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Aliases: Майкл Гэмбон , マイケル・ガンボン , Майкл Гембон , Sir Michael John Gambon CBE

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

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Movie Involvements: 92

TV Involvements: 40


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(2005) Kazran
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

(2009) Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

(2005) Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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8
Tales of the Unexpected
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7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Andrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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8

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Bernard Delfont
Mr. Moses
Man in Diner
2018 Agent Five
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
Lord Ardilaun
Frank Hamilton
2017 Mr. Laurence
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Arthur
Lord Salisbury
Sir Alistair McKinnon
Sydney Kotok
General Hastings Ismay
2016 Winston Churchill
Private Godfrey
Narrator (voice)
Elderly Philosopher
2015 Self (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
Howard Mollison
Henry Tyson
2014 Grandfather
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Judge
Judge Garret Griffin
2013 John Burke
John Burke
Hirst
Self
Professor Albus Dumbledore
2012 Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
Cedric Livingston
Self (voice)
Mortimer
Michael
2011 Self
Benedict Baron
Albus Dumbledore
2010 Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
King George V
Albus Dumbledore
Self
George
2009 Franklin Bean (voice)
Mr. Woodhouse
Albus Dumbledore
Narrator
2008 Lord Marchmain
2007 Thomas Holbrook
Elliot Graham
Albus Dumbledore
Narrator (voice)
Lambert
Leo
Alan Weigert
2006 Dr. Fredericks
Lord Charles Fox
Bugenhagen
2005 Albus Dumbledore
Self
Kazran
2004 Oseary Drakoulias
Larry
Eddie Temple
Paley
Jimmie Langton
Self
Albus Dumbledore
2003 Uncle Bigbad (voice)
Prior Walter Ancestor #1
Lyndon Johnson
N/A
Professor Thomas
Denton Baxter
Narrator (voice)
Barreller
King Edward VII
2002 Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Self
Prime Minister
2001 Levade
Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Self
William McCordle
Himself
Kerrigan
Raymond
2000 Hamm
Self
Sir Richard Naylor
John Harrison
John Harrison
1999 Squire Hamley
Baltus Van Tassel
Thomas Sandefur
Lord Gibson
Maurice Silverman
1998 Father Jack Mundy
Narration
1997 Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Lionel Croy
1996 Badger
Re Hamun
King Hamun
Leonard
Alex
Daniel Pavenic
Mary’s Father
Det. Insp. Matheson
1995 Badger
Alexei
1994 Ivor J. Carney
Sir George
Peter John Moreton
Self
Dr. Frobisher
Cornell
1993 Archie Rice
Self
1992 Lt. General Leland Zevo
Chief Inspector Maigret
1991 Don Salvatore Faranzano
Archie Rice
1990 The Storyteller
1989 N/A
Albert Spica
Magistrate
Harrison
Doctor Knowd
Gerald Paige
Ultragorgon (voice)
Ultragorgon
1988 Sergeant
Narrator (voice)
1987 Self
Pastor Manders
1986 Philip Marlow
1985 George Fairbairn
Geoffrey
Oscar Wilde
N/A
1982 Charles Battle
1981 Jarvis McLeod
1979 Tommy Hambury
Andrew
1978 Trigorin
1977 Brian Bryant
1976 Lt Cmdr Rogers
Piers
Duncan Harrison
Robin
1974 John
Jan Jarmokowski
1973 Brother Kevin
Insp. Grant
1972 Roland
Max
1971 Theseus
Self
1970 Max
Robin
Piers
1969 Cranley
1968 Gavin Ker
1967 Gregory
1966 N/A
1965 N/A
Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
Theseus
Trigorin
Lt Cmdr Rogers
Gregory
N/A
1953 Self (archive footage)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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