Michael Gambon
Known for Acting · 184 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-19
- Died
- 2023-09-27
- Place of birth
- Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
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
TV Shows (57)
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Max / Robin / Piers
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Minder
1979
as Tommy Hambury
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gregory / Theseus / Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers / Boris Trigorin
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Andrew
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Bergerac
1981
as Jarvis McLeod
GMTV
1993
as Self
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Charles Battle
Screen Two
1985
as Ivor J. Carney
Room 101
1994
as Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Brother Kevin
Softly, Softly
1966
Performance
1991
as Archie Rice
Public Eye
1965
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Mortimer
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self - Winner
Fortitude
2015
as Henry Tyson
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Cranley
The Frame
2013
as Professor Albus Dumbledore
Maigret
1992
as Chief Inspector Maigret
Cranford
2007
as Thomas Holbrook
Emma
2009
as Mr. Woodhouse
Centre Play
1973
as Duncan Harrison
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Major Rolfe
Luck
2012
as Michael
Angels in America
2003
as Prior Walter Ancestor #1 (uncredited)
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Ultragorgon (voice)
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Squire Hamley
Arthur of the Britons
1972
as Roland
Little Women
2017
as Mr. Laurence
Quirke
2014
as Judge Garret Griffin
Longitude
2000
as John Harrison
The Michael Ball Show
2010
as Self
Lucan
2013
as John Burke
The Singing Detective
1986
as Philip Marlow
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
The Casual Vacancy
2015
as Howard Mollison
Restless
2012
as Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
Theatre Night
1985
as Pastor Manders
The Sunday Drama
1977
as David Patton
Fearless
2017
as Sir Alistair McKinnon
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as The Storyteller
The Borderers
1968
as Gavin Ker
About Face
1989
The Lost Prince
2003
as King Edward VII
Faith
1994
as Peter John Moreton
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
as Elderly Philosopher
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009
as Narrator
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Raymond
Zodiac
1974
as Reuben Keiser
Samson and Delilah
1996
as Re Hamun
The Other One
1977
as Brian Bryant
Oscar
1985
as Oscar Wilde
Movies (127)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Albus Dumbledore
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Franklin Bean (voice)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
as Arthur
The Book of Eli
2010
as George
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Baltus Van Tassel
Paddington
2014
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Paddington 2
2017
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
The King's Speech
2010
as King George V
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Five
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Dr. Fredericks
Gosford Park
2001
as William McCordle
The Insider
1999
as Thomas Sandefur
Layer Cake
2004
as Eddie Temple
Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Prime Minister
Open Range
2003
as Denton Baxter
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Oseary Drakoulias
The Omen
2006
as Bugenhagen
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Albert Spica
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
as Paley
Judy
2019
as Bernard Delfont
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Mobsters
1991
as Don Salvatore Faranzano
Amazing Grace
2006
as Lord Charles Fox
Quartet
2012
as Cedric Livingston
Toys
1992
as General Zevo
Page Eight
2011
as Benedict Baron
Dad's Army
2016
as Private Godfrey
King of Thieves
2018
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
Deep Blue
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Brideshead Revisited
2008
as Lord Marchmain
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
as Man in Diner
Mary Reilly
1996
as Mary’s Father
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Lionel Croy
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as Lord Gibson
Being Julia
2004
as Jimmie Langton
Path to War
2003
as Lyndon Johnson
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
as Alex
Sylvia
2003
as Professor Thomas
Charlotte Gray
2001
as Levade
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Lord Salisbury
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Hirst
Missing Link
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Clean Slate
1994
as Cornell
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
The Last Witness
2018
as Frank Hamilton
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
as Sir George
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
Cordelia
2019
as Mr. Moses
A Dry White Season
1989
as Magistrate
Viceroy's House
2017
as General Hastings Ismay
Longitude
2000
as John Harrison
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as Kerrigan
The Wind in the Willows
1995
as Badger
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Sidney Kotok
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Winston Churchill
The Browning Version
1994
as Dr. Frobisher
The Good Night
2007
as Alan Weigert
The Actors
2003
as Barreller
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Bullet to Beijing
1995
as Alexei
A Man of No Importance
1994
as Ivor J. Carney
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
as Larry
The Catholics
1973
as Brother Kevin
The Rachel Papers
1989
as Doctor Knowd
The Baker
2007
as Leo
Ghosts
1987
as Pastor Manders
Lucan
2013
as John Burke
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
On Angel Wings
2014
as Grandfather
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
as Father Jack Mundy
Common
2014
as Judge
Othello
1965
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
The Innocent Sleep
1996
as Det. Insp. Matheson
Nothing Personal
1996
as Leonard
Turtle Diary
1985
as George Fairbairn
Nothing But the Night
1973
as Insp. Grant
Celebration
2007
as Lambert
The Beast Must Die
1974
as Jan Jarmokowski
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Self (voice)
Paris by Night
1989
as Gerald Paige
The Willows in Winter
1996
as Badger
Joe's Palace
2007
as Elliot Graham
The Gambler
1997
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Last September
2000
as Sir Richard Naylor
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978
as Kenny
Dead on Time
1999
as Maurice Silverman
Mountain Language
1988
as Sergeant
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Other Watchman
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - Hamm (archive footage)
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003
as Self
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Harrison
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Gregory
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
Absurd Person Singular
1985
as Geoffrey
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Piers
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003
as Uncle Bigbad (voice)
The Seagull
1978
as Trigorin
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
as Theseus
Two Deaths
1996
as Daniel Pavenic
Endgame
2000
as Hamm
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Citizen Lane
2018
as Lord Ardilaun
Cows
1972
as Max
The Other Woman
1976
as Robin
Monster Maker
1989
as Ultragorgon / Ultragorgon(voice)
French Without Tears
1976
as Lt Cmdr Rogers
In the Labyrinth
1976
as Duncan Harrison
The Breadwinner
1982
as Charles Battle
About Michael Gambon
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 thr… With 184 credits spanning from 1949 to 2024, Michael Gambon has appeared in 127 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Gambon Movies
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Albus Dumbledore
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Albus Dumbledore
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — as Albus Dumbledore
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Albus Dumbledore
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — as Albus Dumbledore
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