Michael Gambon
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
183
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-10-19
Day of death
2023-09-27 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Michael Gambon
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
Great Performances
Top Gear
Minder
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Have I Got News for You
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today
Bergerac
Judy
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
Tales of the Unexpected
GMTV
Omnibus
Being Julia
The Hollow Crown
Richard & Judy
Brideshead Revisited
Celebration
Performance
The Actors
The Catholics
The Seagull
The Book of Eli
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Othello
Othello
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fortitude
Endgame
Mountain Language
Sleepy Hollow
Mobsters
Public Eye
Nothing But the Night
The King's Speech
Two Deaths
Plunkett & MacLeane
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Room 101
King of Thieves
The Breadwinner
Softly, Softly
Angels in America
Dad's Army
Ali G Indahouse
Quartet
Longitude
Paddington
Paris by Night
The Good Night
Johnny English Strikes Again
Paddington 2
Wives and Daughters
The BAFTA Awards
Hail, Caesar!
The Frame
In the Labyrinth
Deep Blue
The Michael Ball Show
The Dame Edna Experience
Ghosts
Cranford
Sylvia
Toys
Muse of Fire
The Good Shepherd
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Layer Cake
Nothing Personal
The Insider
The Lost Prince
Cows
Little Women
Emma
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Open Range
Maigret
Softly Softly: Task Force
The Other Woman
Luck
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Gosford Park
Romeo and Juliet
Fearless
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
The Gambler
The Casual Vacancy
The Omen
Restless
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Viceroy's House
The Jim Henson Hour
The Rachel Papers
Arthur of the Britons
Longitude
Mary Reilly
Lucan
Quirke
Page Eight
The Wings of the Dove
Turtle Diary
Absurd Person Singular
The Singing Detective
The Entertainer
Amazing Grace
Victoria & Abdul
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Unity
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Theatre Night
Charlotte Gray
The Borderers
Path to War
Samson and Delilah
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Zodiac
A Dry White Season
Perfect Strangers
About Face
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Clean Slate
The Last Witness
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
The Baker
Stories of Lost Souls
Bullet to Beijing
Faith
London: The Modern Babylon
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
High Heels and Low Lifes
The Browning Version
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
The Wind in the Willows
The Making of Gosford Park
The Willows in Winter
Doctor Who at the Proms
Cordelia
Much Ado About Nothing
The Beast Must Die
Joe's Palace
Mad to Be Normal
Churchill's Secret
Oscar
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Common
A Man of No Importance
Lucan
Dancing at Lughnasa
French Without Tears
Dead on Time
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
The Other One
Missing Link
The Last September
Bold Face: Condensed
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Citizen Lane
On Angel Wings
The Secret Agent
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
Monster Maker
Monster Maker
The Heat of the Day
The Innocent Sleep
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
John Duffy's Brother
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
