<P> Charles Picard portrayed Gandalf in the 1999 stage production of The Two Towers at Chicago's Lifeline Theatre . Tom Stiver portrayed Gandalf in the early 2000s stage productions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King for Clear Stage Cincinnati . Brent Carver portrayed Gandalf in the 2006 musical production The Lord of the Rings, which opened in Toronto . </P> <P> Gandalf appears in The Lego Movie voiced by Todd Hanson . He is among the Master Builders that meet in Cloud Cuckoo Land . Vitruvius often mixes him up with Albus Dumbledore, much to the chagrin of the two wizards . Gandalf is also a playable character in The Lego Movie Videogame: in story mode he and a Magician help Emmet fight Lord Business's giant robot by providing his construction mech with debris to throw at it . Gandalf appears in the video game Lego Dimensions and is voiced by Tom Kane (who previously voiced Gandalf in the video game The Fellowship of the Ring). Gandalf is one of the three main characters (with Batman and Wyldstyle) and works with them to rescue the kidnapped Frodo and the One Ring . </P> <P> Ian McKellen received widespread acclaim for his performance as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings films; particularly in The Fellowship of the Ring, for which he received both a Screen Actors Guild Award and Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and an Academy Award nomination under the same category (making him the only individual cast member of the films to be nominated for an Oscar). In addition, Empire named Gandalf, as portrayed by McKellen, the 28th greatest film character of all time . </P>

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