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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-10-19
Place of birth
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
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Cast
The Good Shepherd
2006
6.30
Open Range
2003
7.22
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
6.00
Absurd Person Singular
1985
8.00
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
7.81
Sleepy Hollow
1999
7.18
Layer Cake
2004
6.90
Deep Blue
2003
6.82
Gosford Park
2001
6.83
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
5.90
The Book of Eli
2010
6.78
Path to War
2003
6.70
Toys
1992
5.30
Bold Face: Condensed
1974
0.00
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
4.80
A Dry White Season
1989
6.70
The Insider
1999
7.45
Brideshead Revisited
2008
6.33
Mary Reilly
1996
5.79
The Actors
2003
5.90
The Good Night
2007
5.30
The Beast Must Die
1974
5.40
Nothing But the Night
1973
6.10
The Rachel Papers
1989
5.10
The Baker
2007
6.39
Amazing Grace
2006
6.90
The Catholics
1973
5.30
Bullet to Beijing
1995
4.90
Joe's Palace
2007
6.10
The Wings of the Dove
1997
6.70
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
6.70
Endgame
2000
6.80
The Last September
2000
5.20
Clean Slate
1994
5.81
Being Julia
2004
6.50
The Browning Version
1994
6.50
Longitude
2000
7.30
A Man of No Importance
1994
6.40
Page Eight
2011
6.57
Dead on Time
1999
0.00
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
5.60
The Wind in the Willows
1995
7.00
The Willows in Winter
1996
7.00
Quartet
2012
6.50
Turtle Diary
1985
6.60
The Seagull
1978
0.00
Ghosts
1987
0.00
Two Deaths
1996
5.40
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
6.50
Monster Maker
1989
6.40
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
7.40
The Gambler
1997
4.80
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
On Angel Wings
2014
5.00
The Entertainer
1993
7.00
Missing Link
1988
6.20
The Innocent Sleep
1996
4.30
Plunkett & MacLeane
1999
6.08
The King's Speech
2010
7.73
Mobsters
1991
6.20
Ali G Indahouse
2002
6.06
Common
2014
6.40
Paddington
2014
7.10
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
5.10
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
0.00
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
7.00
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007
6.80
Unity
2015
7.50
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003
6.50
Dad's Army
2016
5.00
Sylvia
2003
5.80
Mad to Be Normal
2017
5.80
In the Labyrinth
1976
0.00
The Breadwinner
1982
0.00
Churchill's Secret
2016
6.30
Celebration
2007
6.30
Hail, Caesar!
2016
5.92
Charlotte Gray
2001
6.10
The Other Woman
1976
4.00
French Without Tears
1976
0.00
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
7.90
Victoria & Abdul
2017
6.90
Viceroy's House
2017
6.70
Nothing Personal
1996
4.50
Romeo and Juliet
1967
0.00
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
6.96
Paris by Night
1989
4.50
Paddington 2
2017
7.46
Lucan
2013
6.00
Judy
2019
6.72
Cordelia
2019
4.70
The Last Witness
2018
6.00
King of Thieves
2018
5.51
Citizen Lane
2018
7.00
Samson and Delilah
1996
6.50
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
6.27
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
0.00
Cows
1972
0.00
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003
7.50
Mountain Language
1988
4.00
The Heat of the Day
1989
0.00
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
7.00
Othello
1965
6.40
Othello
1965
6.40
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
5.00
Monster Maker
1989
6.40
The Omen
2006
5.62
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
10.00
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
5.50