109-714: The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free ) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden . The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust , which also runs services at Barnet Hospital , Chase Farm Hospital and a number of other sites. The trust is a founder member of the UCLPartners academic health science centre . What became
218-527: A "colossal, emphatically wigged cameo". To celebrate his 80th birthday, in 2019 McKellen performed in a one-man stage show titled Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU celebrating the various performances throughout his career. The show toured across the UK and Ireland (raising money for each venue and organisation's charity) before a West End run at the Harold Pinter Theatre and
327-550: A "lethally flamboyant incarnation" and said his "florid mastery ... dominates everything". Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised McKellen's adaptation and his performance in his four star review writing, "McKellen has a deep sympathy for the playwright ... Here he brings to Shakespeare's most tortured villain a malevolence we are moved to pity. No man should be so evil, and know it. Hitler and others were more evil, but denied out to themselves. There
436-655: A "notable success". In 1965 he was a member of Laurence Olivier 's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic , which led to roles at the Chichester Festival . With the Prospect Theatre Company , McKellen made his breakthrough performances of Shakespeare 's Richard II (directed by Richard Cottrell ) and Christopher Marlowe 's Edward II (directed by Toby Robertson ) at the Edinburgh Festival in 1969,
545-651: A 17 May 2006 interview on The Today Show with the Da Vinci Code cast and director Ron Howard , Matt Lauer posed a question to the group about how they would have felt if the film had borne a prominent disclaimer that it is a work of fiction, as some religious groups wanted. McKellen responded, "I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying 'This is fiction'. I mean, walking on water? It takes ... an act of faith. And I have faith in this movie—not that it's true, not that it's factual, but that it's
654-567: A 1998 interview that discusses the 29th anniversary of the Stonewall riots , McKellen commented, I have many regrets about not having come out earlier, but one of them might be that I didn't engage myself in the politicking. He has said of this period: My own participating in that campaign was a focus for people [to] take comfort that if Ian McKellen was on board for this, perhaps it would be all right for other people to be as well, gay and straight. Section 28 was, however, enacted and remained on
763-594: A doctor, Obinna Obeta, with the aim of harvesting the man’s kidney for Ekweremadu's daughter, Sonia. The court heard that Chris Agbo, an NHS consultant nephrologist at Hinchingbrooke hospital in Cambridgeshire, was paid by the Ekweremadus to facilitate the proposed transplant. Agbo also helped arrange a previous successful kidney transplant at the Royal Free, involving another man suspected of being trafficked from Nigeria,
872-780: A double feature production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , and Anton Chekov 's Three Sisters portraying Sir Toby Belch and Andrei, respectively. In 1979, McKellen gained acclaim for his role as Antonio Salieri in the Broadway transfer production of Peter Shaffer 's play Amadeus . It was an immensely popular play produced by the National Theatre originally starring Paul Scofield . The transfer starred McKellen, Tim Curry as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , and Jane Seymour as Constanze Mozart . The New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich wrote of McKellen's performance "In Mr. McKellen's superb performance, Salieri's descent into madness
981-473: A double production of Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot and Harold Pinter 's No Man's Land on Broadway at the Cort Theatre . Variety theatre critic Marilyn Stasio praised the dual production writing, "McKellen and Stewart find plenty of consoling comedy in two masterpieces of existential despair". In both productions of Stasio claims, "the two thespians play the parts they were meant to play". He
1090-409: A global impact through both patient care and scientific research. Additionally, these hospitals had large patient bases, abundant financial resources, and renowned physicians, advisors and staff. Many of the medical schools that ensued the prospect of being associated to a nearby hospital tended to be private institutions that received philanthropic support. While some funding comes from Medicaid for
1199-511: A jolly good story". He continued, "And I think audiences are clever enough and bright enough to separate out fact and fiction, and discuss the thing when they've seen it". McKellen appeared in the 2006 BBC series of Ricky Gervais 's comedy series Extras , where he played himself directing Gervais's character Andy Millman in a play about gay lovers. McKellen received a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series nomination for his performance. In 2007, McKellen narrated
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#17328581797791308-639: A lifelong ambition, where in 2015 he was gifted a cobble from the soap's exterior set for his seventy-sixth birthday. He narrated Richard Bell 's film Eighteen as a grandfather who leaves his World War II memoirs on audio-cassette for his teenage grandson. McKellen has appeared in limited release films, such as Emile (which was shot in three weeks following the X2 shoot), Neverwas and Asylum . In 2006, he appeared as Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code opposite Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon . During
1417-532: A medical school, but plans fell through until 1928, when Royal Prince Alfred Hospital became Australia's first teaching hospital, to educate students of the University of Sydney . Ian McKellen Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. With a career spanning more than sixty years, he is noted for his roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He
