All Productions by Date
1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
Title/Writer | Year/Place | Director/Role |
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CHILDREN'S DAY Vera I Arlett | 1950 Wesleyan Hall Wigan | ![]() Director: Miss Wilcock Role: Father |
TWELFTH NIGHT Extract (1952) William Shakespeare | 1952 Hopefield Miniature Theatre | ![]() Role: Malvolio |
SPRING 1600 Emlyn Williams | 1952 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: Cliff Aspinall Role: Jeremy |
LES MEURTRES CHEZ LE COIFFEUR Strachan Turnbull | 1952 Hopefield Miniature Theatre | ![]() Director: Ken Haigh Role: Mari de La Dame |
FRIAR BACON &FRIAR BUNGAY (1953) Robert Greene | 1953 Bolton School Great Hall | ![]() Director: Frank Greene Role: Margaret |
PARADISE PERPLEXED F Sladen-Smith | 1953 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: Sylvia M Smith Role: Ticukapelli |
THE HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS G-M Martens &A O Bey | 1953 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: Arthur B Hilton Role: Demon |
THE WONDER HAT Kenneth Sawyer Goodman & Ben Hecht | 1953 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: Elizabeth Lee Role: Pierrot |
THE BEAUTY CONTEST L Roe &G A C Sawtell | 1953 Hopefield Miniature Theatre | ![]() Director: L Roe Role: Rosie |
THE STARS BOW DOWN Gordon Daviot | 1954 Bolton School | ![]() Director: Frank Greene Role: Asnath, the High Priest's daughter |
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1954) Christopher Marlowe | 1954 Hopefield Miniature Theatre | ![]() Director: K J Haigh Role: Wagner |
THE STORY OF RAHMAN Alan Cullen | 1955 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: Alan Cullen Role: Attendant |
OTHELLO (1955) William Shakespeare | 1955 Bolton School | ![]() Role: Montano |
HENRY IV PART 2 (1956) William Shakespeare | 1956 Bolton School | ![]() Director: Frank Greene Role: Prince Hal |
ESCAPADE Roger McDougall | 1956 Chorley Old Road Congregational Church Hall | ![]() Director: Anthony Clarke Role: L W Daventry |
HENRY V (1957) William Shakespeare | 1957 Bolton School | ![]() Director: Frank Greene Role: King Henry V |
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA William Shakespeare | 1958 | ![]() Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British Council Director: George Rylands Role: Mardin |
THE STRONG ARE LONELY Fritz Hochwaelder | 1958 Bolton School | ![]() Director: Frank Greene Role: Alfonso Fernandez |
TWELFTH NIGHT (1958) William Shakespeare | 1958 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Director: George Sawtell Role: Sebastian |
MACBETH, ACT V (1958) William Shakespeare | 1958 Bolton Middle School | ![]() Director: Ian McKellen Role: Producer/Director |
THE APPLECART Bernard Shaw | 1958 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Terrence Hardiman Role: King Magnus |
CAMINO REAL Tennessee Williams | 1958 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: John Tanfield Role: Survivor |
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER | 1959 Bolton Little Theatre | ![]() Role: Townsperson |
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett | 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Jocelyn Powell Role: Beliaev |
HENRY IV PART 2 (Cambridge) William Shakespeare | 1959 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Director: John Barton Role: Justice Shallow |
DEUTSCHES HAUS Richard Cottrell | 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge, Arts Theatre Club London | ![]() Director: Garry O'Connor Role: Harry |
LOVE'S LABOURS Clive Swift, Richard Cottrell, Corin Redgrave, and John Fortune adapted from William Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost" | 1959 ADC Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London | ![]() Director: John Tydeman Role: Holofernes |
THE THREE SISTERS (Cambridge) Anton Chekov | 1959 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Director: John Barton Role: Tuzenbach |
SAINT'S DAY John Whiting | 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Geoffrey Reeves Role: Charles Heberden |
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR Luigi Pirandello, translated by Frederick May | 1959 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Garry O'Connor Role: The Son |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM William Shakespeare | 1960 | ![]() Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British Council Director: George Rylands Role: Lysander |
HENRY IV PART 2 William Shakespeare | 1960 | ![]() Producer: Marlowe Society/Argo Records/British Council Director: George Rylands Role: Davy |
CYMBELINE William Shakespeare | 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Director: George Rylands Role: Posthumus |
THE DUENNA Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by Lionel Harris, Music by Julian Slade | 1960 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Corin Redgrave Role: Father Paul |
LULLABY OF PARK STREET Tom Vernon | 1960 ADC Cambridge | ![]() Role: Apple-voiced juvenile |
DR FAUSTUS (Cambridge) Christopher Marlowe | 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London | ![]() Director: Michael Bakewell Role: The Pope/Scholar/Gluttony |
FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY Robert Greene | 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London | ![]() Director: Michael Bakewell Role: Lacy, Earl of Lincoln |
TWELFTH NIGHT (Cambridge) William Shakespeare | 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Director: Waris Habibullah (Hussein) Role: Toby Belch |
THE WILD DUCK Henrik Ibsen, translated by Una Ellis-Fermor | 1960 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Director: David Reid Role: Hjalmar Ekdal |
CARDS OF IDENTITY Nigel Dennis | 1960 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Corin Redgrave Role: Captain Mallet |
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Harold Pinter | 1961 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: David Reid Role: Stanley Webber |
HENRY VI PARTS 2 AND 3 (Cambridge) William Shakespeare condensed and directed by Corin Redgrave | 1961 Cambridge Arts Theatre | ![]() Role: King Henry |
