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Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1940-10-19
Place of Birth: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Popularity: 1.8

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

Top Gear poster

Top Gear

2002
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

1971
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

1981
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

1970
Minder poster

Minder

1979
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

1990
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

1985
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

2001
GMTV poster

GMTV

1993
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

1967
Performance poster

Performance

1991
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

2012
Softly, Softly poster

Softly, Softly

1966
Room 101 poster

Room 101

1994
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

1965
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

1999
Fantastic Mr. Fox poster

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009
Kingsman: The Golden Circle poster

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969
The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards

1949
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

2015
Cranford poster

Cranford

2007
The Book of Eli poster

The Book of Eli

2010
The Frame poster

The Frame

2013
The King's Speech poster

The King's Speech

2010
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

2017
Paddington poster

Paddington

2014
Johnny English Strikes Again poster

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018
Wives and Daughters poster

Wives and Daughters

1999
Luck poster

Luck

2012
Maigret poster

Maigret

1992
Centre Play poster

Centre Play

1973
Emma poster

Emma

2009
The Insider poster

The Insider

1999
Angels in America poster

Angels in America

2003
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973
Ali G Indahouse poster

Ali G Indahouse

2002
Softly Softly: Task Force poster

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969
The Jim Henson Hour poster

The Jim Henson Hour

1989
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

2006
Layer Cake poster

Layer Cake

2004
Open Range poster

Open Range

2003
The Omen poster

The Omen

2006
Little Women poster

Little Women

2017
The Casual Vacancy poster

The Casual Vacancy

2015
Longitude poster

Longitude

2000
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

2001
Fearless poster

Fearless

2017
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou poster

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004
Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

2016
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover poster

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989
Arthur of the Britons poster

Arthur of the Britons

1972
Quirke poster

Quirke

2014
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

1986
No Photo

The Michael Ball Show

2010
Restless poster

Restless

2012
Lucan poster

Lucan

2013
Toys poster

Toys

1992
No Photo

The Sunday Drama

1977
The Dame Edna Experience poster

The Dame Edna Experience

1987
The Storyteller: Greek Myths poster

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

1991
Brideshead Revisited poster

Brideshead Revisited

2008
Judy poster

Judy

2019
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow poster

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004
King of Thieves poster

King of Thieves

2018
No Photo

Confession

1970
Amazing Grace poster

Amazing Grace

2006
The Borderers poster

The Borderers

1968
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

1985
Page Eight poster

Page Eight

2011
Victoria & Abdul poster

Victoria & Abdul

2017
Missing Link poster

Missing Link

1988
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells poster

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

2016
Mary Reilly poster

Mary Reilly

1996
Unity poster

Unity

2015
The Lost Prince poster

The Lost Prince

2003
Deep Blue poster

Deep Blue

2003
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire poster

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

2009
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan poster

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019
Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers

2001
Samson and Delilah poster

Samson and Delilah

1996
Dad's Army poster

Dad's Army

2016
Mobsters poster

Mobsters

1991
Charlotte Gray poster

Charlotte Gray

2001
No Photo

About Face

1989
Sylvia poster

Sylvia

2003
The Wings of the Dove poster

The Wings of the Dove

1997
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

2004
A Dry White Season poster

A Dry White Season

1989
Zodiac poster

Zodiac

1974
Path to War poster

Path to War

2003
Plunkett & Macleane poster

Plunkett & Macleane

1999
Faith poster

Faith

1994
Clean Slate poster

Clean Slate

1994
The Actors poster

The Actors

2003
When Harry Left Hogwarts poster

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011
The Baker poster

The Baker

2007
High Heels and Low Lifes poster

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001
Midnight in Saint Petersburg poster

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

1996
The Good Night poster

The Good Night

2007
The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows

1995
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013
Viceroy's House poster

Viceroy's House

2017
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale poster

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994
Stories of Lost Souls poster

Stories of Lost Souls

2004
The Other One poster

The Other One

1977
No Photo

Second City Firsts

1973
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol poster

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

2010
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend poster

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter poster

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004
Longitude poster

Longitude

2000
Turtle Diary poster

Turtle Diary

1985
Bullet to Beijing poster

Bullet to Beijing

1995
The Last Witness poster

The Last Witness

2018
Six Days of Justice poster

Six Days of Justice

1972
Christmas Carol: The Movie poster

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001
Quartet poster

Quartet

2012
Eyeless in Gaza poster

Eyeless in Gaza

1971
Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

2013
Oscar poster

Oscar

1985
The Rachel Papers poster

The Rachel Papers

1989
Churchill's Secret poster

Churchill's Secret

2016
The Catholics poster

The Catholics

1973
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

2002
Mad to Be Normal poster

Mad to Be Normal

2017
Cordelia poster

Cordelia

2019
Joe's Palace poster

Joe's Palace

2007
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024
Othello poster

Othello

1965
The Willows in Winter poster

The Willows in Winter

1996
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal poster

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

2005
A Man of No Importance poster

A Man of No Importance

1994
The Other Woman poster

The Other Woman

1976
London: The Modern Babylon poster

London: The Modern Babylon

2012
The Beast Must Die poster

The Beast Must Die

1974
The Browning Version poster

The Browning Version

1994
Two Deaths poster

Two Deaths

1996
Dancing at Lughnasa poster

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998
The Gambler poster

The Gambler

1997
Nothing Personal poster

Nothing Personal

1996
Paris by Night poster

Paris by Night

1989
Lucan poster

Lucan

2013
Citizen Lane poster

Citizen Lane

2018
The Innocent Sleep poster

The Innocent Sleep

1996
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film poster

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
Nothing But the Night poster

Nothing But the Night

1973
Absurd Person Singular poster

Absurd Person Singular

1985
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

1987
No Photo

The Secret Agent

1975
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

1967
Mountain Language poster

Mountain Language

1988
On Angel Wings poster

On Angel Wings

2014
Monster Maker poster

Monster Maker

1989
Common poster

Common

2014
The Last September poster

The Last September

2000
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC poster

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane poster

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane

2003
Celebration poster

Celebration

2007
French Without Tears poster

French Without Tears

1976
No Photo

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

1998
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie poster

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

1985
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day poster

One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day

1978
Dead on Time poster

Dead on Time

1999
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love poster

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

2001
Tiptoe Through the Tulips poster

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

1976
Cows poster

Cows

1972
No Photo

The Seagull

1978
The Heat of the Day poster

The Heat of the Day

1989
The Entertainer poster

The Entertainer

1993
Romeo and Juliet poster

Romeo and Juliet

1967
John Duffy's Brother poster

John Duffy's Brother

2006
Endgame poster

Endgame

2000
The Alps - Climb of Your Life poster

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007
Little Wolf's Book of Badness poster

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003
In the Labyrinth poster

In the Labyrinth

1976
No Photo

The Breadwinner

1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror poster

Blood Royal: William the Conqueror

N/A
Bold Face: Condensed poster

Bold Face: Condensed

1974