Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE, is an English actor who is best known for his roles as the legendary horror director James Whale in Bill Condon's period drama film Gods and Monsters for which he earned an nomination for an, Magneto from the X-Men film franchise and Gandalf from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, for which he received an nomination for in the first film of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

For Disney, he voiced Cogsworth in the 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

Trivia

 * He was once considered for the role of Jafar in Aladdin.
 * He was also considered to voice Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Clayton in Tarzan.