THE COUNTRY WIFE William Wycherley | 1961 ADC Theatre Cambridge | ![]() Director: Tom Bussmann Role: Mr Pinchwife |
THE LARK Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry | 1961 Cambridge Arts Theatre, Playhouse Oxford | ![]() Director: Roger Jenkins Role: Warwick |
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA Bernard Shaw | 1961 Playhouse Oxford | ![]() Director: Waris Hussein Role: Achillas/Major-Domo |
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Robert Bolt | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: David Forder Role: William Roper |
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED J B Priestley | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Brian Bell Role: Fred Dyson |
YOU NEVER CAN TELL Bernard Shaw | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: David Forder Role: Philip Clandon |
BLACK COFFEE Agatha Christie | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Brian Bell Role: Tredwell (the butler) |
Midnight Matinee | 1961 Coventry Theatre | ![]() |
CELEBRATION Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Stan Dyson |
END OF CONFLICT Barry England | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Simon Mason |
MR. PICKWICK Stanley Young (adapted from Charles Dickens novel) | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Brian Bell Role: Mr. Snodgrass |
TOAD OF TOAD HALL A A Milne (from Kenneth Graham’s novel) | 1961 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Brian Bell Role: Chief Weasel |
THE SEAGULL (1962) Anton Chekov | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Konstantin |
THE BRIDE COMES BACK Ronald Millar | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Role: Joe Tilney |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1962) William Shakespeare | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Graham Crowden Role: Count Claudio |
Happy Returns | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Role: various (singing &dancing) |
TEN LITTLE NIGGERS Agatha Christie | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Geoffrey Edwards Role: Anthony Marston |
THE IRREGULAR VERB TO LOVE Hugh &Margaret Williams | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Geoffrey Edwards Role: Andrew Rankin |
NOAH Andre Obey | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Shem |
SEMI-DETACHED David Turner | 1962 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Tom Midway |
BECKET Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London / First Baron |
THE GAZEBO Alec Coppell | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Elliot Nash |
CASTE T W Robertson | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Sam Gerridge |
THE BIG KILLING Philip Mackie | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Donald MacKechnie Role: Gavin Cole |
THE AMOROUS PRAWN Anthony Kimmins | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Alan Gray Role: Larry Hoffman |
THE KEEP (1962) Gwyn Thomas | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn |
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1962) Joan MacAlpine (from Charles Dickens novel) | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Producer: Robert Chetwyn Role: David |
ALADDIN &HIS WONDERFUL LAMP Henry Marshall | 1962 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn and Donald Mackechnie Role: Tee Vee |
How Dare We! | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Role: various (singing, dancing, clowning) |
HENRY V (1963) William Shakespeare | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: King Henry |
UNDER MILK WOOD Dylan Thomas | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Mr Waldo, Cherry Owen, No-good Boyo, and First Drowned |
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Joseph Kesselring | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Alan Gray Role: Mortimer Brewster |
LUTHER John Osborne | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Martin Luther |
THE BIG CONTRACT Barry England | 1963 Belgrade Theatre Coventry | ![]() Director: Anthony Richardson Role: Robin Green |
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Eugene O'Neill | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Edmund Tyrone |
TO DOROTHY A SON Roger McDougall | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Role: voices off |
I, JOHN BROWN John Hall | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Andrew Acre |
SALAD DAYS Dorothy Reynolds &Julian Slade | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Alan Gray Role: Fosdyke/Nigel |
THE CORN IS GREEN Emlyn Williams | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Morgan Evans |
THE PUBLIC EYE Peter Shaffer | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Julian Christoforou |
SERJEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE John Arden | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Private Sparky |
ALL IN GOOD TIME Bill Naughton | 1963 Arts Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Arthur Fitton |
CORIOLANUS (1963) William Shakespeare | 1963 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: Tyrone Guthrie Role: Tullus Aufidius |
THE LIFE IN MY HANDS Peter Ustinov | 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: Denis Carey Role: John Bogle |
THE BASHFUL GENIUS Harold Callen | 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby Day Role: Winifred Hutchins |
THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA Pedro Calderon de la Barca, translated by David Brett | 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: John Neville Role: Captain Don Alvaro |
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING David Brett from novel by Alan Sillitoe | 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: Frank Dunlop Role: Arthur Seaton |
SIR THOMAS MORE Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Anthony Munday &William Shakespeare | 1964 Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham | ![]() Director: Frank Dunlop assisted by Richard Digby Day Role: More |
THE TOMB OF HIS ANCESTORS Rudyard Kipling | 1964 | ![]() Producer: BBC Director: Herbert Wise |
