Key
| TV/Radio/Net Appearance | Premiere | Filming/Performing | Other Event |
| Q&A, Conference, Convention, Signing | Awards Show | Party/Festival | Personal |
| United States | New Zealand | Europe | Elsewhere |
Gossip/unverified info will be marked in bold.
LOTR Castmember Timeline
| Canon | Timeline | 1980s | 1990s | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
19xx-1989 |
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Date |
Location |
Event |
Castmembers |
Notes |
| 5/25/39 | Burnley, Lancashire, England | Ian McKellen born | Ian | Parents Denis and Margery, sister Jean. |
| '42 | Peter Pan | Ian | Ian sees his first stage production (Peter Pan) and is 'unimpressed,' but becomes interested in theatre as a way to escape war-torn Britain. | |
| '59 | Auckland | Harry Sinclair born | Harry | |
| '60s? | Auckland | Parents split up | Harry | |
| 6/9/72 | Wellington | Karl Urban born | Karl | |
| '73?-'77? | Auckland | Westlake Boys' High School | Harry (w/Don McGlashan) | Westlake Boys' High School is located to the west of Lake Pupuke, a small caldera produced by volcanic activity. The school overlooks the lake and the main shipping channel to Rangitoto island. Adjacent is our sister school, Westlake Girls' High School. |
| 12/8/76 | Berlin | Dom born | Dom | Parents: Austin and Aureen. British, living in Germany. |
| '80-'83 | Auckland | Starts acting | Harry | Beginning his career as an actor at the Corporate Theater |
| 12/83 | Berlin | SW: Return of the Jedi | Dom | Dom decides to go into acting. Age 6. |
| '84 | Paris | Ecole Phillipe(/Paul) Gautier | Harry | Studied acting under Phillipe Gaulier for a year. |
| '88 | Ian comes out | Ian | Ian comes out of the closet as gay in a BBC radio interview in a protest of a law against "public promotion of homosexuality." | |
| ?/89 | Manchester | Relocation | Dom | Adopts Manchester accent to fit in. Asks parents for an agent, gets a soccer ball. Age 12. |
| Canon | Timeline | 1980s | 1990s | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |