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Gods and Monsters (1998)
>The actor also played super-villain Magneto in the Marvel comic book movie X-Men (2000) and two of its sequels. As X-Men fans flocked to cinemas, Sir Ian was in New Zealand shooting his best known role
>Sir Ian has appeared six times as the wizard Gandalf in the blockbuster film adaptations of fantasy epics Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
>He has since maintained a busy film and theatre schedule including Disney's 2017 live adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and the 2019 films Cats and The Good Liar
>Sir Ian, who is a prominent LGBT rights campaigner, lives in London.
