Cast
Michael Gambon
Acting
Cast
Michael Gambon
Known for
Acting
Born
1940-10-19
From
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Died
2023-09-27
Also known as Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
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.
★7.8
MOVIE2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Albus Dumbledore
★7.7
MOVIE2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Albus Dumbledore
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Albus Dumbledore
★8.1
MOVIE2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Albus Dumbledore
★7.7
MOVIE2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Albus Dumbledore
★7.7
MOVIE2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Albus Dumbledore
★6.9
MOVIE2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
as Arthur
★7.8
MOVIE2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Franklin Bean (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Sleepy Hollow
as Baltus Van Tassel
★7.7
MOVIE2010
The King's Speech
as King George V
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Paddington
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2010
The Book of Eli
as George
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Five
★5.9
MOVIE2016
Hail, Caesar!
as Narrator (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Albert Spica
★6.4
MOVIE2006
The Good Shepherd
as Dr. Fredericks
★7.5
MOVIE1999
The Insider
as Thomas Sandefur
★7.1
MOVIE2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Oseary Drakoulias
★6.9
MOVIE2004
Layer Cake
as Eddie Temple
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Gosford Park
as William McCordle
★7.2
MOVIE2003
Open Range
as Denton Baxter
★5.9
MOVIE2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
as Paley
★6.9
MOVIE2017
Victoria & Abdul
as Lord Salisbury
★5.6
MOVIE2018
King of Thieves
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
★5.3
MOVIE1992
Toys
as General Zevo
★6.1
MOVIE2002
Ali G Indahouse
as Prime Minister
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Brideshead Revisited
as Lord Marchmain
★5.6
MOVIE2006
The Omen
as Bugenhagen
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Judy
as Bernard Delfont
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Plunkett & Macleane
as Lord Gibson
★6.6
MOVIE1997
The Wings of the Dove
as Lionel Croy
★6.8
MOVIE1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Sir George
★5.6
MOVIE1996
Two Deaths
as Daniel Pavenic
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Page Eight
as Benedict Baron
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Quartet
as Cedric Livingston
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Mary Reilly
as Mary’s Father
★7.0
MOVIE1993
The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
★7.2
MOVIE2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
★7.2
MOVIE2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
as Self
MOVIE1982
The Breadwinner
as Charles Battle
★6.9
MOVIE2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Man in Diner
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Deep Blue
as Narrator (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2001
Charlotte Gray
as Levade
★5.2
MOVIE1995
Bullet to Beijing
as Alexei
★6.6
MOVIE2017
Viceroy's House
as General Hastings Ismay
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Amazing Grace
as Lord Charles Fox
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Dad's Army
as Private Godfrey
★6.7
MOVIE1989
A Dry White Season
as Magistrate
★6.7
MOVIE2003
Path to War
as Lyndon Johnson
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Mobsters
as Don Salvatore Faranzano
★6.2
MOVIE1988
Missing Link
as Narrator (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Stories of Lost Souls
as Larry
★6.2
MOVIE2001
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Kerrigan
★6.5
MOVIE2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1994
A Man of No Importance
as Ivor J. Carney
★10.0
MOVIE2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Hamm (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Sylvia
as Professor Thomas
★7.1
MOVIE1995
The Wind in the Willows
as Badger
★6.5
MOVIE1994
The Browning Version
as Dr. Frobisher
★5.1
MOVIE1989
The Rachel Papers
as Doctor Knowd
★7.4
MOVIE2000
Longitude
as John Harrison
MOVIE1967
Romeo and Juliet
as Gregory
★8.0
MOVIE1972
Cows
as Max
★7.6
MOVIE2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
★4.8
MOVIE1989
Paris by Night
as Gerald Paige
★5.3
MOVIE2007
The Good Night
as Alan Weigert
★5.2
MOVIE1996
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
as Alex
★10.0
MOVIE1971
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Being Julia
as Jimmie Langton
★6.3
MOVIE1967
Much Ado About Nothing
as Other Watchman
★8.0
MOVIE2010
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Churchill's Secret
as Winston Churchill
★6.3
MOVIE1985
Turtle Diary
as George Fairbairn
★5.2
MOVIE2001
Christmas Carol: The Movie
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
★3.0
MOVIE1976
The Other Woman
as Robin
★5.8
MOVIE2018
The Last Witness
as Frank Hamilton
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Father Jack Mundy
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
as William I
★6.4
MOVIE2012
London: The Modern Babylon
as Self (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1973
Nothing But the Night
as Insp. Grant
★10.0
MOVIE1975
The Secret Agent
as Tom Ossipon
★5.2
MOVIE2000
The Last September
as Sir Richard Naylor
★5.0
MOVIE1996
The Innocent Sleep
as Det. Insp. Matheson
★5.3
MOVIE2002
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hirst
★6.7
MOVIE1996
The Willows in Winter
as Badger
MOVIE1974
Bold Face: Condensed
as John
★6.8
MOVIE2007
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2007
Joe's Palace
as Elliot Graham
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Nothing Personal
as Leonard
★6.4
MOVIE2007
The Baker
as Leo
★7.0
MOVIE1976
French Without Tears
as Lt Cmdr Rogers
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Mad to Be Normal
as Sidney Kotok
★4.8
MOVIE1997
The Gambler
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
★5.5
MOVIE1974
The Beast Must Die
as Jan Jarmokowski
★9.0
MOVIE1976
In the Labyrinth
as Duncan Harrison
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Common
as Judge
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Piers
MOVIE2006
John Duffy's Brother
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Monster Maker
as Ultragorgon
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Monster Maker
as Ultragorgon(voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1994
Clean Slate
as Cornell
★5.1
MOVIE2019
Cordelia
as Mr. Moses
★6.4
MOVIE1965
Othello
★6.4
MOVIE1965
Othello
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
★7.7
MOVIE2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2003
The Actors
as Barreller
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1989
The Heat of the Day
as Harrison
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Ghosts
as Pastor Manders
★5.8
MOVIE1973
The Catholics
as Brother Kevin
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE1985
Absurd Person Singular
as Geoffrey
MOVIE2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Dead on Time
as Maurice Silverman
★3.0
MOVIE2014
On Angel Wings
as Grandfather
★6.0
MOVIE2013
Lucan
as John Burke
★7.0
MOVIE2018
Citizen Lane
as Lord Ardilaun
★8.0
MOVIE2001
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Celebration
as Lambert
MOVIE1978
The Seagull
as Trigorin
MOVIE1978
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
as Kenny
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Uncle Bigbad (voice)
★4.0
MOVIE1988
Mountain Language
as Sergeant
★7.3
MOVIE2000
Endgame
as Hamm
★8.0
MOVIE1998
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1985