IAN MCKELLEN | ACTOR | $60 MILLION

Ian McKellen is a British actor. He skyrocketed to prominence for playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as for playing Magneto in the X-Men films. Sir Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939, in Lancashire, England. In 1988, he came out as part of the LGBT community and has been an advocate ever since. Before McKellen’s acting career, he was performing in school plays. At 18, he pursued a degree in English literature at St. Catharine’s College in Cambridge.

The Belgrade Theater became his stepping stone when he starred in A Man for All Seasons as the lead actor. Since then, performing in theaters put money in his account. His Gandalf and Magneto roles surely contributed to most of his $60 million net worth. Considering the fact that the Lord of the Rings film series earned nearly $3 billion.