Photo: Ian McKellen photographed by Andy Warhol in 1984

By Josh Morrissey on April 11, 2011@joshmorrissey

Long before he was Gandalf this photo was taken by Andy Warhol in 1984 when Ian McKellen was known mainly as a supremely talented English stage actor. During the late eighties his film career started the climb to where it is today. Click through for a video of McKellen performing with The Fleshtones in Andy Warhol’s factory in New York.

Ian McKellen performs Shakespeare’s Sonnet 20 with The Fleshtones in 1987 as part of Andy Warhol’s TV show “Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes.”