Michael Gambon
Age: N/A | From: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Person Details
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Aliases: 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
(2005) Kazran
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Andrew
Bergerac
(1981) Jarvis McLeod
Play for Today
(1970) Piers
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004) Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005) Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011) Albus Dumbledore
BBC Play of the Month
(1965) GregoryActing
| 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 |
