Michael Gambon
122 movies · 52 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 19, 1940
- Died
- Sep 27, 2023 (age 82)
- 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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.0 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Film
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★ 7.8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Film
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★ 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Film
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★ 6.9 Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Film
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★ 7.7 The King's Speech
2010 · Film
Michael Gambon: movies and TV shows
Acting (174)
- 2024 Doctor Who at the Proms
as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
- 2019 Judy
as Bernard Delfont
- 2019 Cordelia
as Mr. Moses
- 2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Man in Diner
- 2018 King of Thieves
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
- 2018 Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Five
- 2018 Citizen Lane
as Lord Ardilaun
- 2018 The Last Witness
as Frank Hamilton
- 2017
- 2017 Ratburger
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Paddington 2
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
- 2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Arthur
- 2017 Victoria & Abdul
as Lord Salisbury
- 2017
- 2017 Mad to Be Normal
as Sidney Kotok
- 2017 Viceroy's House
as General Hastings Ismay
- 2016 Churchill's Secret
as Winston Churchill
- 2016 Dad's Army
as Private Godfrey
- 2016 Hail, Caesar!
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016
- 2015 Unity
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 On Angel Wings
as Grandfather
- 2014 Paddington
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
- 2014 Common
as Judge
- 2014
- 2013 Lucan
as John Burke
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 Quartet
as Cedric Livingston
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 Page Eight
as Benedict Baron
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2010 Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
- 2010 The King's Speech
as King George V
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2010 The Book of Eli
as George
- 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Franklin Bean (voice)
- 2009
- 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2009
- 2008 Brideshead Revisited
as Lord Marchmain
- 2007
- 2007 Joe's Palace
as Elliot Graham
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2007 The Alps - Climb of Your Life
as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 Celebration
as Lambert
- 2007 Amazing Grace
as Lord Charles Fox
- 2007 The Baker
as Leo
- 2007 The Good Night
as Alan Weigert
- 2006 The Good Shepherd
as Dr. Fredericks
- 2006 John Duffy's Brother
as Narrator
- 2006 The Omen
as Bugenhagen
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Oseary Drakoulias
- 2004 Stories of Lost Souls
as Larry
- 2004 Layer Cake
as Eddie Temple
- 2004
- 2004 Being Julia
as Jimmie Langton
- 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Albus Dumbledore
- 2004
- 2003 Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Uncle Bigbad (voice)
- 2003
- 2003 Path to War
as Lyndon Johnson
- 2003 Sylvia
as Professor Thomas
- 2003 Open Range
as Denton Baxter
- 2003 Deep Blue
as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 The Actors
as Barreller
- 2003
- 2002 Ali G Indahouse
as Prime Minister
- 2001 Charlotte Gray
as Levade
- 2001 Gosford Park
as William McCordle
- 2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
- 2001 High Heels and Low Lifes
as Kerrigan
- 2001
- 2000 Endgame
as Hamm
- 2000 The Last September
as Sir Richard Naylor
- 2000 Longitude
as John Harrison
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999 Sleepy Hollow
as Baltus Van Tassel
- 1999 The Insider
as Thomas Sandefur
- 1999 Plunkett & Macleane
as Lord Gibson
- 1999 Dead on Time
as Maurice Silverman
- 1998 Dancing at Lughnasa
as Father Jack Mundy
- 1998 A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 The Gambler
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1997 The Wings of the Dove
as Lionel Croy
- 1996 The Willows in Winter
as Badger
- 1996
- 1996 Nothing Personal
as Leonard
- 1996 Midnight in Saint Petersburg
as Alex
- 1996 Two Deaths
as Daniel Pavenic
- 1996 Mary Reilly
as Mary’s Father
- 1996 The Innocent Sleep
as Det. Insp. Matheson
- 1995 The Wind in the Willows
as Badger (voice)
- 1995 Bullet to Beijing
as Alexei
- 1994 A Man of No Importance
as Ivor J. Carney
- 1994 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Sir George
- 1994
- 1994 The Browning Version
as Dr. Frobisher
- 1994 Clean Slate
as Cornell
- 1993 The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
- 1992 Toys
as General Zevo
- 1992
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
as The Storyteller
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
as The Storyteller
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
as The Storyteller
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
as The Storyteller
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 Mobsters
as Don Salvatore Faranzano
- 1990 Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
as William I
- 1989
- 1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Albert Spica
- 1989 A Dry White Season
as Magistrate
- 1989 The Heat of the Day
as Harrison
- 1989 The Rachel Papers
as Doctor Knowd
- 1989 Paris by Night
as Gerald Paige
- 1989
- 1989 Monster Maker
as Ultragorgon / Ultragorgon(voice)
- 1988 Mountain Language
as Sergeant
- 1988 Missing Link
as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 Ghosts
as Pastor Manders
- 1986
- 1985 Turtle Diary
as George Fairbairn
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Absurd Person Singular
as Geoffrey
- 1982 The Breadwinner
as Charles Battle
- 1981
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1978 The Seagull
as Trigorin
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 French Without Tears
as Lt Cmdr Rogers
- 1976 Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Piers
- 1976 In the Labyrinth
as Duncan Harrison
- 1976 The Other Woman
as Robin
- 1975 The Secret Agent
as Tom Ossipon
- 1974
- 1974 Bold Face: Condensed
as John
- 1974 The Beast Must Die
as Jan Jarmokowski
- 1974
- 1973 The Catholics
as Brother Kevin
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 Nothing But the Night
as Insp. Grant
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Cows
as Max
- 1971 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967 Romeo and Juliet
as Gregory
- 1967 Much Ado About Nothing
as Other Watchman
- 1966
- 1965 Othello
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month · TV
as Gregory / Theseus / Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers / Boris Trigorin · 4 episodes
- 1965
Talk shows and appearances (22)
- 2015
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 The Michael Ball Show
1 episode
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Top Gear
2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001 Richard & Judy
1 episode
- 2001
- 2000
- 1994 Room 101
1 episode
- 1993 GMTV
1 episode
- 1990 Have I Got News for You
1 episode
- 1987 The Dame Edna Experience
1 episode
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1967 Omnibus
2 episodes
- 1949 The BAFTA Awards
2 episodes