1526-453: A member of a society which declared its indifference to people's sexuality years back, I think she was just glad for my sake that I wasn't lying any more". His great-great-grandfather Robert J. Lowes was an activist and campaigner in the ultimately successful campaign for a Saturday half-holiday in Manchester, the forerunner to the modern five-day work week, thus making Lowes a "grandfather of
1635-623: A modern 12-storey cruciform tower block was built in Pond Street , Hampstead on the site of the former Hampstead General Hospital founded by William Heath Strange . It opened in 1974, and was officially opened by the Queen in 1978 on the Royal Free's 150th anniversary. Meanwhile, the Eastman Dental Hospital took over the whole of the Gray's Inn Road site. The Royal Free was the first hospital in
1744-471: A network of over 100 health care units primarily in rural or remote areas. In France, the teaching hospitals are called "CHU" ( Centre hospitalier universitaire ). They are regional hospitals with an agreement within a university, or possibly several universities. A part of the medical staff are both medical practitioners and teachers under the two institutions agreement, and receive dual compensation. There are at least one per French administrative region. In
1853-607: A possible negative effect on his career, was that the controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Bill, known simply as Section 28 , was then under consideration in the British Parliament . Section 28 proposed prohibiting local authorities from promoting homosexuality "... as a kind of pretended family relationship". McKellen has stated that he was influenced in his decision by the advice and support of his friends, among them noted gay author Armistead Maupin . In
1962-625: A safe setting which is supervised by physicians that provide both oversight and education. The first teaching hospital where students were authorized to methodically practice on patients under the supervision of physicians was reportedly the Academy of Gundishapur in the Persian Empire during the Sassanid era. Some of the earliest teaching hospitals were the Islamic Bimaristans , which included
2071-684: A significant impact on McKellen's future career. McKellen made his first professional appearance in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry , as Roper in A Man for All Seasons , although an audio recording of the Marlowe Society's Cymbeline had gone on commercial sale as part of the Argo Shakespeare series. After four years in regional repertory theatres , McKellen made his first West End appearance, in A Scent of Flowers , regarded as
2180-797: A small dispensary at 16 Greville Street, Holborn , called the London General Institution for the Gratuitous Care of Malignant Diseases. The hospital became the London Free Hospital in 1833, and the Free Hospital in 1835. A royal charter was granted by Queen Victoria in 1837 to what then became the Royal Free Hospital, after it was the only hospital to stay open during the 1826–1837 cholera epidemic and had cared for many victims. As demand for in-patient facilities increased
2289-1095: A well-known figure in British theatre, performing frequently at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre , where he played several leading Shakespearean roles. From 1973 to 1974, McKellen toured the United Kingdom and Brooklyn Academy of Music portraying Lady Wishfort's Footman, Kruschov, and Edgar in the William Congreve comedy The Way of the World , Anton Chekov 's comedic three-act play The Wood Demon and William Shakespeare tragedy King Lear . The following year, he starred in Shakespeare 's King John , George Colman 's The Clandestine Marriage , and George Bernard Shaw 's Too True to Be Good . From 1976 to 1977 he portrayed Romeo in
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#17328581797792398-498: A world tour of a lauded revival of Richard III , playing the title character . The production played at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for two weeks before continuing its tour where Frank Rich of New York Times was able to review it. In his piece, he praised McKellen's performance writing, "Mr McKellen's highly sophisticated sense of theatre and fun drives him to reveal the secrets of how he pulls his victims' strings whether he
2507-770: Is Patron of English Touring Theatre and also President and Patron of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain , an association of amateur theatre organisations throughout the UK. In late August 2012, he took part in the opening ceremony of the London Paralympics , portraying Prospero from The Tempest . McKellen reprised the role of Gandalf on screen in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit starting with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), followed by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and finally The Hobbit: The Battle of
2616-590: Is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, and is the third-largest hospital in the world. Another academic hospital, University of Cape Town 's Groote Schuur Hospital , was the site of the first human-to-human heart transplant . Aga Khan University Hospital (Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College) is a 721-bed teaching hospital that trains doctors and hospital administrators with support from American and Canadian universities. The hospital also coordinates
2725-576: Is addressing the audience in a soliloquy or not". For his performance he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor . In 1992, he acted in Pam Gems 's revival of Chekov's Uncle Vanya at the Royal National Theatre alongside Antony Sher , and Janet McTeer . In 1993, he starred in the film Six Degrees of Separation based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award nominated play of
2834-476: Is also an emeritus Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford . While McKellen had made his sexual orientation known to fellow actors early on in his stage career, it was not until 1988 that he came out to the general public while appearing on the BBC Radio programme Third Ear hosted by conservative journalist Peregrine Worsthorne . The context that prompted McKellen's decision, overriding any concerns about
