Countdown to War
COUNTDOWN TO WAR at McKellen.com
Short clips (and some full videos) from 1969-Today. Dates are original release dates. CLICK ON THE TITLE below each date to access the clip.

—With Willard White, Imogen Stubbs, Zoë Wannamaker and Michael Grandage— OTHELLO at McKellen.com

Ian McKellen plays a vampire (Nosferatu) in the official music video for the Pet Shop Boys’ number one single Heart.

In this short clip, author Roald Dahl instructs some children on the dangers of witches, as he drops them off at a school staffed by a coven including Ian McKellen in drag as Grand High Witch. The adaptation of his short story The Witches was broadcast in 1986. This clip…

—With Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Sting, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud and Sam Neill— Susan Traherne (Meryl Streep) pays a visit to career diplomat Sir Andrew Charleson (Ian McKellen) of the Foreign Office. Filmed on location. Copyright 1985 Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation and RKO Pictures, Inc. PLENTY at McKellen.com

Directed by Michael Mann, The Keep is Ian McKellen’s only feature-length horror film so far. Watch the trailer here.

—With Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour— THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL on McKellen.com