Michael Gambon
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
185
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
Have I Got News for You
Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Richard & Judy
Minder
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
GMTV
Bergerac
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Sleepy Hollow
Softly, Softly
Omnibus
Performance
Public Eye
Room 101
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Paddington
Softly Softly: Task Force
The Hollow Crown
The Book of Eli
The Good Shepherd
The King's Speech
Quartet
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Maigret
Amazing Grace
Johnny English Strikes Again
The Omen
Ali G Indahouse
Hail, Caesar!
Fortitude
Samson and Delilah
The Wind in the Willows
Paddington 2
The BAFTA Awards
The Jim Henson Hour
King of Thieves
Angels in America
Being Julia
The Baker
Romeo and Juliet
Cranford
Judy
Common
Fearless
Ghosts
The Frame
Dad's Army
Little Women
A Dry White Season
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
High Heels and Low Lifes
Mobsters
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Unity
Arthur of the Britons
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Brideshead Revisited
Deep Blue
Cordelia
The Wings of the Dove
The Michael Ball Show
Emma
Charlotte Gray
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Sylvia
The Browning Version
Layer Cake
The Last September
Open Range
Much Ado About Nothing
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Citizen Lane
Lucan
Wives and Daughters
Luck
The Insider
The Singing Detective
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Absurd Person Singular
Clean Slate
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
Longitude
London: The Modern Babylon
Viceroy's House
Toys
Gosford Park
The Seagull
The Last Witness
Paris by Night
The Gambler
Celebration
Joe's Palace
The Casual Vacancy
Page Eight
Endgame
The Innocent Sleep
Monster Maker
Monster Maker
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Quirke
The Willows in Winter
Stories of Lost Souls
Restless
Victoria & Abdul
The Lost Prince
Missing Link
The Dame Edna Experience
The Good Night
Plunkett & MacLeane
Perfect Strangers
Churchill's Secret
The Actors
Theatre Night
A Man of No Importance
Nothing Personal
Lucan
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
The Heat of the Day
The Borderers
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
The Catholics
Zodiac
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
The Breadwinner
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Dead on Time
Samson and Delilah
Turtle Diary
Mountain Language
Othello
Othello
Cows
In the Labyrinth
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Bullet to Beijing
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Mary Reilly
The Other Woman
Doctor Who at the Proms
About Face
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Muse of Fire
The Rachel Papers
Nothing But the Night
The Other One
John Duffy's Brother
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Two Deaths
Oscar
Faith
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Mad to Be Normal
The Beast Must Die
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Path to War
The Entertainer
Longitude
Bold Face: Condensed
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
French Without Tears
On Angel Wings
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
The Secret Agent