A SCENT OF FLOWERS James Saunders | 1964 Duke of York's London | ![]() Producer: Michael Codron Associates Director: Shirley Butler Role: Godfrey Clarence Derwent Award as best supporting actor of the year - 50 pounds sterling from British Actors' Equity |
SONS AND LOVERS D. H. Lawrence | 1965 | ![]() Producer: BBC Woman's Hour Serial |
SUNDAY OUT OF SEASON Peter Draper | 1965 | ![]() Producer: ATV Sunday Playhouse Director: John Nelson Burton Role: Victor Leech |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1965) | 1965 Old Vic London | ![]() ![]() Director: Franco Zeffirelli Role: Claudio |
ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT John Arden | 1965 Chichester Festival Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester | ![]() Role: Protestant Evangelist |
TRELAWNEY OF THE "WELLS" Arthur Wing Pinero | 1965 Chichester Festival Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester | ![]() Director: Desmond O'Donovan Role: Capt. de Foenix |
THE TRIAL AND TORTURE OF SIR JOHN RAMPAYNE Screenplay by Alan Seymour | 1965 | ![]() Producer: BBC TV Director: Peter Duguid Role: Wolf |
A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA Donald Howarth | 1965 Hampstead Theatre Club and St Martin's London | ![]() Producer: Michael Codron Associates Director: Donald Howarth Role: Alvin Hanker |
THREE SISTERS | 1966 | ![]() Producer: Caedmon Role: Tuzenbach |
HEDDA GABLER | 1966 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Role: Tesman |
HENRY V (1966) William Shakespeare | 1966 | ![]() Producer: Caedmon Director: Howard Sackler Role: Dauphin |
EDWARD II (1966) Christopher Marlowe | 1966 | ![]() Producer: Caedmon Role: Gaveston |
HENRY VIII William Shakespeare | 1966 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Director: John Tydeman Role: Surrey |
ELECTRA | 1966 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Director: John Tydeman Role: Orestes |
DAVID COPPERFIELD (BBC-TV, 1966) Adaptation by Vincent Tilsley from Dickens’ novel | 1966 | ![]() Producer: BBC Director: Joan Craft Role: the grown-up David Copperfield (episodes 5-13) |
THEIR VERY OWN AND GOLDEN CITY Arnold Wesker | 1966 Royal Court London | ![]() Director: John Dexter and Bill Gaskill Role: Andrew Cobham Plays &Players' Most Promising Actor 1966 |
THE MAN OF DESTINY / O'FLAHERTY VC Bernard Shaw | 1966 Mermaid London | ![]() Director: Robert Kidd (MOD) / Peter Gill (OFVC) Role: Corporal Napoleon/Private O'Flaherty V.C. |
THE PROMISE (My Poor Marat) Aleksei Arbuzov, translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff | 1966 Oxford Playhouse London | ![]() Producer: Meadow Players Limited Director: Frank Hauser Role: Leonidik |
THE BELLS OF HELL GO TING-A-LING-A-LING | 1966 | ![]() Producer: Mirisch Director: David Miller Role: Soldier |
THE SEAGULL Anton Chekov | 1967 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Role: Konstantin |
THE PROMISE (1967) | 1967 Fortune Theatre London | ![]() Producer: Peter Bridge Director: Frank Hauser Role: Leonidik |
THE FIRST ST. JOAN Bernard Shaw | 1967 | ![]() Producer: Graham Gauld Role: Dauphin |
THE PROMISE (Broadway) | 1967 Henry Miller’s New York | ![]() Producer: Morton Gottlieb Director: Frank Hauser Role: Leonidik |
THE WHITE LIARS / BLACK COMEDY Peter Shaffer | 1968 Lyric London | ![]() Role: Tom/Harold Gorringe |
HAY FEVER Noel Coward | 1968 | ![]() Producer: Cedric Messina Director: John Gorrie Role: Simon Bliss |
Art Reflected mainly English poets and writers of prose | 1968 Purcell Room, South Bank London | ![]() Producer: The Apollo Society, Artistic Adviser George Rylands Director: Richard Marquand Role: Reader |
RICHARD II William Shakespeare | 1968 UK Tours, Edinburgh Festival, European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre. | ![]() Director: Richard Cottrell Role: Richard II |
RICHARD III (1968 radio) William Shakespeare | 1968 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Director: John Powell Role: Lord Hastings |
EDWARD II (1969) Christopher Marlowe | 1969 | ![]() Role: King Edward |
THE BACCHAE Euripides | 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool | ![]() Director: Antony Tuckey Role: Pentheus |
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE Jay Presson Allen | 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool | ![]() Director: Ian McKellen Role: Director |
THREE MONTHS GONE Howarth Donald | 1969 Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool | ![]() Director: Ian McKellen |
ALFRED THE GREAT | 1969 | ![]() Producer: MGM Director: Clive Donner Role: Roger the Bandit |
WHAT IF IT'S JUST GREEN CHEESE? | 1969 | ![]() Producer: BBC TV Director: Colin Nears |
A TOUCH OF LOVE/THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH From Margaret Drabble's novel "The Millstone" | 1969 | ![]() Producer: Palomar Pictures/Columbia Director: Waris Hussein Role: George |
EDWARD II Christopher Marlowe | 1969 Edinburgh Festival, UK and European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre. | ![]() Director: Toby Robertson Role: Edward II |
THE PROMISE From the Play by Alexei Arbuzov | 1969 | ![]() Producer: Howard and Windham Films, Peter Graham Scott Director: Michael Hayes Role: Leonidik |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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KEATS | 1970 | ![]() Producer: BBC TV Director: Joan Craft Role: John Keats |
ROMEO AND JULIET (1970) William Shakespeare | 1970 | ![]() Producer: BBC Director: John Tydeman Role: Romeo |
An Evening of Free Greek Music &Drama Devised by Minos Volonakis | 1970 Royal Albert Hall London | ![]() Director: Minos Volonakis |
BILLY'S LAST STAND Barry Hines | 1970 Theatre Upstairs: Royal Court London | ![]() Director: Michael Wearing Role: Darkly |
RICHARD II (1970) William Shakespeare | 1970 | ![]() Director: Toby Robertson &Richard Cottrell Role: King Richard |
EDWARD II (1970) Christopher Marlowe | 1970 | ![]() Producer: BBC / Classic Theater PBS USA Director: Richard Marquand &Toby Robertson Role: King Edward |
A PROVINCIAL LIFE Anton Chekov adapted by Peter Gill | 1970 | ![]() Role: Misail Alexander Poloznev |
THE RECRUITING OFFICER George Farquhar | 1970 UK Tour | ![]() Director: Richard Cottrell Role: Captain Plume |
ROSS By Terrence Rattigan / Adapted by William Emms | 1970 | ![]() Producer: BBC Play of the Month Director: Cedric Messina Role: T E Lawrence of Arabia |
