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Originally Posted by p38arover

What was that about?

What, again???

Originally Posted by p38arover

Aware of it, yes, but never seen any of it and I have no idea who Ian McKellen is. So what is the video about?

Sir Ian McKellen is a world-famous actor and he's using a line from a character he played in a movie to amuse students.

His an acting credits:
Actor (102 credits) Untitled Noel Coward Biopic (pre-production) (rumored)
2015 Mr. Holmes (post-production)
Sherlock Holmes
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (post-production)
Gandalf
2014 The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet (delayed)
Gerald Macklin
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
Magneto
2014 Miss in Her Teens
The Prologue
2013 Vicious (TV Series)
Freddie Thornhill - Christmas Special (2013) ... Freddie Thornhill
- Episode #1.6 (2013) ... Freddie Thornhill
- Episode #1.5 (2013) ... Freddie Thornhill
- Episode #1.4 (2013) ... Freddie Thornhill
- Episode #1.3 (2013) ... Freddie Thornhill
Show all 7 episodes

2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gandalf
2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV Movie)
Ian McKellen
2013 The Wolverine
Magneto (uncredited)
2013 The Egg Trick (Short)
Magician
2012 Doctor Who (TV Series)
Great Intelligence - The Snowmen (2012) ... Great Intelligence (voice)

2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gandalf
2012 The Academy: Special (TV Movie)
Murray
2012 London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony: Enlightenment (TV Movie)
The Tempest - Prospero
2011 Claude et Claudette (Short)
The Voice (voice)
2011 Lady Grey London (Short)

2010 E'gad, Zombies! (Short)
The Narrator
2010 A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (Short)
Narrator (voice)
2010 Small-Time Revolutionary (Short)
Hamish Miller (voice)
2009 The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
Murray
2009 The Prisoner (TV Mini-Series)
2 / Curtis / Un-Two - Episode 6: Checkmate (2009) ... 2 / Curtis
- Episode 5: Schizoid (2009) ... 2 / Un-Two
- Episode 4: Darling (2009) ... 2
- Episode 3: Anvil (2009) ... 2
- Episode 2: Harmony (2009) ... 2
Show all 6 episodes

2009 The Academy (Short)
Murray
2008 King Lear (TV Movie)
King Lear
2008 Great Performances (TV Series)
King Lear - King Lear (2008) ... King Lear

2007 The Golden Compass
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
2007 Stardust
Narrator (voice)
2007 For the Love of God (Short)
Jackdaw
2006 Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II - Rise of the Witch King (Video Game)
Gandalf the Grey / Gandalf the White (voice)
2006 Flushed Away
The Toad (voice)
2006 Extras (TV Series)
Ian McKellen - Sir Ian McKellen (2006) ... Ian McKellen

2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
2006 The Da Vinci Code
Sir Leigh Teabing
2006 Doogal
Zebedee (voice)
2006 Displaced (voice)
2005 Eighteen
Jason Anders (voice)
2005 Neverwas
Gabriel Finch
2005 Coronation Street (TV Series)
Mel Hutchwright - Episode #1.6032 (2005) ... Mel Hutchwright
- Episode #1.6031 (2005) ... Mel Hutchwright
- Episode #1.6030 (2005) ... Mel Hutchwright
- Episode #1.6029 (2005) ... Mel Hutchwright
- Episode #1.6028 (2005) ... Mel Hutchwright
Show all 10 episodes

2005 Asylum
Dr. Peter Cleave
2005 Sprung! The Magic Roundabout
Zebedee (English version, voice)
2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (Video Game)
Gandalf (voice)
2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Video Game)
Gandalf (voice)
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gandalf
2003 The Simpsons (TV Series)
Sir Ian McKellen - The Regina Monologues (2003) ... Sir Ian McKellen (voice, as Sir Ian McKellen)

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Video Game)
Gandalf (voice, as Sir Ian McKellen)
2003 Emile
Emile
2003 X-Men 2
Eric Lensherr / Magneto
2003 Churchill (TV Series documentary)
Narrator - The Lion's Roar (2003) ... Narrator
- Destiny (2003) ... Narrator
- The Last Prize (2003) ... Narrator