2943-656: Is no escape for Richard. He is one of the first self-aware characters in the theatre, and for that distinction he must pay the price". His performance in the title role garnered BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor and won the European Film Award for Best Actor . His screenplay was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay . That same year, he appeared in the historical drama Restoration (1995) also starring Downey Jr., as well as Meg Ryan , Hugh Grant , and David Thewlis . He also appeared in
3052-543: Is nothing short of magnificent ... Director Bill Condon, who teamed superbly with McKellen on the Oscar-winning Gods and Monsters, brings us a riveting character study of a lion not going gentle into winter". In October 2015, McKellen appeared as Norman to Anthony Hopkins 's Sir in a BBC Two production of Ronald Harwood 's The Dresser , alongside Edward Fox , Vanessa Kirby , and Emily Watson . Television critic Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter praised
3161-458: Is preaching to the converted, McKellen makes us aware of the vast and powerful intolerance outside the comfortable walls of the theatre. Endowed with a rare technique, he is a natural storyteller, an admirable human being and a hands-on activist". From 1997 to 1998, he starred as Dr. Tomas Stockmann in a revival of Henrik Ibsen 's An Enemy of the People . Later that year he played Garry Essendine in
3270-464: Is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades , including a Tony Award , six Olivier Awards , and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards , five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards . McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he
3379-479: The 1991 animated film ) in the live-action adaptation of Disney 's Beauty and the Beast , directed by Bill Condon (which marked the third collaboration between Condon and McKellen, after Gods and Monsters and Mr. Holmes ) and co-starred alongside Emma Watson and Dan Stevens . The film was released to positive reviews and grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing live-action musical film,
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3488-568: The Broadhurst Theatre . The New York Times Theatre critic Ben Brantley praised McKellen's performance writing, "[McKellen] returns to Broadway to serve up an Elysian concoction we get to sample too little these days: a mixture of heroic stage presence, actorly intelligence, and rarefied theatrical technique". McKellen toured with the production at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End and to
3597-565: The Charles Dickens classic novel. The miniseries starred a pre- Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe , Bob Hoskins , and Dame Maggie Smith . In 1999, McKellen was cast, again under the direction of Bryan Singer, to play the comic book supervillain Magneto in the 2000 film X-Men and its sequels X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). He later reprised his role of Magneto in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past , sharing
3706-588: The David Hare play of the same name . The film was directed by Fred Schepisi and starred Meryl Streep , Charles Dance , John Gielgud , and Sting . The film spans nearly 20 years from the early 1940s to the 1960s, around an Englishwoman's experiences as a fighter for the French Resistance during World War II when she has a one-night stand with a British intelligence agent. The film received mixed reviews with Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times praising
3815-530: The Edinburgh Festival . This relationship lasted until 1988, and according to Mathias, it was tempestuous, with conflicts over McKellen's success in acting versus Mathias's somewhat less-successful career. The two remained friends, with Mathias later directing McKellen in Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2009. The pair entered into a business partnership with Evgeny Lebedev , purchasing
3924-541: The HBO made-for-television movie Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) starring Alan Rickman as Rasputin . For his performance, McKellen earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film win. McKellen appeared as Mr Creakle in the BBC series David Copperfield (1999) based on
4033-451: The ITV sitcom Vicious as Freddie Thornhill, alongside Derek Jacobi . The series revolves around an elderly gay couple who have been together for 50 years. The show's original title was "Vicious Old Queens". There are ongoing jokes about McKellen's career as a relatively unsuccessful character actor who owns a tux because he stole it after doing a guest spot on "Downton Abbey" and that he holds
4142-452: The James L. Brooks directed comedy I'll Do Anything starring Nick Nolte . In 1995, McKellen made his screenwriting debut with Richard III , an ambitious adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name , directed by Richard Loncraine . The film reimagines the play's story and characters to a setting based on 1930s Britain, with Richard depicted as a fascist plotting to usurp
4251-653: The Noël Coward comedy Present Laughter at the West Yorkshire Playhouse . In 1998, he appeared in the modestly acclaimed psychological thriller Apt Pupil , which was directed by Bryan Singer and based on a story by Stephen King . McKellen portrayed a fugitive Nazi officer living under a false name in the US who is befriended by a curious teenager ( Brad Renfro ) who threatens to expose him unless he tells his story in detail. That same year, he played James Whale ,
4360-560: The Royal College of Nursing Teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals . Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located with medical schools . Teaching hospitals use a residency program to educate qualified physicians, podiatrists , dentists , and pharmacists who are receiving training after attaining
