Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Birthday: 1940-10-19

Deathday: 2023-09-27

Place of birth: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

Also known as: Sir Michael John Gambon CBE

imdb_id: nm0002091

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.

Played in movies:

Doctor Who at the Proms

Score: 10.0

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Score: 8.1

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Score: 8.0

Absurd Person Singular

Score: 8.0

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Score: 8.0

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Score: 7.8

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Score: 7.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Score: 7.7

The King's Speech

Score: 7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Score: 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Score: 7.7

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Score: 7.6

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

Score: 7.5

Unity

Score: 7.5

Paddington 2

Score: 7.5

The Insider

Score: 7.5

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Score: 7.3

Longitude

Score: 7.3

Open Range

Score: 7.2

Sleepy Hollow

Score: 7.2

Paddington

Score: 7.1

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Score: 7.1

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Score: 7.0

Citizen Lane

Score: 7.0

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Score: 7.0

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Score: 7.0

The Entertainer

Score: 7.0

The Wind in the Willows

Score: 7.0

The Willows in Winter

Score: 7.0

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Score: 7.0

Layer Cake

Score: 6.9

Victoria & Abdul

Score: 6.9

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

Score: 6.9

Amazing Grace

Score: 6.9

Gosford Park

Score: 6.8

Deep Blue

Score: 6.8

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

Score: 6.8

Endgame

Score: 6.8

The Book of Eli

Score: 6.8

Judy

Score: 6.7

Viceroy's House

Score: 6.7

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Score: 6.7

A Dry White Season

Score: 6.7

Path to War

Score: 6.7

Turtle Diary

Score: 6.7

The Wings of the Dove

Score: 6.7

Page Eight

Score: 6.6

Monster Maker

Score: 6.5

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane

Score: 6.5

Muse of Fire

Score: 6.5

Monster Maker

Score: 6.5

London: The Modern Babylon

Score: 6.5

Quartet

Score: 6.5

The Browning Version

Score: 6.5

Being Julia

Score: 6.5

Samson and Delilah

Score: 6.5

Othello

Score: 6.4

Othello

Score: 6.4

Common

Score: 6.4

A Man of No Importance

Score: 6.4

The Baker

Score: 6.4

Brideshead Revisited

Score: 6.3

Missing Link

Score: 6.3

Celebration

Score: 6.3

Churchill's Secret

Score: 6.3

Mobsters

Score: 6.3

The Good Shepherd

Score: 6.3

Johnny English Strikes Again

Score: 6.3

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Score: 6.1

Joe's Palace

Score: 6.1

Nothing But the Night

Score: 6.1

Charlotte Gray

Score: 6.1

Plunkett & MacLeane

Score: 6.1

Ali G Indahouse

Score: 6.1

The Last Witness

Score: 6.0

Lucan

Score: 6.0

High Heels and Low Lifes

Score: 6.0

Hail, Caesar!

Score: 5.9

Mad to Be Normal

Score: 5.9

The Actors

Score: 5.9

Dancing at Lughnasa

Score: 5.9

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Score: 5.9

Clean Slate

Score: 5.8

Sylvia

Score: 5.8

Mary Reilly

Score: 5.8

The Omen

Score: 5.6

Stories of Lost Souls

Score: 5.6

King of Thieves

Score: 5.5

Much Ado About Nothing

Score: 5.5

Two Deaths

Score: 5.4

The Beast Must Die

Score: 5.4

The Catholics

Score: 5.3

The Good Night

Score: 5.3

Toys

Score: 5.3

The Last September

Score: 5.2

Christmas Carol: The Movie

Score: 5.1

The Rachel Papers

Score: 5.1

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Score: 5.0

Dad's Army

Score: 5.0

On Angel Wings

Score: 5.0

Bullet to Beijing

Score: 4.9

The Gambler

Score: 4.8

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

Score: 4.8

Cordelia

Score: 4.7

Paris by Night

Score: 4.5

Nothing Personal

Score: 4.5

The Innocent Sleep

Score: 4.3

Mountain Language

Score: 4.0

The Other Woman

Score: 4.0

John Duffy's Brother

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

The Heat of the Day

Score: 0.0

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

Score: 0.0

Cows

Score: 0.0

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Score: 0.0

Romeo and Juliet

Score: 0.0

French Without Tears

Score: 0.0

The Breadwinner

Score: 0.0

In the Labyrinth

Score: 0.0

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Score: 0.0

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Score: 0.0

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Score: 0.0

Ghosts

Score: 0.0

The Seagull

Score: 0.0

Dead on Time

Score: 0.0

Bold Face: Condensed

Score: 0.0

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Score: 10.0

The BAFTA Awards

Score: 10.0

The Frame

Score: 10.0

Faith

Score: 10.0

The Jim Henson Hour

Score: 8.9

Cranford

Score: 8.1

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

Score: 8.1

Public Eye

Score: 7.8

Emma

Score: 7.7

The Singing Detective

Score: 7.7

Angels in America

Score: 7.6

Doctor Who

Score: 7.5

Top Gear

Score: 7.5

The Hollow Crown

Score: 7.3

Wives and Daughters

Score: 7.3

Omnibus

Score: 7.3

Lucan

Score: 7.2

Restless

Score: 7.1

Little Women

Score: 7.1

Have I Got News for You

Score: 7.1

The Other One

Score: 7.0

The Lost Prince

Score: 7.0

Longitude

Score: 7.0

Maigret

Score: 6.9

Fortitude

Score: 6.9

Minder

Score: 6.8

Luck

Score: 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

Fearless

Score: 6.6

Perfect Strangers

Score: 6.6

Bergerac

Score: 6.6

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

Score: 6.3

The Casual Vacancy

Score: 6.3

Room 101

Score: 6.3

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

Score: 6.2

Softly Softly: Task Force

Score: 6.0

About Face

Score: 6.0

Performance

Score: 6.0

Arthur of the Britons

Score: 6.0

Quirke

Score: 5.8

GMTV

Score: 5.6

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

The Dame Edna Experience

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Softly, Softly

Score: 5.0

Oscar

Score: 4.0

Richard & Judy

Score: 2.9

Theatre Night

Score: 0.0

Samson and Delilah

Score: 0.0

The Michael Ball Show

Score: 0.0

The Borderers

Score: 0.0