When some of the vloggers’ friends break into hysterics over McKellen’s use of “him” to describe the Brat singer and music superstar, McKellen switches to a gender-neutral pronoun option: “Them, them!

Ian McKellen doesn’t put much stock in trophies. The British actor has been a beloved big-screen presence for 60 years, with acclaimed films such as “Scandal,” “Richard III,” and “Six ...

Ian McKellen Has Clapped Back at Critics. Now He’s Playing One. In the new film “The Critic,” he plays the titular acid-tongued reviewer in 1930s Britain, who is terrified of being outed as gay.

Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen), the title character of “The Critic,” set in London in 1934, considers himself an erudite wit who holds the city’s drama scene to high standards.