Michael Gambon
1940-2023
Known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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.
Movie Credits
Churchill's Secret (2016)
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Joe's Palace (2007)
Deep Blue (2003)
Path to War (2002)
Endgame (2000)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Gosford Park (2001)
Toys (1992)
Missing Link (1988)
Mad to Be Normal (2017)
Viceroy's House (2017)
Dad's Army (2016)
Open Range (2003)
The Actors (2003)
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
The Innocent Sleep (1995)
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
Two Deaths (1995)
A Man of No Importance (1994)
The Last Witness (2018)
Page Eight (2011)
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
The Alps - Climb of Your Life (2007)
The Baker (2007)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Nothing Personal (1995)
Judy (2019)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
Quartet (2012)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Amazing Grace (2006)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Being Julia (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
Plunkett & MacLeane (1999)
Clean Slate (1994)
The Browning Version (1994)
Cordelia (2019)
King of Thieves (2018)
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
The Book of Eli (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
The Omen (2006)
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
Mobsters (1991)
The Rachel Papers (1989)
Muse of Fire (2013)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Stories of Lost Souls (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The Good Night (2007)
Layer Cake (2004)
Common (2014)
Paddington (2014)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Sylvia (2003)
Othello (1965)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
The Insider (1999)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane (2003)
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
