Michael Gambon

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 thirte
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Personal Info

Id

5658

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-10-19

Place of Birth

Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

  • Sir Michael John Gambon CBE
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    Known For

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    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aqu

    The Good Shepherd

    The Good She

    Open Range

    Open Range

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter

    High Heels and Low Lifes

    High Heels a

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    Absurd Perso

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr

    Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollo

    Layer Cake

    Layer Cake

    Deep Blue

    Deep Blue

    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

    Dancing at Lughnasa

    Dancing at L

    The Book of Eli

    The Book of

    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

    Sky Captain

    Path to War

    Path to War

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, th

    Toys

    Toys

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    Bold Face: C

    Midnight in Saint Petersburg

    Midnight in

    A Dry White Season

    A Dry White

    The Insider

    The Insider

    Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead R

    Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

    The Actors

    The Actors

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter

    The Good Night

    The Good Nig

    The Beast Must Die

    The Beast Mu

    Nothing But the Night

    Nothing But

    The Rachel Papers

    The Rachel P

    The Baker

    The Baker

    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grac

    The Catholics

    The Catholic

    Bullet to Beijing

    Bullet to Be

    Joe's Palace

    Joe's Palace

    The Wings of the Dove

    The Wings of

    Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

    Squanto: A W

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    Endgame

    The Last September

    The Last Sep

    Clean Slate

    Clean Slate

    Being Julia

    Being Julia

    The Browning Version

    The Browning

    Longitude

    Longitude

    A Man of No Importance

    A Man of No

    Page Eight

    Page Eight

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    Dead on Time

    Stories of Lost Souls

    Stories of L

    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in

    The Willows in Winter

    The Willows

    Quartet

    Quartet

    Turtle Diary

    Turtle Diary

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    The Seagull

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    Ghosts

    Two Deaths

    Two Deaths

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    London: The

    Monster Maker

    Monster Make

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    The Magic To

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

    On Angel Wings

    On Angel Win

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    The Entertai

    Missing Link

    Missing Link

    The Innocent Sleep

    The Innocent

    Plunkett & MacLeane

    Plunkett & M

    The King's Speech

    The King's S

    Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

    Larry & Vivi

    Mobsters

    Mobsters

    Ali G Indahouse

    Ali G Indaho

    Common

    Common

    Paddington

    Paddington

    Christmas Carol: The Movie

    Christmas Ca

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    A Midsummer

    When Harry Left Hogwarts

    When Harry L

    The Alps - Climb of Your Life

    The Alps - C

    Unity

    Unity

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    Top Gear: Ba

    Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

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    Knights of C

    Sylvia

    Sylvia

    Mad to Be Normal

    Mad to Be No

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    In the Labyr

    Churchill's Secret

    Churchill's

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    Celebration

    Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar

    Charlotte Gray

    Charlotte Gr

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    The Other Wo

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    The Death &

    French Without Tears

    French Witho

    Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

    Doctor Who:

    Victoria & Abdul

    Victoria & A

    Viceroy's House

    Viceroy's Ho

    Nothing Personal

    Nothing Pers

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Ju

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National The

    Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    Kingsman: Th

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    Paris by Nig

    Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

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    Lucan

    Judy

    Judy

    Cordelia

    Cordelia

    The Last Witness

    The Last Wit

    King of Thieves

    King of Thie

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    Citizen Lane

    Johnny English Strikes Again

    Johnny Engli

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    Tiptoe Throu

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    Cows

    Little Wolf's Book of Badness

    Little Wolf'

    Mountain Language

    Mountain Lan

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    The Heat of

    Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    Sleepy Hollo

    Othello

    Othello

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    The Making o

    Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

    Matthew Gray

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    One of These

    The Omen

    The Omen

    Doctor Who at the Proms

    Doctor Who a

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado Abo

    John Duffy's Brother

    John Duffy's

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    2024

    Doctor Who at the Proms

    asKazran Sardick (archive footage)

    2019

    Judy

    asBernard Delfont

    2019

    Cordelia

    asMr. Moses

    2019

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    asMan in Diner

    2018

    Johnny English Strikes Again

    asAgent Five

    2018

    King of Thieves

    asBilly 'The Fish' Lincoln

    2018

    Citizen Lane

    asLord Ardilaun

    2018

    The Last Witness

    asFrank Hamilton

    2017

    Paddington 2

    asUncle Pastuzo (voice)

