9. Ian McKellen (75)
Despite being in his mid 70s, Sir Ian McKellen is showing no signs of slowing down. He’ll play an older Sherlock Holmes later this year in what looks to be a fairly gentle take on that great detective, but has spent the past few years reprising the role as his fan-favourite character from The Lord of the Rings trilogy in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit.
Gandalf the Grey was involved in plenty of action sequences, but when he’s not protecting Middle-Earth, McKellen is serving as the X-Men movies’ Master of Magnetism, Magneto. Despite his wonderful catalogue of work over the decades, these are the two roles he will undoubtedly be most fondly remembered for.
He’s set to return as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse next year too…
