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 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.
183 acting credits
Acting · 183
Top Gear
2002
Play for Today
1970
Great Performances
1971
Minder
1979
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Have I Got News for You
1990
Bergerac
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Omnibus
1967
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Richard & Judy
2001
ITV Playhouse
1967
GMTV
1993
Performance
1991
Room 101
1994
Public Eye
1965
Softly, Softly
1966
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
The Hollow Crown
2012
Sleepy Hollow
1999
The Book of Eli
2010
Fortitude
2015
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
Cranford
2007
Paddington
2014
The BAFTA Awards
1949
The Frame
2013
The King's Speech
2010
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Maigret
1992
Paddington 2
2017
Luck
2012
Centre Play
1973
Angels in America
2003
Emma
2009
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Gosford Park
2001
The Michael Ball Show
2010
Little Women
2017
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Hail, Caesar!
2016
Layer Cake
2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
Theatre Night
1985
The Good Shepherd
2006
Judy
2019
Fearless
2017
The Omen
2006
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Open Range
2003
Lucan
2013
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
The Insider
1999
Longitude
2000
Quirke
2014
Restless
2012
The Singing Detective
1986
The Casual Vacancy
2015
The Borderers
1968
Wives and Daughters
1999
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
Ali G Indahouse
2002
Mobsters
1991
Unity
2015
King of Thieves
2018
About Face
1989
Victoria & Abdul
2017
The Sunday Drama
1977
Zodiac
1974
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Perfect Strangers
2001
Brideshead Revisited
2008
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009
The Lost Prince
2003
Dad's Army
2016
Amazing Grace
2006
Mary Reilly
1996
Toys
1992
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
Faith
1994
Charlotte Gray
2001
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
The Other One
1977
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Missing Link
1988
Page Eight
2011
Samson and Delilah
1996
Deep Blue
2003
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
Sylvia
2003
Longitude
2000
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
Being Julia
2004
Quartet
2012
The Browning Version
1994
Clean Slate
1994
Path to War
2003
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Bullet to Beijing
1995
A Man of No Importance
1994
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
The Last Witness
2018
The Rachel Papers
1989
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
A Dry White Season
1989
The Good Night
2007
Oscar
1985
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
Churchill's Secret
2016
Othello
1965
Ghosts
1987
Lucan
2013
Turtle Diary
1985
Viceroy's House
2017
Cordelia
2019
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
The Actors
2003
Muse of Fire
2013
The Baker
2007
Common
2014
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
The Last September
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
The Catholics
1973
On Angel Wings
2014
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Mad to Be Normal
2017
The Wind in the Willows
1995
Joe's Palace
2007
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
Celebration
2007
Paris by Night
1989
Nothing But the Night
1973
The Gambler
1997
The Beast Must Die
1974
The Innocent Sleep
1996
Cows
1972
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003
Mountain Language
1988
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
The Willows in Winter
1996
Nothing Personal
1996
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
1998
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003
Two Deaths
1996
The Seagull
1978
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
Romeo and Juliet
1967
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
Dead on Time
1999
The Other Woman
1976
Endgame
2000
The Heat of the Day
1989
The Breadwinner
1982
French Without Tears
1976
The Secret Agent
1975
Citizen Lane
2018
Monster Maker
1989
Absurd Person Singular
1985
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001
In the Labyrinth
1976
The Entertainer
1993
Bold Face: Condensed
1974
John Duffy's Brother
2006
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
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