4469-551: The Royal Shakespeare Company . McKellen starred in the British drama Scandal (1989) a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan . McKellen portrayed John Profumo . The film starred Joanne Whalley , and John Hurt . The film premiered at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and competed for the Palme d'Or . When his friend and colleague, Patrick Stewart , decided to accept
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4578-837: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in The Fellowship of the Ring and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role. He provided the voice of Gandalf for several video game adaptations of the Lord of the Rings films. McKellen returned to the Broadway stage in 2001 in an August Strindberg play The Dance of Death alongside Helen Mirren and David Strathairn at
4687-587: The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey (1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart . McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including
4796-562: The second highest-grossing film of 2017 , and the 17th highest-grossing film of all time. In 2017, McKellen appeared in the documentary McKellen: Playing the Part , directed by director Joe Stephenson. The documentary explores McKellen's life and career as an actor. In October 2017, McKellen played King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre , a role which he said was likely to be his "last big Shakespearean part". He performed
4905-711: The titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films , and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019). McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He
5014-466: The 2015 novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn. The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival . In April 2024, McKellen starred as John Falstaff in Player Kings ( an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 ) opposite Richard Coyle and Toheeb Jimoh at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End and received rave reviews (following runs at New Wimbledon Theatre and Manchester Opera House ). The production
5123-426: The Al-Adudi Hospital founded in Baghdad in 981 and the Al-Fustat Hospital in Cairo founded in 872. The following definitions are commonly used in connection with teaching hospitals: Many teaching hospitals and medical centers are known for the medical research that is performed in their hospitals. Close association with medical colleges and universities enhances the research programs at teaching hospitals. Some of
5232-522: The Artist Citizen of the World Award (France). McKellen has a tattoo of the Elvish number nine, written using J. R. R. Tolkien 's constructed script of Tengwar , on his shoulder in reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the original nine companions of the Fellowship of the Ring . All but one of the other actors of "The Fellowship" ( Elijah Wood , Sean Astin , Orlando Bloom , Billy Boyd , Sean Bean , Dominic Monaghan and Viggo Mortensen ) have
5341-409: The British romantic comedy Jack and Sarah (1995) starring Richard E. Grant , Samantha Mathis , and Judi Dench . In 1993, he appeared in minor roles in the television miniseries Tales of the City , based on the novel by his friend Armistead Maupin . Later that year, McKellen appeared in the HBO television film And the Band Played On based on the acclaimed novel of the same name about
5450-429: The Five Armies (2014). Despite the series receiving mixed reviews, it emerged as a financial success. McKellen also reprised his role as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto in James Mangold 's The Wolverine (2013), and Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In November 2013, McKellen appeared in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot . From 2013 to 2016, McKellen co-starred in
5559-512: The GME process, teaching hospitals must consider paying residents and fellows within their budgets. These additional costs vary between hospitals based on funding by Medicaid and their general salary for residents and fellows. Despite these costs, they are often offset by the prices of procedures which are elevated in comparison to most non-teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals often justify this additional cost factor by boasting that their quality of care rises above non-teaching hospitals, or ensuring
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#17328581797795668-419: The London Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine for Women. In 1998 it merged with the University College Hospital 's medical school to form the Royal Free and University College Medical School, renamed the UCL Medical School in 2008. The Royal Free Hospital has a high-level isolation unit equipped to treat highly infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease . In 2014, the British nurse William Pooley
5777-442: The MMR issue. In February 2022 a Nigerian male was presented to a private renal unit at the Royal Free hospital, in an attempt to persuade doctors to carry out an £80,000 kidney transplant. For a fee, a medical secretary at the hospital acted as an interpreter between the man and the doctors, to try to convince them he was an altruistic donor. Later, Ike Ekweremadu was convicted of organ trafficking, along with his wife Beatrice, and
5886-422: The Royal Free Hospital was founded in 1828 by the surgeon William Marsden to provide free care to those of little means. It is said that one evening, Marsden found a young girl lying on the steps of St. Andrew Church, Holborn , dying from disease and hunger and sought help for her from one of the nearby hospitals. However, none would take the girl in and she died two days later. After this experience Marsden set up
5995-466: The Royal Free, and the trust now treats all patients needing dialysis in north and central London. The department of liver medicine is recognised as one of the leading research units of its type in the world: it was founded by Professor Dame Sheila Sherlock . The hospital was rated 'good' by the Care Quality Commission in September 2017. In a report of the Care Quality Commission completed in May 2019, Royal Free Hospital's overall surgical safety rating
