Born in Lancashire, the son of a strongly Christian civil engineer, McKellen was scarred for life when his beloved mother died of breast cancer when he was 12. His relationship with his father was ...

McKellen, 85, was starring in Player Kings, combining William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts One and Two, in the capital’s West End theatre district, when he tripped during a fight scene ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. BURNLEY-born actor Sir Ian McKellen will receive the Freedom of the City of London at the end of the month.