Michael Gambon
Acting
🎂 1940-10-19
Sir Michael John Gambon 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.
Cast credits(184)
Self
1971
Piers
1970
Max
1970
Robin
1970
1966
Self
2001
Self
1990
Gregory
1965
Theseus
1965
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers
1965
Boris Trigorin
1965
Self
2002
Tommy Hambury
1979
Self
1967
Jarvis McLeod
1981
Self - Winner
1949
Andrew
1979
Self
1994
Self
1993
1965
Cranley
1969
Professor Albus Dumbledore
2013
Albus Dumbledore
2005
Albus Dumbledore
2004
Self
2010
Archie Rice
1991
Albus Dumbledore
2007
Albus Dumbledore
2010
Albus Dumbledore
2009
Mr. Woodhouse
2009
Self
1987
Mortimer
2012
Albus Dumbledore
2011
Roland
1972
King Edward VII
2003
John Burke
2013
Henry Tyson
2015
Thomas Holbrook
2007
Chief Inspector Maigret
1992
The Storyteller
1991
Squire Hamley
1999
Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
2012
Prior Walter Ancestor #1
2003
Mr. Laurence
2017
Elderly Philosopher
2016
Brian Bryant
1977
Arthur
2017
Gavin Ker
1968
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2014
Howard Mollison
2015
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2017
Franklin Bean (voice)
2009
George
2010
Baltus Van Tassel
1999
Philip Marlow
1986
Bernard Delfont
2019
Narrator
2009
King George V
2010
Pastor Manders
1985
Sir Alistair McKinnon
2017
Agent Five
2018
Eddie Temple
2004
Narrator (voice)
2016
Self - 'Professor Albus Dumbledore'
2009
Oseary Drakoulias
2004
Bugenhagen
2006
Albert Spica
1989
Thomas Sandefur
1999
1989
Denton Baxter
2003
Michael
2012
Dr. Fredericks
2006
John Harrison
2000
Paley
2004
Ultragorgon (voice)
1989
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
2018
Don Salvatore Faranzano
1991
Prime Minister
2002
William McCordle
2001
Judge Garret Griffin
2014
Private Godfrey
2016
Mary’s Father
1996
General Zevo
1992
Mr. Moses
2019
Re Hamun
1996
Lord Charles Fox
2006
Benedict Baron
2011
Sir George
1994
Lord Salisbury
2017
Self
2004
Alexei
1995
Lord Gibson
1999
Professor Thomas
2003
Doctor Knowd
1989
Magistrate
1989
Peter John Moreton
1994
King Hamun
1996
Man in Diner
2019
Cedric Livingston
2012
1975
Narrator (voice)
2003
Lionel Croy
1997
Lord Marchmain
2008
Self
2002
John Harrison
2000
Jimmie Langton
2004
Narrator (voice)
2015
Lyndon Johnson
2003
Raymond
2001
Levade
2001
General Hastings Ismay
2017
Badger
1995
Self
2000
Oscar Wilde
1985
Dr. Frobisher
1994
Alan Weigert
2007
Jan Jarmokowski
1974
Self
2013
Kerrigan
2001
Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
2010
Winston Churchill
2016
Ivor J. Carney
1994
Frank Hamilton
2018
Cornell
1994
Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
2001
Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
2024
1965
Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
1965
Leo
2007
Brother Kevin
1973
Barreller
2003
Hirst
2013
Self
2011
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1997
Sidney Kotok
2017
George Fairbairn
1985
Alex
1996
Self
2005
Sir Richard Naylor
2000
Elliot Graham
2007
Larry
2004
Self (voice)
2012
Judge
2014
Father Jack Mundy
1998
Insp. Grant
1973
Narrator (voice)
1988
Det. Insp. Matheson
1996
Lambert
2007
Ultragorgon
1989
Ultragorgon(voice)
1989
Gerald Paige
1989
Pastor Manders
1987
John Burke
2013
Self
2001
Other Watchman
1967
Badger
1996
Daniel Pavenic
1996
Leonard
1996
Lord Ardilaun
2018
Harrison
1989
Self
2003
Lt Cmdr Rogers
1976
Robin
1976
Self (archive footage)
2015
Trigorin
1978
Archie Rice
1993
Geoffrey
1985
Narrator (voice)
1998
Grandfather
2014
Charles Battle
1982
Gregory
1967
Narrator (voice)
2007
Uncle Bigbad (voice)
2003
Max
1972
Piers
1976
1985
Kenny
1978
Sergeant
1988
Duncan Harrison
1976
Maurice Silverman
1999
Hamm
2000
Theseus
1971
John
1974
Narrator
2006