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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 19, 1940
Died
September 27, 2023
Place of Birth
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
Michael Gambon
2.1 Popularity
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
7.2
Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
6.7
Bernard Delfont
Judy
2019
5.0
Mr. Moses
Cordelia
2019
6.9
Man in Diner
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
6.3
Agent Five
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
5.5
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
King of Thieves
2018
7.0
Lord Ardilaun
Citizen Lane
2018
5.9
Frank Hamilton
The Last Witness
2018
7.1
Mr. Laurence
Little Women
2017
7.5
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Paddington 2
2017
Credits
Doctor Who at the Proms
as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
2024
7.2
Judy
as Bernard Delfont
2019
6.7
Cordelia
as Mr. Moses
2019
5.0
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Man in Diner
2019
6.9
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Five
2018
6.3
King of Thieves
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
2018
5.5
Citizen Lane
as Lord Ardilaun
2018
7.0
The Last Witness
as Frank Hamilton
2018
5.9
Little Women
as Mr. Laurence
2017
7.1
Paddington 2
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2017
7.5
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Arthur
2017
7.0
Victoria & Abdul
as Lord Salisbury
2017
6.9
Fearless
as Sir Alistair McKinnon
2017
6.7
Mad to Be Normal
as Sidney Kotok
2017
5.9
Viceroy's House
as General Hastings Ismay
2017
6.6
Churchill's Secret
as Winston Churchill
2016
6.3
Hail, Caesar!
as Narrator (voice)
2016
5.9
Dad's Army
as Private Godfrey
2016
5.0
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Elderly Philosopher
2016
6.2
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.5
The Casual Vacancy
as Howard Mollison
2015
6.1
Fortitude
as Henry Tyson
2015
6.8
On Angel Wings
as Grandfather
2014
3.0
Paddington
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2014
7.1
Common
as Judge
2014
6.5
Quirke
as Judge Garret Griffin
2014
5.9
Lucan
as John Burke
2013
7.2
Lucan
as John Burke
2013
6.0
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hirst
2013
6.2
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
6.5
The Frame
as Professor Albus Dumbledore
2013
10.0
Restless
as Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
2012
7.2
Quartet
as Cedric Livingston
2012
6.5
London: The Modern Babylon
as Self (voice)
2012
6.3
The Hollow Crown
as Mortimer
2012
7.4
Luck
as Michael
2012
6.7
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
2011
7.0
Page Eight
as Benedict Baron
2011
6.6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Albus Dumbledore
2011
8.1
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
2010
7.9
The King's Speech
as King George V
2010
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Albus Dumbledore
2010
7.7
🎬
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
2010
0.0
The Book of Eli
as George
2010
6.8
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Franklin Bean (voice)
2009
7.8
Emma
as Mr. Woodhouse
2009
7.6
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Albus Dumbledore
2009
7.7
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
as Narrator
2009
6.1
Brideshead Revisited
as Lord Marchmain
2008
6.3
Cranford
as Thomas Holbrook
2007
8.2
Joe's Palace
as Elliot Graham
2007
5.9
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Albus Dumbledore
2007
7.7
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
as Narrator (voice)
2007
6.8
Celebration
as Lambert
2007
6.3
The Baker
as Leo
2007
6.4
The Good Night
as Alan Weigert
2007
5.3
The Good Shepherd
as Dr. Fredericks
2006
6.4
John Duffy's Brother
as Narrator
2006
0.0
Amazing Grace
as Lord Charles Fox
2006
6.9
The Omen
as Bugenhagen
2006
5.7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Albus Dumbledore
2005
7.8
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
2005
6.2
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Oseary Drakoulias
2004
7.1
Stories of Lost Souls
as Larry
2004
5.6
Layer Cake
as Eddie Temple
2004
6.9
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
as Paley
2004
5.9
Being Julia
as Jimmie Langton
2004
6.4
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
2004
7.7
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Albus Dumbledore
2004
8.0
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Uncle Bigbad (voice)
2003
7.5
Angels in America
as Prior Walter Ancestor #1
2003
7.6
Path to War
as Lyndon Johnson
2003
6.7
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
as Self
2003
6.5
Sylvia
as Professor Thomas
2003
5.7
Open Range
as Denton Baxter
2003
7.2
Deep Blue
as Narrator (voice)
2003
6.8
The Actors
as Barreller
2003
5.5
The Lost Prince