6104-523: The Shakespeare romance Romeo & Juliet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre . The following year he played King Leontes in The Winter's Tale . In 1976, McKellen played the title role in William Shakespeare 's Macbeth at Stratford in a "gripping ... out of the ordinary" production, with Judi Dench , and Iago in Othello , in award-winning productions directed by Trevor Nunn . Both of these productions were adapted into television films, also directed by Nunn. From 1978 to 1979 he toured in
6213-498: The Sydney Art's Festival in Australia. On 16 March 2002, he hosted Saturday Night Live . In 2003, McKellen made a guest appearance as himself on the American cartoon show The Simpsons in a special British-themed episode entitled " The Regina Monologues ", along with the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and author J. K. Rowling . In April and May 2005, he played the role of Mel Hutchwright in Granada Television 's long-running British soap opera, Coronation Street , fulfilling
6322-421: The UK to appoint a consultant in HIV medicine, in 1989. Professor Margaret Johnson, a specialist in thoracic medicine , built the Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine, which is at the forefront of treatment of HIV- AIDS . The out-patients' centre was opened in 1992 by the actor Sir Ian McKellen and is named after the actor Ian Charleson . In February 1998, the Royal Free held a press conference to coincide with
6431-433: The United States was founded at the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania ) in 1765, when medical students at the college began taking bedside instruction at the Pennsylvania Hospital (an institution that predated the medical school by several years). Following that were King's College of New York in 1768, Harvard University in 1783, Dartmouth College in 1798, and Yale University in 1810 to begin
6540-463: The aftermath of the 11 September attacks , McKellen said: "Well, darling, you forget—I slept under a steel plate until I was four years old". McKellen's father was a civil engineer and lay preacher , and was of Protestant Irish and Scottish descent. Both of McKellen's grandfathers were preachers, and his great-great-grandfather, James McKellen, was a "strict, evangelical Protestant minister" in Ballymena, County Antrim . His home environment
6649-436: The architects of Section 28, as the 'ugly sisters' of a political pantomime. McKellen has continued to be very active in LGBT rights efforts. In a statement on his website regarding his activism, the actor commented: I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about—nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I never want to be forever spouting, diluting
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#17328581797796758-482: The attention of three other women. McKellen received mixed reviews from critics in particular Frank Rich of The New York Times who praised him for his "bravura and athletically graceful technique that provides everything except, perhaps, the thing that matters most—sustained laughter". He later wrote, "Mr. McKellen finds himself in the peculiar predicament of the star who strains to carry a frail supporting cast". In 1989 he played Iago in production of Othello by
6867-557: The city of Paris and its suburbs, the Greater Paris , it is the local public hospital system called the Greater Paris University Hospitals (in French: Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris , AP-HP) which has an agreement with 5 major universities in Paris. However, it is divided into small groups of hospitals and universities which are commonly called CHU as if they were separate CHU: There are 32 teaching hospitals in France. Amongst these are 30 University hospitals and only two Regional teaching hospitals. The first teaching hospital in
6976-433: The course of 3 years. At that young age he was already giving performances that have since become legendary such as his Justice Shallow in Henry IV alongside Trevor Nunn and Derek Jacobi (March 1959), Cymbeline (as Posthumus, opposite Margaret Drabble as Imogen) and Doctor Faustus . During this period McKellen had already been directed by Peter Hall , John Barton and Dadie Rylands , all of whom would have
7085-444: The degree of MD , DO , DPM , DDS , DMD, PharmD , BDS , BDent , MBBS, MBChB, or BMed . Those that attend a teaching hospital or clinic would practice medicine under the direct or indirect supervision of a senior medical clinician registered in that specialty, such as an attending physician or consultant . The purpose of these residency programs is to create an environment where new doctors can learn to practice medicine in
7194-504: The details of his final case because his mind is slowly deteriorating. The film premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival with McKellen receiving acclaim for his performance. Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers praised his performance writing, "Don't think you can take another Hollywood version of Sherlock Holmes? Snap out of it. Apologies to Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch , but what Ian McKellen does with Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective in Mr Holmes
7303-449: The director of Frankenstein in the Bill Condon directed period drama Gods and Monsters , a role for which he was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor , losing it to Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful (1998). In 1995, he appeared in the BBC television comedy film Cold Comfort Farm starring Kate Beckinsale , Rufus Sewell , and Stephen Fry . The following year he starred as Tsar Nicholas II in
7412-451: The discovery of HIV . For his performance as gay rights activist Bill Kraus , McKellen received the CableACE Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . From 1993 to 1997 McKellen toured in a one-man show entitled, A Knights Out , about coming out as a gay man. Laurie Winer from The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Even if he
