Acting
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.
Top Gear
2002 · TV
Great Performances
1971 · TV
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · TV
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
Minder
1979 · TV
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Have I Got News for You
1990 · TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
Bergerac
1981 · TV
Fortitude
2015 · TV
Omnibus
1967 · TV
Richard & Judy
2001 · TV
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · TV
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
GMTV
1993 · TV
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Movie
The Hollow Crown
2012 · TV
The King's Speech
2010 · Movie
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Movie
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 · Movie
Performance
1991 · TV
Room 101
1994 · TV
Paddington
2014 · Movie
Softly, Softly
1966 · TV
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
Paddington 2
2017 · Movie
Cranford
2007 · TV
The Book of Eli
2010 · Movie
Public Eye
1965 · TV
Angels in America
2003 · TV
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 · Movie
Emma
2009 · TV
The Omen
2006 · Movie
Layer Cake
2004 · Movie
Centre Play
1973 · TV
The Frame
2013 · TV
Luck
2012 · TV
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · TV
Wives and Daughters
1999 · TV
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Movie
Maigret
1992 · TV
The Good Shepherd
2006 · Movie
Little Women
2017 · TV
Samson and Delilah
1996 · TV
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · TV
Open Range
2003 · Movie
Arthur of the Britons
1972 · TV
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · Movie
The Insider
1999 · Movie
Judy
2019 · Movie
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004 · Movie
Longitude
2000 · TV
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Movie
Gosford Park
2001 · Movie
Toys
1992 · Movie
Restless
2012 · TV
Fearless
2017 · TV
The Singing Detective
1986 · TV
Quirke
2014 · TV
The Dame Edna Experience
1987 · TV
Ali G Indahouse
2002 · Movie
King of Thieves
2018 · Movie
Unity
2015 · Movie
Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Movie
The Casual Vacancy
2015 · TV
Sylvia
2003 · Movie
Lucan
2013 · TV
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019 · Movie
The Borderers
1968 · TV
Mobsters
1991 · Movie
Perfect Strangers
2001 · TV
Quartet
2012 · Movie
Page Eight
2011 · Movie
Theatre Night
1985 · TV
Victoria & Abdul
2017 · Movie
Dad's Army
2016 · Movie
Amazing Grace
2006 · Movie
Mary Reilly
1996 · Movie
The Wings of the Dove
1997 · Movie
Path to War
2003 · Movie
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · TV
The Good Night
2007 · Movie
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016 · TV
The Gambler
1997 · Movie
Missing Link
1988 · Movie
Being Julia
2004 · Movie
Deep Blue
2003 · Movie
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996 · Movie
The Rachel Papers
1989 · Movie
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009 · TV
Clean Slate
1994 · Movie
Viceroy's House
2017 · Movie
The Lost Prince
2003 · TV
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 · Movie
Plunkett & Macleane
1999 · Movie
A Dry White Season
1989 · Movie
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Movie
The Wind in the Willows
1995 · Movie
Zodiac
1974 · TV
The Other One
1977 · TV
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998 · Movie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Movie
Charlotte Gray
2001 · Movie
The Last Witness
2018 · Movie
Cordelia
2019 · Movie
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994 · Movie
Faith
1994 · TV
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011 · Movie
Oscar
1985 · TV
Citizen Lane
2018 · Movie
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001 · Movie
The Actors
2003 · Movie
The Browning Version
1994 · Movie
Six Days of Justice
1972 · TV
The Baker
2007 · Movie
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005 · Movie
Longitude
2000 · Movie
Othello
1965 · Movie
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Movie
Bullet to Beijing
1995 · Movie
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010 · Movie
Paris by Night
1989 · Movie
Nothing Personal
1996 · Movie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Movie
Muse of Fire
2013 · Movie
Stories of Lost Souls
2004 · Movie
Cows
1972 · Movie
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Movie
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Movie
Mad to Be Normal
2017 · Movie
The Innocent Sleep
1996 · Movie
On Angel Wings
2014 · Movie
Ghosts
1987 · Movie
Lucan
2013 · Movie
The Beast Must Die
1974 · Movie
The Catholics
1973 · Movie
London: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Movie
Nothing But the Night
1973 · Movie
The Willows in Winter
1996 · Movie
Turtle Diary
1985 · Movie
The Last September
2000 · Movie
Common
2014 · Movie
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001 · Movie
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · Movie
Joe's Palace
2007 · Movie
The Heat of the Day
1989 · Movie
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985 · Movie
Two Deaths
1996 · Movie
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Movie
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971 · Movie
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976 · Movie
Mountain Language
1988 · Movie
A Man of No Importance
1994 · Movie
The Other Woman
1976 · Movie
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003 · Movie
Absurd Person Singular
1985 · Movie
Celebration
2007 · Movie
Monster Maker
1989 · Movie
One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978 · Movie
Endgame
2000 · Movie
Romeo and Juliet
1967 · Movie
In the Labyrinth
1976 · Movie
Bold Face: Condensed
1974 · Movie
John Duffy's Brother
2006 · Movie
French Without Tears
1976 · Movie
The Entertainer
1993 · Movie
Dead on Time
1999 · Movie
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007 · Movie
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
· Movie
