Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

  • Birthday: 1940-10-19
  • Deathday: 2023-09-27
  • Place of birth: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
  • Also know as: Майкл Гэмбон

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.

Filmography

Deep Blue

2003

As Narrator (voice)

Path to War

2003

As Lyndon Johnson

Joe's Palace

2007

As Elliot Graham

Endgame

2000

As Hamm

The Last September

2000

As Sir Richard Naylor

Longitude

2000

As John Harrison

London: The Modern Babylon

2012

As Self (voice)

The Gambler

1997

As Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Entertainer

1993

As Archie Rice

Churchill's Secret

2016

As Winston Churchill

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003

As Uncle Bigbad (voice)

Mountain Language

1988

As Sergeant

The Heat of the Day

1989

As Harrison

Gosford Park

2001

As William McCordle

The Willows in Winter

1996

As Badger

Ghosts

1987

As Pastor Manders

Missing Link

1988

As Narrator (voice)

Ali G Indahouse

2002

As Prime Minister

The Seagull

1978

As Trigorin

Paris by Night

1989

As Gerald Paige

Citizen Lane

2018

As Lord Ardilaun

Absurd Person Singular

1985

As Geoffrey

Dead on Time

1999

As Maurice Silverman

Open Range

2003

As Denton Baxter

Toys

1992

As Lt. General Leland Zevo

The Actors

2003

As Barreller

A Man of No Importance

1994

As Ivor J. Carney

Two Deaths

1996

As Daniel Pavenic

The Innocent Sleep

1996

As Det. Insp. Matheson

Dad's Army

2016

As Private Godfrey

Mad to Be Normal

2017

As Sydney Kotok

Charlotte Gray

2001

As Levade

The Other Woman

1976

As Robin

French Without Tears

1976

As Lt Cmdr Rogers

Viceroy's House

2017

As General Hastings Ismay

On Angel Wings

2014

As Grandfather

Sleepy Hollow

1999

As Baltus Van Tassel

Mary Reilly

1996

As Mary’s Father

The Baker

2007

As Leo

Bullet to Beijing

1995

As Alexei

Page Eight

2011

As Benedict Baron

Turtle Diary

1985

As George Fairbairn

Monster Maker

1989

As Ultragorgon

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007

As Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

2010

As Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick

Nothing Personal

1996

As Leonard

The Last Witness

2018

As Frank Hamilton

Cows

1972

As Max

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

As Albus Dumbledore

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001

As Kerrigan

Brideshead Revisited

2008

As Lord Marchmain

Amazing Grace

2006

As Lord Charles Fox

Clean Slate

1994

As Cornell

Being Julia

2004

As Jimmie Langton

Quartet

2012

As Cedric Livingston

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999

As Lord Gibson

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001

As Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Celebration

2007

As Lambert

The Browning Version

1994

As Dr. Frobisher

Lucan

2013

As John Burke

Judy

2019

As Bernard Delfont

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

As Self (archive footage)

The Book of Eli

2010

As George

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998

As Father Jack Mundy

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994

As Sir George

The King's Speech

2010

As King George V

Mobsters

1991

As Don Salvatore Faranzano

The Rachel Papers

1989

As Doctor Knowd

Victoria & Abdul

2017

As Lord Salisbury

Cordelia

2019

As Mr. Moses

King of Thieves

2018

As Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

As Oseary Drakoulias

The Catholics

1973

As Brother Kevin

The Wings of the Dove

1997

As Lionel Croy

Stories of Lost Souls

2004

As Larry

Muse of Fire

2013

As Self

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018

As Agent Five

The Good Shepherd

2006

As Dr. Fredericks

The Beast Must Die

1974

As Jan Jarmokowski

Nothing But the Night

1973

As Insp. Grant

Romeo and Juliet

1967

As Gregory

Layer Cake

2004

As Eddie Temple

The Good Night

2007

As Alan Weigert

Samson and Delilah

1996

As King Hamun

The Omen

2006

As Bugenhagen

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

As Franklin Bean (voice)

Common

2014

As Judge

Paddington

2014

As Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Sylvia

2003

As Professor Thomas

Othello

1965

As

The Insider

1999

As Thomas Sandefur

Paddington 2

2017

As Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

A Dry White Season

1989

As Magistrate

Othello

1965

As Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

Unity

2015

As Narrator (voice)

Hail, Caesar!

2016

As Narrator (voice)

keyboard_arrow_up