7521-452: The film and the central performances writing, "there's no escaping that Hopkins and McKellen are the central figures here, giving wonderfully nuanced performances, onscreen together for their first time in their acclaimed careers". For his performance McKellen received a British Academy Television Award nomination for his performance. In 2017, McKellen portrayed in a supporting role as Cogsworth (originally voiced by David Ogden Stiers in
7630-425: The film's ensemble cast writing, "The performances in the movie supply one brilliant solo after another; most of the big moments come as characters dominate the scenes they are in". In 1986, he returned to Broadway in the revival of Anton Chekhov 's first play Wild Honey alongside Kim Cattrall and Kate Burton . The play concerned a local Russian schoolteacher who struggles to remain faithful to his wife, despite
7739-442: The history of notable university-affiliated teaching hospitals in America. Teaching hospitals rose to prevalence in the United States beginning the early 1900s and they largely resembled those established by Johns Hopkins University , the University of Pennsylvania and the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland. The hospitals that followed the example of these universities were all very large, technologically sophisticated and aimed to have
7848-627: The hospital moved to the former barracks of the Light Horse Volunteers in Gray's Inn Road in 1844. The north wing of the former barracks, which was rebuilt and renamed the Sussex Wing after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex , a benefactor of the hospital, re-opened in 1856 and the south wing, which was rebuilt and renamed the Victoria Wing after Queen Victoria, re-opened in 1879. Meanwhile,
7957-432: The hospital's closure between 25 July and 5 October. There was subsequently some debate as to whether the episode was of an infectious cause, or just an example of mass hysteria . The outbreak was later found to have been a notable case in the UK of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome , and resulted in the coining of the disease's name. By the late 1960s the site on Gray's Inn Road had become too cramped, and
8066-542: The jury was told. For a long time, the Royal Free was the only London hospital allowing women to study medicine, forming an association with the London School of Medicine for Women , under which women from the school completed their clinical studies at the hospital, from 1877. Under the Deanship of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , one of the school's founders, it became part of the University of London and in 1896 became known as
8175-712: The latter causing a storm of protest over the enactment of the homosexual Edward's lurid death. One of McKellen's first major roles on television was as the title character in the BBC's 1966 adaptation of David Copperfield , which achieved 12 million viewers on its initial airings. After some rebroadcasting in the late 60s, the master videotapes for the serial were wiped , and only four scattered episodes (3, 8, 9 and 11) survive as telerecordings , three of which feature McKellen as adult David. McKellen had taken film roles throughout his career—beginning in 1969 with his role of George Matthews in A Touch of Love , and his first leading role
8284-620: The latter stages of the First World War before becoming the maternity wing after the war. The Eastman Dental Clinic opened in a building adjacent to the main hospital in 1929. The Victoria Wing was badly damaged by a V-1 flying bomb in July 1944 during the Second World War . In 1955 an apparent outbreak of an infectious illness, involving fever and subsequent persisting fatigue along with other symptoms, affected 292 members of staff and forced
8393-535: The lease of The Grapes public house in Narrow Street. As of 2005, McKellen had been living in Narrow Street , Limehouse , for more than 25 years, more than a decade of which had been spent in a five-storey Victorian conversion. McKellen is an atheist . In the late 1980s, he lost his appetite for every kind of meat but fish, and has since followed a mainly pescetarian diet. In 2001, Ian McKellen received
8502-495: The marriage of his friend and X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart to the singer Sunny Ozell . McKellen was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Cambridge University on 18 June 2014. He was made a Freeman of the City of London on 30 October 2014. The ceremony took place at Guildhall in London. He was nominated by London's Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf , who said he was an "exceptional actor" and "tireless campaigner for equality". He
8611-456: The modern weekend". McKellen attended Bolton School (Boys' Division), of which he is still a supporter, attending regularly to talk to pupils. McKellen's acting career started at Bolton Little Theatre , of which he is now the patron. An early fascination with the theatre was encouraged by his parents, who took him on a family outing to Peter Pan at the Opera House in Manchester when he
8720-451: The more notable teaching hospitals include: The Algerian Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform maintains 15 public university teaching hospital centres (French: Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire or CHU ) with 13,755 beds and one public university hospital (EHU) with 773 beds. Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital became a teaching hospital in the 1990s, and offers a 6-year MBBS degree. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
8829-412: The pair knitting Christmas jumpers and other festive attire. In 2023, it was revealed that Ulvaeus and McKellen would be knitting stagewear for Kylie Minogue as part of her More Than Just a Residency concert residency at Voltaire at The Venetian Las Vegas . In 2023, he starred in the period thriller The Critic directed by Anand Tucker . The film is written by Patrick Marber adapted off
8938-459: The patient that they are improving medicine of the future by having their procedure done with medical trainees present. According to the Medical Journal of Australia , Australian teaching hospitals typically receive less funding for research than they do in similarly situated countries. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw several attempts at instituting a teaching hospital to be affiliated with