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Arnold Wesker | 1970 UK Tour | ![]() Director: Richard Cottrell Role: Corporal Hill |
A SORT OF LEGEND | 1971 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Director: Peter Brooke |
HAMLET William Shakespeare | 1971 UK/European Tour | ![]() ![]() Producer: Knightsbridge Productions Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Prince Hamlet |
HENRY VI William Shakespeare | 1971 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio Role: Dukes of York &Gloucester |
THE SWAN SONG Anton Chekov translated by Guy Sells | 1971 Crucible Sheffield | ![]() Director: David William Role: Svetlovidov |
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Tom Stoppard | 1972 Phoenix Leicester | ![]() Director: Ian McKellen |
THE ERPINGHAM CAMP Joe Orton | 1972 Palace Theatre Watford | ![]() Director: Ian McKellen Role: Director |
THE LAST JOURNEY Screenplay by James Forsyth | 1972 | ![]() Producer: Granada TV Director: Peter Potter Role: Stefan |
Keith Michell at Her Majesty's Show of the Week Ian Thorne | 1972 | ![]() Director: Yvonne Littlewood |
RULING THE ROOST Georges Feydeau (“Le Dindon”) | 1972 UK Tour/Edinburgh '72, Cambridge Arts, Wimbledon | ![]() Director: Richard Cottrell (and adaptor) Role: Page-boy |
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE John Ford | 1972 UK Tour/Edinburgh '72, Cambridge Arts | ![]() Director: David Giles Role: Giovanni |
THE THREE ARROWS Iris Murdoch | 1972 Arts Cambridge | ![]() Director: Noel Willman Role: Prince Yoremitsu, a political prisoner |
A PRIVATE MATTER Ronald Mavor | 1973 Vaudeville London | ![]() Producer: H. M.Tennent Productions Director: Ian McKellen |
THE WAY OF THE WORLD William Congreve | 1973 UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon | ![]() Director: David William Role: Lady Wishfort's Footman |
THE WOOD DEMON Anton Chekov, translated by Ronald Hingley | 1973 UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon | ![]() Director: David Giles Role: Kruschov (The Wood Demon) |
CRAVEN ARMS (COUNTRY MATTERS) From A E Coppard’s short story | 1973 | ![]() Producer: Granada TV Director: David Giles |
THE RECRUITING OFFICER (TV) George Farquhar | 1973 | ![]() Producer: Cedric Messina Director: David Giles Role: Captain Plume |
GRACELESS GO I Screenplay by Anthony Storey | 1973 | ![]() Director: Patrick Dromgoole |
KNOTS R D Laing, devised and staged by Edward Petherbridge | 1973 Edinburgh '73, Shaw London, BAM | ![]() Director: Edward Petherbridge |
HEDDA GABLER Henrik Ibsen | 1974 | ![]() Producer: BBC Masterpiece Theatre Play of the Month/Classic Theatre PBS USA 1975 Director: Waris Hussein Role: George Tesman |
KING LEAR (1974) William Shakespeare | 1974 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour | ![]() Director: David William Role: Edgar NY Drama Desk Award for WOOD DEMON &KING LEAR |
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (Wimbledon) John Ford | 1974 Wimbledon Theatre | ![]() Director: David Giles Role: Giovanni |
DR FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe adapted by John Barton with the cast | 1974 Edinburgh Festival and Aldwych Theatre Edinburgh, London | ![]() Director: John Barton Role: Dr Faustus |
THE MARQUIS OF KEITH Frank Wedekind | 1974 Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() Director: Ronald Eyre (and translator) Role: The Marquis of Keith |
KING JOHN John Barton, adapted &re-worked from the play of Shakespeare and other sources | 1975 Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() Director: John Barton Role: Philip The Bastard |
THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE George Colman &David Garrick | 1975 Savoy London | ![]() Producer: H.M.Tennent Productions Director: Ian McKellen |
ASHES David Rudkin | 1975 Young Vic London | ![]() Producer: Michael Codron Ltd Director: Ron Daniels Role: Colin |
THE JOURNALISTS (rehearsed reading) Arnold Wesker | 1975 Jackson’s Lane Community Centre | ![]() Director: Arnold Wesker Role: The Editor |
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD Bernard Shaw | 1975 Aldwych Theatre and The Globe London | ![]() Director: Clifford Williams Role: The Burglar (Aubrey Bagot) |
ROMEO AND JULIET (1976) William Shakespeare | 1976 Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle-upon Tyne, London | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Romeo |
Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations Concert | 1976 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Role: Narrator |
THE WINTER'S TALE William Shakespeare | 1976 RST Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Director: John Barton, Barry Kyle, and Trevor Nunn Role: King Leontes |
MACBETH William Shakespeare | 1976 Other Place, Stratford-upon-avon; Gulbenkian Theatre, Newcastle; Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford; Donmar Warehouse, London; Young Vic, London. | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Macbeth Plays &Players' London Theatre Critics’ Award - Best Actor |
Atlantic Affairs | 1976 Shakespeare Institute Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Director: Roger Pringle |
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1976 UK Edinburgh, Belfast, Yorkshire | ![]() Role: Solo recital of favourite writings |
Recital of poems by Yevgeni Yevtushenko | 1976 Royal Festival Hall London | ![]() |
Celebrity Gala Recital | 1976 Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() |
Won't You Charleston? | 1977 Hilton Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Director: Gillian Lynne |
THE ALCHEMIST Ben Jonson (adapted by Peter Barnes) | 1977 Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; Aldwych Theatre, London Stratford-upon-Avon; London | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Face Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Comedy Performance |
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn | 1977 Royal Festival Hall London | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Alexander |
PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY Henrik Ibsen | 1977 Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() Director: John Barton Role: Karsten Bernick Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1977 St. Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh | ![]() |
THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE Bertolt Brecht, Translation by Clive Barker | 1977 Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() Director: Howard Davies Role: Langevin |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Belfast) | 1977 Arts Theatre Belfast | ![]() |
JACKANORY: THE MOON IN THE CLOUD Rosemary Harris | 1978 | ![]() Role: Storyteller |
A MISERABLE AND LONELY DEATH Norman Fenton and Jon Blair | 1978 Donmar Warehouse, Aldwych Theatre London | ![]() Director: Walter Donohue Role: Kentridge |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Ipswich) | 1978 Wolsey Theatre Ipswich | ![]() |
Homage to Neruda Pablo Neruda | 1978 University of London: Senate House | ![]() Role: Narrator |
TWELFTH NIGHT William Shakespeare | 1978 Small Scale Tour Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum | ![]() Director: John Amiel &Trevor Nunn Role: Producer / Sir Toby Belch |
IS THERE HONEY STILL FOR TEA? Roger Rees (Anthology compiler) | 1978 Small Scale tour of UK Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum | ![]() Role: Producer / Actor |
THREE SISTERS Anton Chekov translation by Richard Cottrell | 1978 Small Scale tour of UK Horsham, Tunbridge Wells, Poole, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Peterborough, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Paisley, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Oldham, Milton Keynes, Exmouth, Redruth, Plymouth, Torrington, Frome, Blandford Forum | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Producer / Andrei |
SIR THOMAS MORE (Radio) William Shakespeare | 1979 | ![]() Director: Martin Jenkins Role: More |
MACBETH (TV) William Shakespeare | 1979 | ![]() Producer: Thames TV Director: Trevor Nunn/Philip Casson Role: Macbeth |
FAME IS THE SPUR Howard Spring | 1979 | ![]() |
BENT (1979) Martin Sherman | 1979 Royal Court and Criterion London | ![]() Director: Robert Chetwyn Role: Max Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor |
Gran Gala Per L'Europa | 1979 Teatro Lirico Milan | ![]() |
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR Tom Stoppard | 1979 | ![]() Producer: BBC Play of the Week Director: Trevor Nunn &Roger Bamford Role: Alexander Ivanov |
Acting Chat Show Miscellaneous | 1979 Arts Theatre Belfast | ![]() |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS | 1980 | ![]() |
DYING DAY John Bowen | 1980 | ![]() Producer: ITV UK / Masterpiece Theatre / PBS USA Director: Robert Tronson |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (British Council Scandinavian Tour) | 1980 Scandinavia Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen, Karlstad, Gothenburg, Stockholm | ![]() |
Eagle in New Mexico D.H. Lawrence | 1980 Paolo Soleri Theatre Santa Fe, New Mexico USA | ![]() Director: Patrick Garland |
AMADEUS Peter Shaffer | 1980 Broadhurst New York | ![]() Producer: Shubert Organisation; Elizabeth I McCann and Nelle Nugent, Roger S Berlind Director: Peter Hall Role: Antonio Salieri Tony Drama Desk NY Drama League Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor New York Drama League Delia Austrian Medal for Best Actor |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Globe Benefit) | 1981 Broadhurst Theatre New York | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Second Stage Benefit) | 1981 Broadhurst Theatre New York | ![]() |
PRIEST OF LOVE | 1981 | ![]() Producer: Christopher Miles and Andrew Donally Director: Christopher Miles Role: D. H. Lawrence |
THE DIARY OF A NOBODY WRITER George &Weedon Grossmith | 1982 | ![]() Role: Butcher |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (1982 tour) | 1982 Tour Spain, France, Cyprus, Israel, Poland, Romania: Amherst College, USA. | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Washington DC) From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1982 Folger Theatre Washington, DC | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (PBS) From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1982 | ![]() Producer: Andrew Susskind |
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR (1982) Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn | 1982 Barbican Concert Hall | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Alexander |
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL Screenplay by Bill Bast | 1982 | ![]() Producer: London Films / CBS Director: Clive Donner Role: Chauvelin |
To Cambridge With Love | 1982 Barbican Theatre | ![]() |
LOVING WALTER Screenplay from his novel by David Cook | 1982 | ![]() ![]() Producer: Central Poductions Ltd for Channel Four UK Director: Stephen Frears Role: Walter Royal Television Society Performer of the Year |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (British Council 1983 Tour) | 1983 Europe and Israel Lisbon, Madrid, Nicosia, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Jerusalem | ![]() |
SHORT LIST Michael Rudman | 1983 Hampstead Theatre London, NW1 | ![]() Director: Mike Ockrent Role: Terry |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Warsaw) | 1983 Ateneum Theatre Warsaw | ![]() |
SIR THOMAS MORE William Shakespeare, adapated for radio by Penny Gold | 1983 | ![]() Director: Martin Jenkins Role: Sir Thomas More |
COWARDICE Sean Mathias | 1983 Ambassadors' Richmond, Bath, Brighton, London | ![]() Producer: Duncan Weldon Ltd Director: Anthony Page Role: Boy |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Paris) | 1983 Petit Odeon / Odeon Theatre Paris | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (US 1983) | 1983 Westwood Playhouse (LA); Ritz (NYC) Los Angeles; New York | ![]() Producer: Arthur Cantor (Broadway) New York Drama Desk Award |
THE KEEP (1983) Michael Mann | 1983 | ![]() Producer: Paramount Director: Michael Mann Role: Dr. Cuza |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Oxford) | 1984 Oxford Playhouse Oxford | ![]() |
VENICE PRESERV'D or A Plot Discovered Thomas Otway | 1984 Lyttelton London | ![]() Director: Peter Gill Role: Pierre |
