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