9047-714: The play at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End during the summer of 2018. McKellen voiced Dr. Cecil Pritchfield the child psychiatrist for Stewie Griffin in the Family Guy episode " Send in Stewie, Please " in 2018. He appeared in Kenneth Branagh 's historical drama All is True (2018) portraying Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton , opposite Branagh and Judi Dench. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian described his performance "offer solid support" and added that it's
9156-677: The publication in The Lancet of a paper by Andrew Wakefield who claimed to have found a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism . This started a controversy which led to a crisis in public confidence over MMR and a fall in uptake of the vaccine. Wakefield left the medical school in October 2001 and was later struck off the UK medical register by the General Medical Council following an investigation by The Sunday Times newspaper into
9265-461: The remaining West End and tour performances on medical advice. McKellen and his first partner, Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton , began their relationship in 1964. Their relationship lasted for eight years, ending in 1972. They lived in Earls Terrace , Kensington, London, where McKellen continued to pursue his career as an actor. In 1978, he met his second partner, Sean Mathias , at
9374-575: The role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the American television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation , McKellen strongly advised him not to throw away his respected theatrical career to work in television. However, McKellen later conceded that Stewart had been prudent in accepting the role, which made him a global star and later followed his example such as co-starring with Stewart in the X-Men superhero film series. From 1990 to 1992, he acted in
9483-471: The role of Bottom played by Jean McKellen, who continued to act, direct, and produce amateur theatre until her death. In 1958, McKellen, at the age of 18, won a scholarship to St Catharine's College, Cambridge , where he read English literature. He has since been made an Honorary Fellow of the college. While at Cambridge, McKellen was a member of the Marlowe Society , where he appeared in 23 plays over
9592-523: The role with Michael Fassbender , who played a younger version of the character in 2011's X-Men: First Class . While filming the first X-Men film in 1999, McKellen was cast as the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson 's film trilogy adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers , and The Return of the King ), released between 2001 and 2003. He won
9701-476: The romantic fantasy adventure film Stardust starring Charlie Cox and Claire Danes , which was a critical and financial success. That same year, he lent his voice to the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the Chris Weitz -directed fantasy film The Golden Compass based on the acclaimed Philip Pullman novel Northern Lights and starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig . The film received mixed reviews but
9810-403: The same name . McKellen starred alongside Will Smith , Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing . The film was a critical success. That same year, he also appeared in the western The Ballad of Little Jo opposite Bob Hoskins and the action comedy Last Action Hero starring Arnold Schwarzenegger . The following year, he appeared in the superhero film The Shadow with Alec Baldwin and
9919-476: The same tattoo ( John Rhys-Davies did not get the tattoo, but his stunt double Brett Beattie did). McKellen was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006. In 2012, he stated on his blog that "There is no cause for alarm. I am examined regularly and the cancer is contained. I've not needed any treatment". McKellen became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church in early 2013 to preside over
10028-763: The statute books until it was repealed in 2000 in Scotland and 2003 in England and Wales. Section 28 never applied in Northern Ireland. In 2003, during an appearance on Have I Got News For You , McKellen claimed when he visited Michael Howard , then Environment Secretary (responsible for local government), in 1988 to lobby against Section 28, Howard refused to change his position but did ask him to leave an autograph for his children. McKellen agreed, but wrote, "Fuck off, I'm gay". McKellen described Howard's junior ministers, Conservatives David Wilshire and Jill Knight , who were
10137-404: The throne. McKellen stars in the title role alongside an ensemble cast including Annette Bening , Robert Downey Jr. , Jim Broadbent , Kristen Scott Thomas , Nigel Hawthorne and Dame Maggie Smith . As executive producer he returned his £50,000 fee to complete the filming of the final battle. In his review of the film, The Washington Post film critic Hal Hinson called McKellen's performance
10246-407: The title of "10th Most Popular 'Doctor Who' Villain". Liz Shannon Miller of IndieWire noted while the concept seemed, "weird as hell", that "Once you come to accept McKellen and Jacobi in a multi-camera format, there is a lot to respect about their performances; specifically, the way that those decades of classical training adapt themselves to the sitcom world. Much has been written before about how
10355-454: The tradition of the multi-cam, filmed in front of a studio audience, relates to theatre, and McKellen and Jacobi know how to play to a live crowd". In 2015, McKellen reunited with director Bill Condon playing an elderly Sherlock Holmes in the mystery film Mr. Holmes alongside Laura Linney . In the film based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind (2005), Holmes now 93, struggles to recall