WILD HONEY Anton Chekov (Untitled First Play) adapted by Michael Frayn | 1984 Lyttelton London | ![]() Director: Christopher Morahan Role: Michael Platonov Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor in a Revival |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Canada) | 1984 Canada Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto | ![]() |
CORIOLANUS (1984-5) | 1984 Olivier London | ![]() Director: Peter Hall Role: Coriolanus London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor |
A Night for Nicaragua | 1985 Piccadilly Theatre London | ![]() |
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI John Webster | 1985 Lyttelton, Blackstone London, Chicago | ![]() Director: Philip Prowse Role: Bosola |
DEAR AND HONOURED LADY | 1985 | ![]() |
A Tribute to Michael Redgrave | 1985 Old Vic London | ![]() |
THE CRITIC Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 1985 Olivier, Odeon, Blackstone London, Paris, Chicago | ![]() Director: Sheila Hancock Role: Mr. Puff |
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Tom Stoppard | 1985 Olivier, Odeon, Blackstone London, Paris, Chicago | ![]() Director: Tom Stoppard Role: Inspector Hound |
PLENTY David Hare | 1985 | ![]() Producer: 20th Century Fox Director: Fred Schepisi Role: Sir Andrew Charleson |
IAN MCKELLEN'S DIARY OF A YEAR | 1985 | ![]() Producer: PBS South Bank Show UK / Bravo USA |
IAN MCKELLEN ACTING SHAKESPEARE | 1985 | ![]() Producer: PBS USA Special / David Suskind Director: Kirk Browning/Sean Mathias |
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Anton Chekov, translation by Mike Alfreds with Lilia Sokolov | 1985 Cottesloe, London; His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen | ![]() Director: Mike Alfreds Role: Lopakhin |
Strange Eventful History | 1986 CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE Cambridge | ![]() |
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Chicago) | 1986 International Theatre Festival Chicago | ![]() Director: Mike Alfreds Role: Lopakhin |
ZINA Kenneth McMullen | 1986 | ![]() Producer: TSI/Looseyard Director: Kenneth McMullen Role: Professor Kronfell |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1986) | 1986 Olivier Theatre London | ![]() |
THE WITCHES Roald Dahl | 1986 | ![]() Role: Grand High Witch |
WILD HONEY (Broadway) | 1986 Virginia Theater New York | ![]() Producer: Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff, Robert Fryer, Karl Allison, Douglas Urbanski, Jujamcyn Theaters/Richard G. Wolf Director: Christopher Morahan Role: Michael Platonov Drama Desk Award Nomination: Outstanding Actor in a Play |
SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT | 1987 | ![]() Producer: PBS USA special Role: Narrator |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (US 1987) | 1987 USA Tour San Francisco, Washington DC, Princeton, LA, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Diego, Boston | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1987) | 1987 Playhouse Theatre London | ![]() Producer: David Kernan/Show People Ltd |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (UK 1988) | 1988 UK Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Leicester, Wakefield, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sussex, Cardiff, London | ![]() |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Wilmington) | 1988 Delaware Theatre Wilmington, Delaware | ![]() |
SPEAKING FOR EVERYMAN | 1988 | ![]() |
Before the Act Gay/Lesbian writers and composers | 1988 Piccadilly Theatre London | ![]() Director: Richard Eyre Role: Producer/Uncle Freddie |
WILD HONEY (Radio) Anton Chekov, adapted and translated by Michael Frayn | 1988 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio 3 Role: Platonov |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (London 1988) From Shakespeare with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1988 Playhouse Theatre London | ![]() Producer: Show People Ltd |
WINDMILLS OF THE GODS From the novel by Sidney Sheldon | 1988 | ![]() Producer: CBS |
HENCEFORWARD… Alan Ayckbourn | 1988 Vaudeville Theatre London | ![]() Producer: Michael Codron Ltd. Director: Alan Ayckbourn Role: Jerome |
OTHELLO (1988) William Shakespeare | 1988 | ![]() Producer: CBS Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Iago |
Promenaid | 1989 Haymarket Theatre London | ![]() |
SCANDAL Michael Thomas | 1989 | ![]() Producer: Miramax (Palace) Director: Michael Caton-Jones Role: John Profumo, M.P. |
BENT (1989) | 1989 Adelphi Theatre London | ![]() Role: Max |
OTHELLO William Shakespeare | 1989 The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon; The Young Vic, London | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Iago London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor London Critics' Circle Award - Best Actor |
COUNTDOWN TO WAR Ronald Harwood | 1989 | ![]() Producer: Granada Director: Patrick Lau Role: Adolf Hitler |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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RELATED VARIATIONS Douglas Slater | 1990 | ![]() Producer: BBC Radio |
BENT (1990) | 1990 Lyttelton and Garrick London | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias Role: Max |
ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Jersey) | 1990 Opera House Jersey, Channel Islands | ![]() |
Thespian Tendencies | 1990 Library Theatre Manchester | ![]() |
CHIP IN THE SUGAR Alan Bennett from “Talking Heads” | 1990 Haymarket Theatre London | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias |
RICHARD III | 1990 Lyttelton London | ![]() Director: Richard Eyre Role: King Richard Society of West End Theatres (SWET) Award for Best Actor |
KING LEAR (1990) William Shakespeare | 1990 Lyttleton London | ![]() Director: Deborah Warner Role: The Earl of Kent |
NAPOLI MILIONARIA Eduardo De Filippo/version by Peter Tinniswoode | 1991 Lyttelton London | ![]() Director: Richard Eyre Role: Gennaro |
UNCLE VANYA Anton Chekov, version by Pam Gems | 1992 Cottesloe London | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias |
RICHARD III (US Tour) William Shakespeare | 1992 US Tour New York, Washington, St. Paul, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles | ![]() Director: Richard Eyre Role: King Richard |
