Michael Gambon

Acting · 2.9 popularity

Age

Movies

128

Born: October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023
From: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

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.

Works

128 films

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

20057.8

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

20048.0

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

20118.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

20107.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

20077.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20097.7

Sleepy Hollow

19997.2

The King's Speech

20107.7

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

20176.9

Fantastic Mr. Fox

20097.8

Paddington 2

20177.5

The Book of Eli

20106.8

Paddington

20147.1

Johnny English Strikes Again

20186.3

The Insider

19997.5

Layer Cake

20046.9

Open Range

20037.2

Hail, Caesar!

20165.9

Gosford Park

20016.8

The Good Shepherd

20066.4

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

19897.3

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

20047.1

The Omen

20065.7

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

20045.9

Ali G Indahouse

20026.1

Judy

20196.7

King of Thieves

20185.6

Deep Blue

20036.9

Toys

19925.3

Brideshead Revisited

20086.3

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

20196.9

Dad's Army

20165.0

Page Eight

20116.6

Victoria & Abdul

20176.9

Plunkett & Macleane

19996.2

Mobsters

19916.3

Mary Reilly

19965.8

Amazing Grace

20066.9

Path to War

20036.7

Being Julia

20046.4

Quartet

20126.5

Christmas Carol: The Movie

20015.2

When Harry Left Hogwarts

20117.2

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

19946.8

The Wings of the Dove

19976.6

High Heels and Low Lifes

20016.2

Viceroy's House

20176.7

Doctor Who at the Proms

20247.2

Charlotte Gray

20016.1

Dancing at Lughnasa

19986.0

Clean Slate

19945.8

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

20108.0

Unity

20157.5

Sylvia

20035.8

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

20007.1

A Dry White Season

19896.7

Bullet to Beijing

19955.2

Two Deaths

19965.6

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

19965.2

The Good Night

20075.4

The Baker

20076.4

The Last Witness

20185.8

Muse of Fire

20136.5

The Actors

20035.6

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

20047.7

Longitude

20007.4

A Man of No Importance

19946.2

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

20018.0

The Rachel Papers

19895.1

The Making of Gosford Park

20025.3

Cows

19728.0

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

200310.0

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

20056.4

The Wind in the Willows

19957.1

The Entertainer

19937.0

The Browning Version

19946.4

Othello

19656.4

Missing Link

19886.2

The Breadwinner

1982

Paris by Night

19894.8

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane

20036.5

London: The Modern Babylon

20126.4

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

20076.8

Joe's Palace

20075.9

The Willows in Winter

19966.7

A Midsummer Night's Dream

197110.0

Mad to Be Normal

20175.9

Churchill's Secret

20166.3

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

20038.0

Nothing But the Night

19736.2

On Angel Wings

20143.0

The Beast Must Die

19745.5

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

Much Ado About Nothing

19676.3

Cordelia

20195.1

The Last September

20005.2

Celebration

20076.3

The Innocent Sleep

19965.0

Turtle Diary

19856.3

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

Romeo and Juliet

1967

Absurd Person Singular

19858.3

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

20136.2

The Other Woman

19763.0

The Catholics

19735.8

Ghosts

19877.0

Bold Face: Condensed

1974

Common

20146.5

Monster Maker

19896.7

Blood Royal: William the Conqueror

199010.0

The Gambler

19974.8

French Without Tears

19767.0

Lucan

20136.0

One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day

1978

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

19768.0

Nothing Personal

19964.8

Citizen Lane

20187.0

The Secret Agent

197510.0

The Seagull

1978

The Heat of the Day

19898.0

Dead on Time

19998.0

In the Labyrinth

19769.0

Endgame

20007.3

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

19988.0

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

1985

Mountain Language

19884.0

John Duffy's Brother

2006

Samson and Delilah

1996