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Ian McKellen
English actor (born 1939)
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. With a career spanning more than sixty years, he is noted for his roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991.[2][3] He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards.
McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Communi Sir Ian McLennan KBE (1909-1998) was chairman of BHP from 1971 to 1977. Dux of Scotch College Melbourne in 1927, he studied electrical engineering before joining BHP in 1933. He worked in Whyalla and then in Kalgoorlie before becoming boss of the limestone quarries in Devonport, Tasmania in 1935. When war broke out he was in the middle of a BHP cadetship in Newcastle; by the war's end he had risen to the job of assistant manager. Through the 1950s and 1960s he progressed steadily through the ranks of BHP to gain the top job in 1971. He was three times President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and business leader of the Australian Trade Mission to China in 1973. He served on many advisory bodies including the Immigration Planning Council, the Joint War Production Committee, the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, the ANU and the CSIRO Advisory Councils and the Australia-China and Australia-Japan business committees. Updated 2021 Australian businessman (1909–1998) Sir Ian Munro McLennan (30 November 1909 – 25 October 1998) was an Australian director of public companies, most notably as Chairman of Australia's then largest company, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP). McLennan was born in Stawell, Victoria, and spent his early childhood at Mooroopna. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne as a boarder, where he was equal Dux of School in 1927. After leaving school he studied electrical engineering at the University of Melbourne and was a resident at the University's Ormond College. After graduating from university in 1932 he joined the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) as a cadet in its Whyalla works and at the nearby Iron Knob iron-ore mine. In April 1971 McLennan was appointed Chairman and Director of Administration of BHP, positions he held until 1977 when he reached the compulsory retirement age for BHP directors. Thus, in just less than forty years he had moved through the company ranks to its most senior position. During that time he had guided the compa
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