Biography
Sir Michael John Gambon was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original 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
all 185
Movies 131
TV Shows 54
self 24
Voice 13
Narrator 2
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
Judy (2019)
Cordelia (2019)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
King of Thieves (2018)
Citizen Lane (2018)
The Last Witness (2018)
Little Women (2017)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Fearless (2017)
Mad to Be Normal (2017)
Viceroy's House (2017)
Churchill's Secret (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Dad's Army (2016)
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
Unity (2015)
The Casual Vacancy (2015)
Fortitude (2015)
On Angel Wings (2014)
Paddington (2014)
Bad Robots (2014)
Common (2014)
Quirke (2014)
Lucan (2013)
Lucan (2013)
The Frame (2013)
Restless (2012)
Quartet (2012)
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Luck (2012)
Page Eight (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Creating the World of Harry Potter (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Emma (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Cranford (2007)
Joe's Palace (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The Alps - Climb of Your Life (2007)
Celebration (2007)
The Good Night (2007)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
John Duffy's Brother (2006)
Amazing Grace (2006)
The Omen (2006)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Layer Cake (2004)
Being Julia (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Little Wolf's Book of Badness (2003)
Angels in America (2003)
Path to War (2003)
Sylvia (2003)
Open Range (2003)
Deep Blue (2003)
The Actors (2003)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Gosford Park (2001)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Perfect Strangers (2001)
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)
Endgame (2000)
The Last September (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Wives and Daughters (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Insider (1999)
A Monkey's Tale (1999)
Plunkett & MacLeane (1999)
Dead on Time (1999)
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway (1998)
The Gambler (1997)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Samson and Delilah (1996)
Samson and Delilah (1996)
Nothing Personal (1996)
Two Deaths (1996)
Mary Reilly (1996)
The Innocent Sleep (1996)
A Man of No Importance (1994)
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
Faith (1994)
Room 101 (1994)
The Browning Version (1994)
Clean Slate (1994)
The Entertainer (1993)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Toys (1992)
Maigret (1992)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
Mobsters (1991)
Performance (1991)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Heat of the Day (1989)
The Rachel Papers (1989)
Paris by Night (1989)
The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
Monster Maker (1989)
Mountain Language (1988)
Missing Link (1988)
Ghosts (1987)
The Singing Detective (1986)
Turtle Diary (1985)
Theatre Night (1985)
Oscar (1985)
Absurd Person Singular (1985)
The Breadwinner (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
Minder (1979)
The Seagull (1978)
The Other One (1977)
French Without Tears (1976)
In the Labyrinth (1976)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
Zodiac (1974)
The Catholics (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
Play for Today (1970)
The Borderers (1968)
Omnibus (1967)
Romeo and Juliet (1967)
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
Othello (1965)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
The BAFTA Awards (1949)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-10-19
Deathday
2023-09-27 (82 years old)
Birth Place
Dublin, Ireland
Relationships
Anne Miller (1962 - 2002)
Spouse
Anne Miller
Citizenships
Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known As
Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
Awards
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Evening Standard Theatre Awards, British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award, Irish Film & Television Awards, Knight Bachelor, Laurence Olivier Awards, Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
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