LAST ACTION HERO | 1993 | ![]() Producer: Columbia Director: John McTiernan Role: Death |
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO Maggie Greenwald | 1993 | ![]() Producer: Fineline Director: Maggie Greenwald Role: Percy |
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON Screenplay by Arnold Schulman from Randy Shilts’ book | 1993 | ![]() ![]() Producer: HBO USA Director: Roger Spottiswoode Role: Bill Kraus Cable Ace Award - Best Supporting Actor Emmy Nomination - Best Supporting Actor |
MISTER SHAW'S MISSING MILLIONS Jack Emery | 1993 | ![]() Producer: Channel Four UK Director: David Giles Role: G Bernard Shaw |
A Show for Glasgay! | 1993 The Citizens' Theatre Glasgow | ![]() |
TALES OF THE CITY Screenplay of his novel by Armistead Maupin | 1993 | ![]() Producer: Channel Four UK / PBS USA Director: Alastair Stewart Role: San Franciscan "A-Gay" |
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION John Guare, from his own play. | 1993 | ![]() Producer: MGM Director: Fred Schepisi Role: Geoffrey |
THE DANCING BEAR Michael Morpurgo | 1994 | ![]() Producer: Harper Collins Audio Role: narrator |
THE SOLDIER'S TALE | 1994 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
HEART | 1994 | ![]() Role: Dracula |
I'LL DO ANYTHING James L. Brooks | 1994 | ![]() Producer: Columbia Director: James L Brooks Role: Australian Action Movie Director |
A KNIGHT OUT AT THE LYCEUM Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen | 1994 Lyceum Theatre New York | ![]() |
THE SHADOW | 1994 | ![]() Producer: Universal Director: Russell Mulcahy Role: Dr. Reinhardt Lane |
A KNIGHT OUT AT THE MARKET THEATRE | 1994 Market Theatre Johannesburg | ![]() |
A KNIGHT OUT (1994) | 1994 Theatre Royal; Rep; Lyceum Brighton, Burmingham, Edinburgh | ![]() |
COLD COMFORT FARM From the novel by Stella Gibbons | 1995 | ![]() ![]() Producer: BBC Flms/Thames Film Director: John Schlesinger Role: Amos Starkadder |
A KNIGHT OUT (1995) | 1995 Tesson Civic Theatre; Playhouse; Theatre on the Bay Johannesburg; Durban; Capetown | ![]() |
ANGLIA AT WAR | 1995 | ![]() |
THIN ICE Screenplay by Geraldine Sherman | 1995 | ![]() Director: Fiona Cunningham-Reid Role: Himself |
JACK AND SARAH Tim Sullivan | 1995 | ![]() Producer: Granada Films Director: Tim Sullivan (Director/Writer) Role: William |
NATIONAL POETRY DAY Rudyard Kipling | 1995 | ![]() Role: Reader |
RESTORATION From the novel by Rose Tremain | 1995 | ![]() Producer: Miramax Director: Michael Hoffman Role: Will Gates |
RICHARD III Adapted from Shakespeare by Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen | 1995 | ![]() Producer: MGM/UA Director: Richard Loncraine Role: Richard III (Co-Producer &Co-Writer) Golden Globe nomination - Best Actor Felix Award - European Actor of theYear London Evening Standard - Film of the Year "Film 96" - "A Film of the Year" |
ODYSSEY (Unabridged) Homer | 1996 | ![]() Producer: Penguin Books 1997 Audie Award - Best Solo Narration |
CREATIONS Corigliano | 1996 | ![]() Producer: Telarc Records Role: Narrator |
RASPUTIN | 1996 | ![]() ![]() Producer: HBO USA Director: Uli Edel Role: Tsar Nicholas II Golden Globe Award - Best Supporting Actor Emmy nomination - Best Supporting Actor |
A KNIGHT OUT IN THE EAST END | 1996 St Paul's Arts Centre London E 14 | ![]() |
King's Parade | 1996 Theatre Royal Haymarket London | ![]() Director: Shevaun Wilder |
A KNIGHT OUT IN BRUSSELS | 1997 Theatre du Residence Palace Brussels | ![]() |
A KNIGHT OUT IN LOS ANGELES | 1997 Los Angeles Theatre Centre Los Angeles | ![]() Director: Gregory Cooke |
SURVIVING FRIENDLY FIRE | 1997 | ![]() Producer: Surviving Films/TW Nelson Director: Todd Nelson Role: Narrator |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (London) Henrik Ibsen, version by Christopher Hampton | 1997 Olivier Theatre London | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Dr. Tomas Stockmann |
BENT (1997) Martin Sherman from his own play. | 1997 | ![]() Producer: Film on Four/MGM Director: Sean Mathias Role: Uncle Freddie Prix De La Jeunesse, Cannes 1997 |
PETER PAN J M Barrie | 1997 Olivier Theatre London | ![]() Director: John Caird Role: Mr. Darling/Captain Hook |
SWEPT FROM THE SEA Tim Willcoks from Joseph Conrad's novella Amy Foster | 1998 | ![]() Producer: Phoenix Director: Beeban Kidron Role: Dr. Kennedy |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Los Angeles) | 1998 Ahmanson Theater The Music Centre Los Angeles | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Dr. Tomas Stockmann |
APT PUPIL Brandon Boyce from Stephen King's novella. | 1998 | ![]() Producer: Phoenix Director: Bryan Singer Role: Arthur Denker, aka Kurt Dussander |
THE SEAGULL (1998) Anton Chekov translated by Tom Stoppard | 1998 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds | ![]() Director: Jude Kelly Role: Dr. Dorn |
GODS AND MONSTERS Bill Condon from Christopher Bram's novel "The Father of Frankenstein" | 1998 | ![]() Producer: Lions Gate Films Director: Bill Condon Role: James Whale |
PRESENT LAUGHTER Noel Coward | 1998 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds | ![]() Director: Malcolm Sutherland Role: Garry Essendine |
THE TEMPEST William Shakespeare | 1999 West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds | ![]() Director: Jude Kelly Role: Prospero |
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1999) Charles Dickens, Screenplay by Adrian Hodges | 1999 | ![]() Producer: Kate Harwood Director: Simon Curtis Role: Mr Creakle |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: JOURNEY OF MAN Steve Roberts and Peter Wagg | 2000 | ![]() Director: Keith Melton Role: Narrataor |
X-MEN Chris McQuarrie, Tom DeSanto, Ed Solomon | 2000 | ![]() Producer: 20th Century Fox Director: Bryan Singer Role: Magneto |
THE OLIVIERS IN LOVE | 2001 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
Holocaust Memorial Day | 2001 Westminster Central Hall | ![]() |
LITTLE DORRIT Charles Dickens | 2001 | ![]() Director: Janet Whitaker Role: Dickens |
DANCE OF DEATH (Broadway) August Strindberg, new version by Richard Greenberg | 2001 Broadhurst Theatre New York | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias Role: Edgar |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, screenplay by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens | 2001 | ![]() Producer: New Line Cinema Director: Peter Jackson Role: Gandalf |