as King Edward VII
2003
7.1
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
2002
5.0
Ali G Indahouse
as Prime Minister
2002
6.1
Charlotte Gray
as Levade
2001
6.1
Gosford Park
as William McCordle
2001
6.8
Christmas Carol: The Movie
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
2001
5.2
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
2.9
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
as Self
2001
0.0
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Kerrigan
2001
6.1
Perfect Strangers
as Raymond
2001
6.3
Endgame
as Hamm
2000
6.8
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
2000
7.1
The Last September
as Sir Richard Naylor
2000
4.9
Longitude
as John Harrison
2000
7.0
Longitude
as John Harrison
2000
7.4
Wives and Daughters
as Squire Hamley
1999
7.3
Sleepy Hollow
as Baltus Van Tassel
1999
7.2
The Insider
as Thomas Sandefur
1999
7.5
Plunkett & MacLeane
as Lord Gibson
1999
6.1
Dead on Time
as Maurice Silverman
1999
0.0
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Father Jack Mundy
1998
5.9
🎬
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
as Narrator (voice)
1998
0.0
The Gambler
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1997
4.5
The Wings of the Dove
as Lionel Croy
1997
6.6
The Willows in Winter
as Badger
1996
6.6
Samson and Delilah
as Re Hamun
1996
6.0
Nothing Personal
as Leonard
1996
4.3
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
as Alex
1996
5.0
Two Deaths
as Daniel Pavenic
1996
5.0
Mary Reilly
as Mary’s Father
1996
5.8
The Innocent Sleep
as Det. Insp. Matheson
1996
4.0
The Wind in the Willows
as Badger
1995
7.0
Bullet to Beijing
as Alexei
1995
5.0
A Man of No Importance
as Ivor J. Carney
1994
6.0
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Sir George
1994
6.7
Faith
as Peter John Moreton
1994
10.0
Room 101
as Self
1994
6.3
The Browning Version
as Dr. Frobisher
1994
6.4
Clean Slate
as Cornell
1994
5.8
The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
1993
7.0
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Toys
as General Zevo
1992
5.3
Maigret
as Chief Inspector Maigret
1992
7.1
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as The Storyteller
1991
8.2
Performance
as Archie Rice
1991
6.0
Mobsters
as Don Salvatore Faranzano
1991
6.2
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
🎬
About Face
1989
6.0
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Albert Spica
1989
7.3
A Dry White Season
as Magistrate
1989
6.6
The Heat of the Day
as Harrison
1989
0.0
The Rachel Papers
as Doctor Knowd
1989
5.0
Paris by Night
as Gerald Paige
1989
4.3
The Jim Henson Hour
as Ultragorgon (voice)
1989
8.8
Monster Maker
as Ultragorgon
1989
6.5
Monster Maker
as Ultragorgon(voice)
1989
6.5
Mountain Language
as Sergeant
1988
4.0
Missing Link
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.2
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
4.0
Ghosts
as Pastor Manders
1987
0.0
The Singing Detective
as Philip Marlow
1986
7.5
Turtle Diary
as George Fairbairn
1985
6.2
🎬
Theatre Night
as Pastor Manders
1985
0.0
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
0.0
Oscar
as Oscar Wilde
1985
3.3
Absurd Person Singular
as Geoffrey
1985
8.0
🎬
The Breadwinner
as Charles Battle
1982
0.0
Bergerac
as Jarvis McLeod
1981
6.7
Minder
as Tommy Hambury
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
as Andrew
1979
6.7
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
as Kenny
1978
0.0
🎬
The Seagull
as Trigorin
1978
0.0
The Other One
as Brian Bryant
1977
7.0
French Without Tears
as Lt Cmdr Rogers
1976
0.0
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Piers
1976
0.0
In the Labyrinth
as Duncan Harrison
1976
0.0
The Other Woman
as Robin
1976
3.0
🎬
The Secret Agent
as Tom Ossipon
1975
0.0
Bold Face: Condensed
as John
1974
0.0
The Beast Must Die
as Jan Jarmokowski
1974
5.4
Zodiac
as Reuben Keiser
1974
5.0
The Catholics
as Brother Kevin
1973
5.8
Nothing But the Night
as Insp. Grant
1973
6.1
Arthur of the Britons
as Roland
1972
7.3
Cows
as Max
1972
0.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1971
0.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Play for Today
as Piers
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Max
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Robin
1970
6.3
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Cranley
1969
6.0
The Borderers
as Gavin Ker
1968
0.0
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
Romeo and Juliet
as Gregory
1967
0.0
Much Ado About Nothing
as Other Watchman
1967
5.5
Softly, Softly
1966
5.0
Othello
1965
6.2
Othello
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
1965
6.2
BBC Play of the Month
as Gregory
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Theseus
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Boris Trigorin
1965
5.0
Public Eye
1965
7.8
The BAFTA Awards
as Self - Winner
1949
10.0