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Michael Gambon

AKA: Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
Birthday: 1940-10-19
Died: 2023-09-27
Birthplace: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland


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.

Filmography

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Character: Oseary Drakoulias
The Good Shepherd
Character: Dr. Fredericks

Open Range
Character: Denton Baxter
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character: Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character: Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character: Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character: Albus Dumbledore
High Heels and Low Lifes
Character: Kerrigan

Absurd Person Singular
Character: Geoffrey
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Character: Franklin Bean (voice)
Sleepy Hollow
Character: Baltus Van Tassel

Layer Cake
Character: Eddie Temple
Gosford Park
Character: William McCordle
Deep Blue
Character: Narrator (voice)

Dancing at Lughnasa
Character: Father Jack Mundy
The Book of Eli
Character: George

Path to War
Character: Lyndon Johnson
Toys
Character: Lt. General Leland Zevo

Bold Face: Condensed
Character: John
A Dry White Season
Character: Magistrate

The Insider
Character: Thomas Sandefur
Brideshead Revisited
Character: Lord Marchmain
Mary Reilly
Character: Mary’s Father

The Actors
Character: Barreller

The Good Night
Character: Alan Weigert
The Beast Must Die
Character: Jan Jarmokowski
Nothing But the Night
Character: Insp. Grant

The Rachel Papers
Character: Doctor Knowd
The Baker
Character: Leo
The Catholics
Character: Brother Kevin

Amazing Grace
Character: Lord Charles Fox
Bullet to Beijing
Character: Alexei
Joe's Palace
Character: Elliot Graham

The Wings of the Dove
Character: Lionel Croy
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Character: Sir George
Endgame
Character: Hamm

The Last September
Character: Sir Richard Naylor
Clean Slate
Character: Cornell
Being Julia
Character: Jimmie Langton

The Browning Version
Character: Dr. Frobisher
Longitude
Character: John Harrison
A Man of No Importance
Character: Ivor J. Carney

Page Eight
Character: Benedict Baron
Dead on Time
Character: Maurice Silverman
Stories of Lost Souls
Character: Larry

The Willows in Winter
Character: Badger
The Wind in the Willows
Character: Badger
Quartet
Character: Cedric Livingston

Turtle Diary
Character: George Fairbairn
The Seagull
Character: Trigorin
Ghosts
Character: Pastor Manders

Two Deaths
Character: Daniel Pavenic
London: The Modern Babylon
Character: Self (voice)
Monster Maker
Character: Ultragorgon

The Gambler
Character: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Muse of Fire
Character: Self

On Angel Wings
Character: Grandfather
The Entertainer
Character: Archie Rice
Missing Link
Character: Narrator (voice)

The Innocent Sleep
Character: Det. Insp. Matheson
Plunkett & MacLeane
Character: Lord Gibson
The King's Speech
Character: King George V

Mobsters
Character: Don Salvatore Faranzano
Ali G Indahouse
Character: Prime Minister

Common
Character: Judge
Paddington
Character: Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Character: Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Theseus
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Character: Self
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
Character: Narrator (voice)

Unity
Character: Narrator (voice)
Dad's Army
Character: Private Godfrey

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Sylvia
Character: Professor Thomas
Mad to Be Normal
Character: Sidney Kotok

In the Labyrinth
Character: Duncan Harrison
The Breadwinner
Character: Charles Battle
Churchill's Secret
Character: Winston Churchill

Celebration
Character: Lambert
Hail, Caesar!
Character: Narrator (voice)
Charlotte Gray
Character: Levade

The Other Woman
Character: Robin
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Character: Man in Diner
French Without Tears
Character: Lt Cmdr Rogers

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Character: Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
Victoria & Abdul
Character: Lord Salisbury
Viceroy's House
Character: General Hastings Ismay

Nothing Personal
Character: Leonard
Romeo and Juliet
Character: Gregory

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Character: Arthur
Paris by Night
Character: Gerald Paige
Paddington 2
Character: Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Lucan
Character: John Burke
Judy
Character: Bernard Delfont
Cordelia
Character: Mr. Moses

The Last Witness
Character: Frank Hamilton
King of Thieves
Character: Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
Citizen Lane
Character: Lord Ardilaun

Samson and Delilah
Character: King Hamun
Johnny English Strikes Again
Character: Agent Five
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Character: Piers

Cows
Character: Max
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Character: Uncle Bigbad (voice)
Mountain Language
Character: Sergeant

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Heat of the Day
Character: Harrison

Othello
Character: Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

Monster Maker
Character: Ultragorgon(voice)

The Omen
Character: Bugenhagen
Doctor Who at the Proms
Character: Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
Much Ado About Nothing
Character: Other Watchman