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE | 2002 | ![]() Role: Host |
EVEREST: VIEW FROM THE TOP | 2002 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE | 2002 | |
A KNIGHT OUT (Vancouver 2002) Anthology with commentary by Ian McKellen | 2002 Vancouver Playhouse Vancouver, BC Canada | ![]() |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, screenplay by Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Steven Sinclair | 2002 | ![]() Producer: New Line Cinema Director: Peter Jackson |
DANCE OF DEATH (London/Sydney) August Strindberg, new version by Richard Greenberg | 2003 Lyric Shaftesbury Ave London | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias Role: Edgar |
X2 | 2003 | ![]() Producer: 20th Century Fox Director: Bryan Singer |
An Audience with Ian McKellen | 2003 The Space Isle of Dogs, London | ![]() |
EMILE Carl Bessai | 2003 | ![]() Producer: Jaquelyn Renner Director: Carl Bessai Role: Emile |
CHURCHILL | 2003 | ![]() Producer: Lucy Carter Role: Narrator |
HIV/AIDS Concert | 2003 | ![]() |
THE SIMPSONS: The Regina Monologues | 2003 | ![]() Role: Himself |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, screenplay by Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens | 2003 | ![]() Producer: New Line Cinema Director: Peter Jackson |
EIGHTEEN Richard Bell | 2004 | ![]() Director: Richard Bell Role: Voice of Jason Anders |
SOUTH BANK SHOW: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF IAN MCKELLEN | 2004 | ![]() Producer: Matt Cain, edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg |
BE PREPARED Andy Rashleigh | 2004 | ![]() Director: Cherry Cookson Role: Robert Baden-Powell |
WOLF BROTHER Michelle Paver | 2004 | ![]() |
THE TEMPEST William Shakespeare | 2004 | ![]() Role: Reader |
ALADDIN Billie Brown | 2004 Old Vic London | ![]() Director: Sean Mathias Role: Widow Twankey |
SPRUNG: THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT Paul Bassett | 2005 | ![]() Producer: Canal+, Pathe Director: Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham Role: Zebedee |
TERRE HAUTE Edmund White | 2005 London | ![]() Director: Maria Aitken |
A Restoration Gala Readings | 2005 Royal Theatre Bury St Edmunds | ![]() |
CORONATION STREET | 2005 | ![]() Role: Mel Hutchwright |
THE PRELUDE William Wordsworth | 2005 | ![]() Role: Reader |
ASYLUM Based on the novel by Patrick McGrath | 2005 | ![]() Director: David MacKenzie |
ASYLUM Patrick McGrath | 2005 | ![]() Role: Reader |
SPIRIT WALKER Michelle Paver | 2005 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
NEVERWAS Joshua Michael Stern | 2005 | ![]() Producer: Sidney Kimmel Director: Joshua Michael Stern Role: Gabriel |
THE CUT Mark Ravenhill | 2006 Donmar London | ![]() Director: Michael Grandage Role: Paul |
SAINT OF 9-11 | 2006 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
THE DA VINCI CODE Akiva Goldsman based on Dan Brown's novel | 2006 | ![]() Producer: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT Director: Ron Howard Role: Sir Leigh Teabing |
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND | 2006 | ![]() Producer: Lauren Schuler Donner and Ralph Winter Director: Brett Ratner Role: Magneto |
A KNIGHT OUT IN LOS ANGELES (2006) Anthology | 2006 Freud Playhouse UCLA | ![]() Director: Ed Wilson |
SOUL EATER Michelle Paver | 2006 | ![]() Role: Reader |
EXTRAS | 2006 | ![]() Role: Self |
FLUSHED AWAY Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais | 2006 | ![]() Producer: Aardman Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell Role: Toad |
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER | 2006 | ![]() Role: Reader |
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Simon Armitage | 2006 | ![]() Role: Reader |
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD Joe Tucker and Raphael Warner | 2007 | ![]() Director: Joe Tucker Role: Jackdaw (voice) |
KING LEAR (2007) William Shakespeare | 2007 The Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: King Lear |
THE SEAGULL (2007) Anton Chekov | 2007 The Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Sorin |
DISPLACED Martin Holland | 2007 | ![]() Director: Martin Holland Role: Voice |
STARDUST Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn | 2007 | ![]() Director: Matthew Vaughn Role: Narrator |
THE GOLDEN COMPASS Chris Weitz based on Philip Pullman's novel | 2007 | ![]() Director: Chris Weitz Role: Iorek Byrinson |
OUTCAST Michelle Paver | 2008 | ![]() Role: Narrator |
KING LEAR (TV) William Shakespeare | 2008 | ![]() Director: Trevor Nunn Role: Lear |
WALTER NOW David Cook | 2009 | ![]() Role: Walter |
WAITING FOR GODOT Samuel Beckett | 2009 | ![]() Role: Estragon |
THE PRISONER Bill Gallagher | 2009 | ![]() Role: Number Two |
Title/Writer | Place | Director/Role |
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THE SYNDICATE Eduardo De Filippo, version by Mike Poulton | 2011 | ![]() Role: Don Antonio |
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens based on the novel by Tolkien | 2012 | ![]() Director: Peter Jackson Role: Gandalf |
THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens based on the novel by Tolkien | 2013 | ![]() Director: Peter Jackson Role: Gandalf |
NO MAN'S LAND Harold Pinter | 2013 | ![]() Role: Spooner |
WAITING FOR GODOT Samuel Beckett | 2013 | ![]() Role: Estragon |
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Simon Kinberg, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn | 2014 | ![]() Director: Bryan Singer Role: Magneto |
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens based on the novel by Tolkien | 2014 | ![]() Director: Peter Jackson Role: Gandalf |
MR HOLMES Jeffrey Hatcher and Bill Condon based on the novel by Mitch Cullin | 2015 | ![]() Director: Bill Condon Role: Sherlock Holmes |
THE DRESSER Ronald Harwood | 2015 | ![]() Role: Norman |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Linda Wolverton | 2017 | ![]() Director: Bill Condon Role: Cogsworth |
KING LEAR William Shakespeare | 2017 | ![]() Directed by Jonathan Munby Role: King Lear |