The actor, who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster JRR Tolkien adaptations, addressed rumours he might feature in ...

Anthony Hopkins and Sean Connery have played indelible icons of cinema, but they could have added another one to their collection.

So, when the showrunners saw Weyman’s connection with Kavenagh, who plays the Harfoot halfling who helps The Stranger, it helped hammer home the idea that his name could be Gandalf. To that ...

Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf the Grey in "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug," discusses whether the wizard may or may not be gay, in this excerpt from a conversation with WSJ's Barbara Chai.