3 4
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 45

#41

Current Rank

#24

#3

Peak Rank

#2

43

Years Ranked

32

6

Years in Top 10

6

28.2

Average Rank

22.5

42

Theatrical Releases

45

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431.1 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Natalie Portman form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Natalie Portman holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Ranking longevity favors Ian McKellen, whose advantage across ranked seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Natalie Portman, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Natalie Portman

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Ian McKellen

42 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Christophers $1.8 Million
2024 The Critic $449,020
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 The Good Liar $17.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million

Natalie Portman

45 theatrical releases • $3.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $343.3 Million
2019 Lucy in the Sky $319,976
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713
2018 Vox Lux $727,119