Michael Gambon
Acting
🎂 1940-10-19
Sir Michael John Gambon 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.
Cast credits(185)
Self
2002
Albus Dumbledore
2005
Albus Dumbledore
2004
Piers
1970
Max
1970
Robin
1970
Albus Dumbledore
2007
Albus Dumbledore
2011
Albus Dumbledore
2010
Albus Dumbledore
2009
Tommy Hambury
1979
Self
1971
Self
1990
Jarvis McLeod
1981
Andrew
1979
Self
1967
Gregory
1965
Theseus
1965
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers
1965
Boris Trigorin
1965
Arthur
2017
Archie Rice
1991
Baltus Van Tassel
1999
Self
1994
George
2010
1966
Franklin Bean (voice)
2009
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2017
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2014
King George V
2010
Self
2001
Agent Five
2018
Mortimer
2012
1965
Self
1993
Henry Tyson
2015
Professor Albus Dumbledore
2013
Self - Winner
1949
Dr. Fredericks
2006
Eddie Temple
2004
Cranley
1969
Self - 'Professor Albus Dumbledore'
2009
Chief Inspector Maigret
1992
Bugenhagen
2006
Oseary Drakoulias
2004
Thomas Holbrook
2007
Narrator (voice)
2016
Prime Minister
2002
Prior Walter Ancestor #1
2003
Mr. Laurence
2017
Lyndon Johnson
2003
Paley
2004
Denton Baxter
2003
Mary’s Father
1996
John Harrison
2000
William McCordle
2001
Narrator (voice)
2003
Thomas Sandefur
1999
Mr. Woodhouse
2009
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
2018
King Hamun
1996
Bernard Delfont
2019
Professor Thomas
2003
Michael
2012
Cedric Livingston
2012
Lord Charles Fox
2006
Narrator (voice)
2015
Albert Spica
1989
Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
2012
Self
2003
Lionel Croy
1997
Mr. Moses
2019
Self
2005
Hirst
2013
Badger
1995
Lord Gibson
1999
Levade
2001
Frank Hamilton
2018
Self
2000
Alan Weigert
2007
Don Salvatore Faranzano
1991
General Zevo
1992
Squire Hamley
1999
Larry
2004
Lord Marchmain
2008
Philip Marlow
1986
Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
2010
Judge Garret Griffin
2014
Self (archive footage)
2015
Man in Diner
2019
Self
2004
Lord Salisbury
2017
Jimmie Langton
2004
Jan Jarmokowski
1974
Self
1987
Benedict Baron
2011
Kerrigan
2001
Sir George
1994
Private Godfrey
2016
Alexei
1995
Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
2001
Piers
1976
Sir Alistair McKinnon
2017
Doctor Knowd
1989
King Edward VII
2003
Gavin Ker
1968
Alex
1996
Tom Ossipon
1975
Gregory
1967
Winston Churchill
2016
Ultragorgon (voice)
1989
Pastor Manders
1985
Self
2002
Geoffrey
1985
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1997
Raymond
2001
Gerald Paige
1989
The Storyteller
1991
Narrator (voice)
1998
Cornell
1994
General Hastings Ismay
2017
Sir Richard Naylor
2000
Lambert
2007
Self
2010
1989
Howard Mollison
2015
Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
2024
Insp. Grant
1973
Roland
1972
Theseus
1971
1965
Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
1965
Magistrate
1989
Other Watchman
1967
Dr. Frobisher
1994
Elliot Graham
2007
John Burke
2013
Leonard
1996
Judge
2014
Archie Rice
1993
Re Hamun
1996
Elderly Philosopher
2016
John Burke
2013
Sidney Kotok
2017
Self
2011
Self
2013
George Fairbairn
1985
Leo
2007
Trigorin
1978
John Harrison
2000
Lord Ardilaun
2018
Ivor J. Carney
1994
Self
2001
Narrator
2009
Brother Kevin
1973
Maurice Silverman
1999
Badger
1996
Reuben Keiser
1974
Duncan Harrison
1976
Barreller
2003
Oscar Wilde
1985
Self (voice)
2012
Pastor Manders
1987
John
1974
Peter John Moreton
1994
Father Jack Mundy
1998
Charles Battle
1982
Ultragorgon
1989
Ultragorgon(voice)
1989
Sergeant
1988
Brian Bryant
1977
Harrison
1989
Daniel Pavenic
1996
Robin
1976
Max
1972
Hamm
2000
Det. Insp. Matheson
1996
Lt Cmdr Rogers
1976
Narrator (voice)
2007
Narrator (voice)
1988
Kenny
1978
1985
Grandfather
2014
Uncle Bigbad (voice)
2003
Narrator
2006