Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE is an English actor. His career spans seven decades, having performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.
Are Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart a couple?
Despite McKellen and Stewart playing characters in X-Men who were sworn opponents, the two stars are actually best friends in real life.
From onscreen foes to real-life friends, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen’s friendship is one for the books. The British actors, who have known each other for more than 40 years, only became close two decades ago when they costarred in 2000’s X-Men.
THEY REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER. PDA is NBD for X-Men co-stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who’ve been best friends pretty much forever.
McKellen was knighted in the 1980 New Year Honours for services to the performing arts and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality in the 2008 New Year Honours.
He came out as gay in 1988 and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014.