Ian McKellen | Sunfilm

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-25

Popularity

27.6

Ian McKellen

Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Ian McKellen

Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-25

Popularity

27.6

Biography

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, eight BAFTA film and TV nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films.

Movie Credits

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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8.4

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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8.4

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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8.5

2003

The Da Vinci Code

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6.7

2006

Gods and Monsters

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7.0

1998

The Golden Compass

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6.1

2007

Stardust

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7.3

2007

Swept from the Sea

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6.5

1998

Jack & Sarah

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6.7

1995

And the Band Played On

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6.5

1993

Six Degrees of Separation

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6.4

1993

Neverwas

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6.3

2005

Richard III

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6.7

1995

Flushed Away

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6.3

2006

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

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6.0

2020

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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6.9

1982

Doogal

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4.9

2006

Asylum

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5.8

2005

The Shadow

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6.0

1994

Scandal

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5.9

1989

Apt Pupil

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6.5

1998

Cold Comfort Farm

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6.7

1995

Last Action Hero

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6.5

1993

The Keep

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5.7

1983

Macbeth

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7.4

1979

Plenty

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5.7

1985

Hamlet Within

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0.0

2022

Émile

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5.9

2003

X-Men

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X-Men: The Last Stand

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6.4

2006

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

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0.0

1965

An Evening with Lily Savage

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0.0

1996

King Lear

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6.7

2008

The Magic Roundabout

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5.4

2005

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

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7.0

2000

Rasputin

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6.5

1996

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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7.4

2012

Priest of Love

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5.0

1981

Gladio

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7.0

1992

Bent

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6.8

1997

The Ballad of Little Jo

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5.8

1993

Alfred the Great

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4.2

1969

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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7.6

2013

Walter

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5.1

1982

Richard II

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0.0

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

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6.4

2000

Saint of 9/11

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5.7

2006

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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7.3

2014

Schadenfreude

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0.0

X-Men: Days of Future Past

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7.5

2014

London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

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7.5

2012

A Touch of Love

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6.4

1969

Theatreland

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0.0

2009

To Die For

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2.2

1994

Surviving Friendly Fire

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1.0

1997

Walter and June

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7.0

1983

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

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8.5

2003

Muse of Fire

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6.5

2013

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

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0.0

1979

A Bit Of Scarlet

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2.5

1997

Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

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0.0

1982

The Critic

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4.9

2024

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

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0.0

2001

Miss in Her Teens

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3.0

2014

Zina

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5.4

1985

Othello

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7.0

1990

Amol Rajan Interviews Ian McKellen

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0.0

2022

For the Love of God

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4.0

2007

The One Note Man

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7.0

2023

All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

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0.0

2016

Hamlet

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7.8

2024

Mr. Holmes

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6.5

2015

Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

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0.0

2004

Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

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0.0

1993

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

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0.0

1994

I'll Do Anything

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5.6

1994

The Wolverine

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6.4

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

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7.9

2013

Animal Crackers

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6.2

2017

Hamlet

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0.0

1970

The Hobart Shakespeareans

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4.0

2005

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

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0.0

Quintessentially British

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3.2

2022

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

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0.0

2014

Looking for Lowry

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0.0

2011

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

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0.0

2015

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

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0.0

2024

The Dresser

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6.3

2015

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

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7.7

2012

Lady Grey London

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7.0

2010

Beauty and the Beast

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7.0

2017

Edward II

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4.0

1970

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

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0.0

2024

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

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7.5

2016

The Promise

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0.0

1969

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

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6.0

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

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8.0

2003

Restoration

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6.0

1995

Hedda Gabler

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0.0

1972

Dragfox

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0.0

2024

The Roof

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6.3

2016

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

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7.0

2003

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2

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0.0

2003

The Art of Breaking Character

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0.0

2007

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

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7.8

2016

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

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7.8

2016

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

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6.1

2003

Quest for the Ring

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5.6

2001

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

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7.2

2001

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

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7.0

2010

Hamlet Revenant

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0.0

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

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6.4

2017

The Good Liar

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6.7

2019

The Betty Driver Story

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10.0

2011

The Paul O'Grady Story

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8.3

2017

McKellen: Playing the Part

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7.3

2018

Cats

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4.1

2019

National Theatre Live: King Lear

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8.2

2018

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

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6.7

2004

All Is True

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6.1

2018

David Macaulay: Roman City

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0.0

1994

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

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6.4

2003

Edmund the Magnificent

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7.2

2017

How a Kite Flies

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0.0

2017

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

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6.0

2001

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

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6.0

1999

Marley

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0.0

The Egg Trick

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6.0

2013

Hating Peter Tatchell

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4.2

2021

Eighteen

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4.5

2005

Small-Time Revolutionary

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4.0

2010

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

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6.3

2005

The Tragedy of King Richard II

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0.0

1970

Countdown to War

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5.0

1989

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

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6.9

2013

Play the Devil: Making Richard III

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0.0

2016

Shakespeare on Film

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6.0

2016

Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen

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6.0

2016

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

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7.0

2000

Infinitum: Subject Unknown

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5.4

2021

Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

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10.0

2020

On Broadway

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8.7

2019

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

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7.8

2010

Tv Credits

Inside the Actors Studio

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7.3

1994

The Simpsons

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8.0

1989

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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5.6

2003

The One Show

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4.6

2006

The View

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4.5

1997

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

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5.9

2002

The Paul O'Grady Show

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4.6

2004

Armchair Thriller

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4.2

1978

BBC Play of the Month

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5.0

1965

The Oscars

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7.0

1953

David Copperfield

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5.0

1966

Churchill

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7.0

2003

Country Matters

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3.0

1972

Playhouse

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7.0

1974

Vicious

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7.6

2013

Who Do You Think You Are?

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6.5

2004

Doctor Who

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7.5

2005

Extras

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7.8

2005

Saturday Night Live

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6.9

1975

An Audience with...

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5.3

1978

Great British Theatre

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0.0

2021

David Copperfield

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7.1

1999

Windmills of the Gods

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5.8

1988

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

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4.3

2014

Playing Shakespeare

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10.0

1984

Sesame Street

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7.1

1969

Trailblazer Honors

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7.5

2014

ted

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8.0

2024

Late Night with Seth Meyers

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5.5

2014

The Graham Norton Show

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7.2

2007

The Prisoner

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5.7

2009

Tales of the City

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7.9

1993

The Graham Norton Show

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7.2

2007

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

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4.9

2009

Family Guy

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7.4

1999

Real Time with Bill Maher

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6.0

2003

Reunited Apart

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5.5

2020

Billy And Dom Eat The World

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0.0

Coronation Street

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5.3

1960

Perspectives

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0.0

2011

Amol Rajan Interviews

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0.0

Pillar of Fire

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9.5

1981