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gandalf
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Video Game)
Gandalf (voice)
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gandalf the Grey
2000 X-Men
Eric Lensherr / Magneto
1999 David Copperfield (TV Movie)
Creakle
1998 Apt Pupil
Kurt Dussander
1998 Gods and Monsters
James Whale
1997 Amy Foster
Dr. James Kennedy
1997 Bent
Uncle Freddie
1996 Rasputin (TV Movie)
Tsar Nicholas II
1995 Restoration
Will Gates
1995 Richard III
Richard III
1995 Jack & Sarah
William
1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV Movie)
Amos Starkadder
1994 Heaven's a Drag
Quilt Documentary Narrator (voice)
1994 The Shadow
Dr. Reinhardt Lane
1994 I'll Do Anything
John Earl McAlpine
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
Geoffrey
1993 Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (TV Mini-Series)
Archibald Anson Gidde - Episode #1.3 (1993) ... Archibald Anson Gidde
- Episode #1.6 (1993) ... Archibald Anson Gidde (credit only)
- Episode #1.5 (1993) ... Archibald Anson Gidde

1993 And the Band Played On (TV Movie)
Bill Kraus
1993 The Ballad of Little Jo
Percy Corcoran
1993 Last Action Hero
Death
1990 Theatre Night (TV Series)
Iago - Othello (1990) ... Iago

1989 Countdown to War (TV Movie)
Adolf Hitler
1989 Scandal
John Profumo
1988 Windmills of the Gods (TV Movie)
Chairman
1985 Plenty
Sir Andrew Charleson
1985 Zina
Kronfeld
1983 The Keep
Dr. Cuza / Dr. Theodore Cuza
1983 Walter and June (TV Movie)
Walter
1982 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Movie)
Chauvelin
1982 Walter (TV Movie)
Walter
1981 Priest of Love
D.H. Lawrence
1980 Play for Today (TV Series)
- The Vanishing Army (1980)

1980 Armchair Thriller (TV Series)
Antony Skipling / Anthony Skipling - Dying Day: Part 4: Mr. Skiplng's Day of Reckoning (1980) ... Antony Skipling
- Dying Day: Part 3: Mr. Skipling Fights Back (1980) ... Antony Skipling
- Dying Day: Part 2: Mr. Skipling Finds a Friend (1980) ... Antony Skipling
- Dying Day: Part 1: Mr. Skipling is Sentenced to Death (1980) ... Anthony Skipling

1979 A Performance of Macbeth (TV Movie)
Macbeth
1979 BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)
Alexander - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979) ... Alexander

1978 Jackanory (TV Series)
Reader - The Moon in the Cloud (1978) ... Reader

1974 Late Night Drama (TV Series)
- Graceless Go I (1974)

1968-1973 BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)
Captain Plume / George Tesman / Ross / ... - The Recruiting Officer (1973) ... Captain Plume
- Hedda Gabler (1972) ... George Tesman
- Ross (1970) ... Ross / T.E. Lawrence
- Hay Fever (1968) ... Simon Bliss

1972 Country Matters (TV Mini-Series)
David Masterman - Craven Arms (1972) ... David Masterman

1972 BBC Show of the Week (TV Series)
- Keith Michell at Her Majesty's (1972)

1972 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series)
Lyov - The Last Journey (1972) ... Lyov

1971 The Tragedy of King Richard II (TV Movie)
King Richard II
1970/I Hamlet (TV Movie)
Hamlet
1970 Edward II (TV Movie)
King Edward
1970 Solo (TV Series)
John Keats - Ian McKellen as John Keats (1970) ... John Keats

1969 The Promise
Leonidik
1969/I Alfred the Great
Roger
1969 Thank You All Very Much
George Matthews
1966 David Copperfield (TV Series)
David Copperfield - Home at Last (1966) ... David Copperfield
- Fortunes Restored (1966) ... David Copperfield
- 'Umble Aspirations (1966) ... David Copperfield
- Toll of the Sea (1966) ... David Copperfield
- Domestic Tangles (1966) ... David Copperfield
Show all 9 episodes

1965 Sunday Out of Season (TV Movie)
Victor Leech
1965 The Wednesday Play (TV Series)
Wolf - The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965) ... Wolf

1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV Series)
Plowden - The Tomb of His Ancestors (1964) ... Plowden