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IAN MCKELLEN photographed by Frederic Aranda for The Times (2025)

VICIOUS (2013-2016) | 1.02 — Cheat SIR IAN MCKELLEN as Freddie Thornhill SIR DEREK JACOBI as Stuart Bixby

Ian McKellen

We thought it's going to be a panel show but it's a quiz which people take far too seriously, and people get really passionate about it because people really care about TV, and everyone loves it. I've done lots of panel shows where we pretend we care. This is the first one I actually give a shit about.

They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven, or is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel. 🌹 A birthday drawing for my lovely twin sister 🌹

Ian McKellen at the London premiere of Beauty and the Beast

╚ [4 / ∞] favourite actors: Ian McKellen

‘Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that’s only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn’t ever believe that I was good enough to become one.’ - Ian McKellen.