Michael Gambon

Known for ActingBorn 1940-10-19Died 2023-09-27Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Frame

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

The Secret Agent

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The BAFTA Awards

Faith

The Jim Henson Hour

In the Labyrinth

Cranford

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Absurd Person Singular

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Dead on Time

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Heat of the Day

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The King's Speech

Public Eye

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Emma

Cows

Arthur of the Britons

Unity

Paddington 2

Angels in America

Top Gear

The Hollow Crown

The Insider

Doctor Who at the Proms

Longitude

The Singing Detective

Wives and Daughters

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Little Women

Endgame

Paddington

Restless

Open Range

Lucan