Michael Gambon

Acting · Born 1940-10-19 in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

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…

Filmography

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Oseary Drakoulias
• Open Range as Denton Baxter
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Albus Dumbledore
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Albus Dumbledore
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Albus Dumbledore
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Albus Dumbledore
• Fantastic Mr. Fox as Franklin Bean (voice)
• Sleepy Hollow as Baltus Van Tassel
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Albert Spica
• The Insider as Thomas Sandefur

TV

• Emma as Mr. Woodhouse
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths as The Storyteller
• Top Gear as Self
• The Singing Detective as Philip Marlow
• Bergerac as Jarvis McLeod
• Softly, Softly
• Tales of the Unexpected as Andrew
• Room 101 as Self
• Richard & Judy as Self
• Longitude as John Harrison