Acting
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.
Movies with Michael Gambon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
The Good Shepherd
2006
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Open Range
2003
The Book of Eli
2010
Paddington 2
2017
The King's Speech
2010
Paddington
2014
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Layer Cake
2004
Gosford Park
2001
Hail, Caesar!
2016
Toys
1992
Judy
2019
The Insider
1999
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
The Omen
2006
Ali G Indahouse
2002
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
King of Thieves
2018
Brideshead Revisited
2008
The Good Night
2007
Amazing Grace
2006
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
Two Deaths
1996
Deep Blue
2003
Being Julia
2004
Dad's Army
2016
Muse of Fire
2013
Mary Reilly
1996
Charlotte Gray
2001
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
Missing Link
1988
The Rachel Papers
1989
Page Eight
2011
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
Quartet
2012
Mobsters
1991
Paris by Night
1989
Clean Slate
1994
Path to War
2003
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
Viceroy's House
2017
The Entertainer
1993
Unity
2015
The Gambler
1997
Sylvia
2003
Bullet to Beijing
1995
The Willows in Winter
1996
The Wind in the Willows
1995
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Turtle Diary
1985
The Catholics
1973
Longitude
2000
The Actors
2003
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
The Baker
2007
The Last Witness
2018
Churchill's Secret
2016
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
Joe's Palace
2007
A Dry White Season
1989
Othello
1965
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
Monster Maker
1989
On Angel Wings
2014
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
Cows
1972
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
The Breadwinner
1982
The Beast Must Die
1974
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
Romeo and Juliet
1967
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
Mad to Be Normal
2017
Citizen Lane
2018
The Other Woman
1976
Cordelia
2019
The Last September
2000
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Dead on Time
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
The Browning Version
1994
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
Common
2014
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007
In the Labyrinth
1976
Nothing But the Night
1973
The Seagull
1978
A Man of No Importance
1994
Nothing Personal
1996
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
The Secret Agent
1975
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001
Ghosts
1987
Lucan
2013
Endgame
2000
Mountain Language
1988
The Heat of the Day
1989
The Innocent Sleep
1996
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Bold Face: Condensed
1974
Absurd Person Singular
1985
Celebration
2007
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
French Without Tears
1976
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
1998
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
John Duffy's Brother
2006
TV Shows with Michael Gambon
Top Gear
2002
Play for Today
1970
Minder
1979
Great Performances
1971
Screen Two
1985
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Bergerac
1981
Have I Got News for You
1990
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
ITV Playhouse
1967
Richard & Judy
2001
Omnibus
1967
GMTV
1993
Room 101
1994
Centre Play
1973
Performance
1991
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Public Eye
1965
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Fortitude
2015
The Hollow Crown
2012
Luck
2012
Softly, Softly
1966
Maigret
1992
Emma
2009
Cranford
2007
The Frame
2013
Restless
2012
The BAFTA Awards
1949
Angels in America
2003
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Little Women
2017
Wives and Daughters
1999
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
Lucan
2013
The Sunday Drama
1977
Second City Firsts
1973
Longitude
2000
The Michael Ball Show
2010
Quirke
2014
Fearless
2017
The Singing Detective
1986
The Borderers
1968
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Theatre Night
1985
Masquerade
1974
The Casual Vacancy
2015
Confession
1970
The Lost Prince
2003
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Six Days of Justice
1972
Zodiac
1974
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009
Samson and Delilah
1996
Perfect Strangers
2001
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
Faith
1994
About Face
1989
Eyeless in Gaza
1971
The Other One
1977
Oscar
1985