Ian mckellen

Because he is just the best.

I invited Sir Ian to sit for a portrait session while he and Sir Patrick Stewart were performing Waiting for Godot in the Cort Theatre in New York and was flabbergasted when he accepted.

Ian McKellen, Pride at any Age!

What's better than one classically-trained actor who is also noted for his later life geek-friendly roles and posting odd pictures online? Why, two such actors, of course. Sir Patrick Stewart (77) and Sir Ian McKellen (78) share a bromance so strong, it looks they have been destined to be together.

All natural! Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he doesn't believe in Botox and thinks many Hollywood stars would do better to age gracefully

Ian McKellen in a promotional photo of the production of "King Lear" by The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company (2007)

"He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat." —The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Long-expected Party" Gandalf the Grey, later known as Gandalf the White, and originally named Olórin (Quenya; IPA: [oˈloːrin]), was an Istar (Wizard), dispatched to Middle-earth in the Third Age to combat the threat of Sauron. He joined Thorin II Oakenshield and his company to reclaim the Lonely…