Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 19, 1940
Died
Sep 27, 2023
Place of Birth
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Credits
191 titles
Michael Gambon
Biography
Sir Michael John Gambon (October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards and four BAFTA TV Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Gambon was nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards, winning three times for A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), A View from the Bridge (1987), and Man of the Moment (1990). In 1997, Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's Skylight, earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Gambon made his film debut in Othello (1965). His other notable films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Wings of the Dove (1997), The Insider (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Amazing Grace (2006), The King's Speech (2010), Quartet (2012), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). Gambon also appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Gambon gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002. For his work on television, he received four BAFTA Awards for The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Longitude (2000), and Perfect Strangers (2001). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). Gambon's other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was listed at No. 27 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who at the Proms
Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
Judy
Bernard Delfont
Cordelia
Mr. Moses
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Man in Diner
King of Thieves
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
Johnny English Strikes Again
Agent Five
Citizen Lane
Lord Ardilaun
The Last Witness
Frank Hamilton
Little Women
Mr. Laurence
Paddington 2
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Arthur
Victoria & Abdul
Lord Salisbury
Fearless
Sir Alistair McKinnon
Mad to Be Normal
Sidney Kotok
Viceroy's House
General Hastings Ismay
Churchill's Secret
Winston Churchill
Hail, Caesar!
Narrator (voice)
Dad's Army
Private Godfrey
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
Elderly Philosopher
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Unity
Narrator (voice)
The Casual Vacancy
Howard Mollison
Fortitude
Henry Tyson
On Angel Wings
Grandfather
Paddington
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Common
Judge
Quirke
Judge Garret Griffin
Lucan
John Burke
Lucan
John Burke
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Hirst
Muse of Fire
Self
The Frame
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Restless
Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
Quartet
Cedric Livingston
London: The Modern Babylon
Self (voice)
The Hollow Crown
Mortimer
Luck
Michael
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
Page Eight
Benedict Baron
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Albus Dumbledore
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
The King's Speech
King George V
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Albus Dumbledore
The Michael Ball Show
Self
The Book of Eli
George
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Franklin Bean (voice)
Emma
Mr. Woodhouse
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Albus Dumbledore
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Narrator
Brideshead Revisited
Lord Marchmain