Ian McKellan was born in Burnley, Lancashire but grew up in Wigan.
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Ian McKellan plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings, Magneto in X-Men, and Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code
Raymond Ian Burns also known as Captain Sensible was born in 1954 in London. He grew up in Southern London in the large border town of Croyden, England.
Sir Ian McKellan, who played the role of Gandalf in the films, has publicly announced that he is gay.
Ian McKellen isn't in any of the Harry Potter movies. You are probably confusing The Lord of the Rings movies with the Harry Potter movies. Ian McKellan plays the wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies. The Harry Potter movies also feature a wise, elderly yet powerful wizard with a long white beard -- Albus Dumbledore -- but he is played by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter movies, and Michael Gambon in all the subsequent ones.
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