The Big Picture: Ian McKellen Career & Biographical Notes: Was a prominent stage actor in his pre-film career through the 1980's Appointed to Order of British Empire in 1979, knighted in 1990 Only cast member from Lord of the Rings trilogy to receive an Oscar nomination for an acting category Never quite understood what that Peter Jackson chap was on about.

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Ian McKellen Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 3/21/08-3/27/08
• Da Vinci Code, The
• Fellowship of the Ring (Part I), The
• Fellowship of the Ring (Part II), The
• People Working Together
• Return of the King (Part I), The
• Return of the King (Part II), The
• Stardust
• Two Towers (Part I), The
• Two Towers (Part II), The
• X2: X-Men United
• X-Men
• X-Men: The Last Stand

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Stardust	8/10/07	N/A
Flushed Away	11/3/06	PG	3707	18.81	64.46	Info
X-Men: The Last Stand	5/26/06	PG-13	3690	122.86	234.15	Info
The Da Vinci Code	5/19/06	PG-13	3735	77.07	217.54	Info
Doogal	2/24/06		2318	3.61	7.41	Info
Asylum	8/12/05	R	5	0.04	0.37	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	12/17/03	PG-13	3703	72.62	377.02	Info
X2: X-Men United	5/2/03	PG-13	3741	85.56	214.95	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	12/18/02		3622	61.50	340.48	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	12/19/01	PG-13	3359	47.21	313.84	Info

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Awards:

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Online Film Critics Association

1998
Gods and Monsters

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

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