10464-689: The western elevation on Gray's Inn Road, which was rebuilt and renamed the Alexandra Building after the Princess of Wales , was re-opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales in July 1895. Some additional land was purchased and used to develop the Helena Building, named after Princess Helena : the building was completed in 1915 and served as the Royal Free Military Hospital for officers during
10573-552: Was a financial success. In 2007, he returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company , in productions of King Lear and The Seagull , both directed by Trevor Nunn . In 2009 he portrayed Number Two in The Prisoner , a remake of the 1967 cult series The Prisoner . In 2009, he appeared in a very popular revival of Waiting for Godot at London's Haymarket Theatre , directed by Sean Mathias , and playing opposite Patrick Stewart . From 2013 to 2014, McKellen and Stewart starred in
10682-539: Was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall , an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots . He is also patron of LGBT History Month , Pride London , Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG . McKellen was born on 25 May 1939 in Burnley , Lancashire, the son of Margery Lois (née Sutcliffe) and Denis Murray McKellen. He
10791-651: Was downgraded from "good" to "requires improvement", due to a "large number" of "never events"—incidents so serious they should never have happened—which were partially related to "poor behaviours" by a few consultants at the Royal Free London NHS Trust and failures of the Trust's management. The Royal Free is near Belsize Park tube station and Hampstead Heath railway station , and on several bus routes. There are limited car parking facilities. Rachael Annie Cox-Davies , matron from 1905 to 1922 and founding member of
10900-495: Was in 1980 as D. H. Lawrence in Priest of Love , but it was not until the 1990s that he became more widely recognised in this medium after several roles in blockbuster Hollywood films. In 1969, McKellen starred in three films, Michael Hayes 's The Promise , Clive Donner 's epic film Alfred the Great , and Waris Hussein 's A Touch of Love (1969). In the 1970s, McKellen became
11009-730: Was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe 's Edward II . In the 1970s McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain . He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He went on to receive
11118-602: Was performed for one night only on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre . In 2019, he reunited with Condon for a fourth time in the mystery thriller The Good Liar opposite Helen Mirren , who received praise for their onscreen chemistry. That same year, he appeared as Gus the Theatre Cat in the movie musical adaptation of Cats directed by Tom Hooper . The film featured performances from Jennifer Hudson , James Corden , Rebel Wilson , Idris Elba , and Judi Dench. The film
11227-516: Was portrayed in dark notes of almost bone-rattling terror". For his performance, McKellen received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play . In 1981, McKellen portrayed writer and poet D. H. Lawrence in the Christopher Miles directed biographical film, Priest of Love . He followed up with Michael Mann 's horror film The Keep (1983). In 1985, he starred in Plenty , the film adaptation of
11336-403: Was scheduled to run until 22 June before touring to Bristol , Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne , however during the performance on 17 June, McKellen fell off the front of the stage during a fight scene and called for assistance; the performance was cancelled and the audience dismissed. He was later reported to have recovered and to be "in good spirits." He subsequently pulled out of
11445-464: Was strongly Christian, but non-orthodox. "My upbringing was of low nonconformist Christians who felt that you led the Christian life in part by behaving in a Christian manner to everybody you met". When he was 12, his mother died of breast cancer; his father died when he was 25. After his coming out as gay to his stepmother, Gladys McKellen, who was a Quaker , he said, "Not only was she not fazed, but as
11554-522: Was successfully treated for Ebola virus disease at the unit. In December 2014, Pauline Cafferkey , a British health worker diagnosed with Ebola in Glasgow was transferred to the unit for treatment. The unit has also previously been used to treat a patient with Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever . Significant advances in the fields of liver medicine ( hepatology ) and transplantation ; renal disease and dialysis ; haematology and haemophilia have been made at
11663-590: Was their second child, with a sister, Jean, five years his senior. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, his family moved to Wigan . They lived there until Ian was twelve years old, before relocating to Bolton in 1951 after his father had been promoted. The experience of living through the war as a young child had a lasting impact on him, and he later said that "only after peace resumed ... did I realise that war wasn't normal". When an interviewer remarked that he seemed quite calm in
11772-595: Was three. When he was nine, his main Christmas present was a fold-away wood and bakelite Victorian theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres , with cardboard scenery and wires to push on the cut-outs of Cinderella and of Laurence Olivier 's reenactment of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". His sister took him to his first Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night , by the amateurs of Wigan's Little Theatre, shortly followed by their Macbeth and Wigan High School for Girls' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream , with music by Mendelssohn , with
11881-567: Was widely panned for its poor visual effects, editing, performances, screenplay, and was a box office disaster . In 2021, he played the title role in an age-blind production of Hamlet (having previously played the part in a UK and European tour in 1971), followed by the role of Firs in Chekov's The Cherry Orchard at the Theatre Royal, Windsor . Since November 2021, McKellen and ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus have posted Instagram videos featuring
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