Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010
Self (archive footage)
X-Men: The Mutant Watch 2000
Self - 'Magneto'
McKellen: Playing the Part 2018
Himself
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin 2017
Self
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin 2013
Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 2016
Self - Performer
Quintessentially British 2022
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans 2005
Self
The Life and Death of Lily Savage 2024
Self
Hating Peter Tatchell 2021
Self
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage 2016
Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003
Self
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' 2001
Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
Self
On Broadway 2019
Self
The Making of The Two Towers 2003
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet 2020
The Making of the Return of the King 2004
Self
The Paul O'Grady Story 2017
Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride 2022
Self
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! 2000
Self
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision 2003
Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World 2003
Self
Quest for the Ring 2001
Self
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! 2004
Self
A Bit Of Scarlet 1997
Narrator
Muse of Fire 2013
Self
Saint of 9/11 2006
Narrator
Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen 2016
Shakespeare on Film 2016
The Betty Driver Story 2011
Self
David Macaulay: Roman City 1994
Augustus Caesar (voice)
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' 2003
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories 2003
Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men 2003
Gladio 1992
Aldo Moro (voice)
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale 1999
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
Self
The Hobart Shakespeareans 2005
Himself
Hamlet Within 2022