Acting

2025

1 episode as Himself

2024

2 episodes as Narrator (voice)

2021

5 episodes

2020

1 episode as Self

2019

3 episodes as Self - Guest

2018

1 episode as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield (voice)

2017

1 episode as Self

2015		Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 1 episode as Self
2015		Trailblazer Honors 1 episode as Self - Speaker

2014		Sesame Street 1 episode as Himself
2014		The Graham Norton Show 8 episodes as Self
2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers 1 episode as Self

2013		Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 1 episode as Self - Guest
2013		Vicious 12 episodes as Freddie Thornhill

2011

1 episode

2009

6 episodes as 2 / Curtis

2008

2 episodes as Self - Guest

2006		Extras 1 episode as Ian McKellen
2006		Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode

2005		The Paul O'Grady Show 1 episode
2005		Coronation Street 13 episodes as Mel Hutchwright

2004

2 episodes as Self

2003		The Simpsons 1 episode as Ian McKellen (voice)
2003		Have I Got News for You 1 episode as Self
2003		Churchill 3 episodes as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2003		Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 1 episode as Self

2002		Inside the Actors Studio 1 episode as Self
2002		Saturday Night Live 1 episode as Self - Host
2002		The View 2 episodes as Self - Guest
2002		Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self - Presenter

1999		David Copperfield 2 episodes as Creakle
1999		Parkinson 3 episodes as Self
1999		The Oscars 3 episodes as Self

1997

1 episode as Self

1993

2 episodes as Archibald Anson Gidde

1988

2 episodes as Chairman

1984

9 episodes

1981		Pillar of Fire 20 episodes as Narrator
1981		Tony Awards 1 episode as Self - Winner

1978

60 episodes as Anthony Skipling

1974

3 episodes

1973

1 episode as Captain Plume

1972

13 episodes as David Masterman

1969

1 episode as Self - Reading Poetry

1966

13 episodes as David Copperfield