    2017

    Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    asArthur

    2017

    Victoria & Abdul

    asLord Salisbury

    2017

    Mad to Be Normal

    asSidney Kotok

    2017

    Viceroy's House

    asGeneral Hastings Ismay

    2016

    Churchill's Secret

    asWinston Churchill

    2016

    Dad's Army

    asPrivate Godfrey

    2016

    Hail, Caesar!

    asNarrator (voice)

    2015

    Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2015

    Unity

    asNarrator (voice)

    2014

    On Angel Wings

    asGrandfather

    2014

    Paddington

    asUncle Pastuzo (voice)

    2014

    Common

    asJudge

    2013

    Lucan

    asJohn Burke

    2013

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    asHirst

    2013

    Muse of Fire

    asSelf

    2012

    Quartet

    asCedric Livingston

    2012

    London: The Modern Babylon

    asSelf (voice)

    2011

    When Harry Left Hogwarts

    asSelf

    2011

    Page Eight

    asBenedict Baron

    2011

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2010

    Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

    asOld Kazran / Elliot Sardick

    2010

    The King's Speech

    asKing George V

    2010

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2010

    The Book of Eli

    asGeorge

    2009

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    asFranklin Bean (voice)

    2009

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2008

    Brideshead Revisited

    asLord Marchmain

    2007

    Joe's Palace

    asElliot Graham

    2007

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2007

    The Alps - Climb of Your Life

    asNarrator (voice)

    2007

    Celebration

    asLambert

    2007

    The Baker

    asLeo

    2007

    The Good Night

    asAlan Weigert

    2006

    The Good Shepherd

    asDr. Fredericks

    2006

    John Duffy's Brother

    asNarrator

    2006

    Amazing Grace

    asLord Charles Fox

    2006

    The Omen

    asBugenhagen

    2005

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2005

    Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

    asSelf

    2004

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    asOseary Drakoulias

    2004

    Stories of Lost Souls

    asLarry

    2004

    Layer Cake

    asEddie Temple

    2004

    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

    asPaley

    2004

    Being Julia

    asJimmie Langton

    2004

    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    asSelf

    2004

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    asAlbus Dumbledore

    2003

    Little Wolf's Book of Badness

    asUncle Bigbad (voice)

    2003

    Path to War

    asLyndon Johnson

    2003

    Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane

    asSelf

    2003

    Sylvia

    asProfessor Thomas

    2003

    Open Range

    asDenton Baxter

    2003

    Deep Blue

    asNarrator (voice)

    2003

    The Actors

    asBarreller

    2002

    The Making of Gosford Park

    asSelf

    2002

    Ali G Indahouse

    asPrime Minister

    2001

    Charlotte Gray

    asLevade

    2001

    Gosford Park

    asWilliam McCordle

    2001

    Christmas Carol: The Movie

    asGhost of Christmas Present (voice)

    2001

    Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

    asSelf

    2001

    High Heels and Low Lifes

    asKerrigan

    2000

    Endgame

    asHamm

    2000

    Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    asSelf

    2000

    The Last September

    asSir Richard Naylor

    2000

    Longitude

    asJohn Harrison

    1999

    Sleepy Hollow

    asBaltus Van Tassel

    1999

    The Insider

    asThomas Sandefur

    1999

    Plunkett & MacLeane

    asLord Gibson

    1999

    Dead on Time

    asMaurice Silverman

    1998

    Dancing at Lughnasa

    asFather Jack Mundy

    1998

    A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

    asNarrator (voice)

    1997

    The Gambler

    asFyodor Dostoyevsky

    1997

    The Wings of the Dove

    asLionel Croy

    1996

    The Willows in Winter

    asBadger

    1996

    Nothing Personal

    asLeonard

    1996

    Midnight in Saint Petersburg

    asAlex

    1996

    Two Deaths

    asDaniel Pavenic

    1996

    Mary Reilly

    asMary’s Father

    1996

    The Innocent Sleep

    asDet. Insp. Matheson

    1995

    The Wind in the Willows

    asBadger

    1995

    Bullet to Beijing

    asAlexei

    1994

    A Man of No Importance

    asIvor J. Carney

    1994

    Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

    asSir George

    1994

    The Browning Version

    asDr. Frobisher

    1994

    Clean Slate

    asCornell

    1993

    The Entertainer

    asArchie Rice

    1992

    Toys

    asGeneral Zevo

    1991

    Mobsters

    asDon Salvatore Faranzano

    1989

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    asAlbert Spica

    1989

    A Dry White Season

    asMagistrate

    1989

    The Heat of the Day

    asHarrison

    1989

    The Rachel Papers

    asDoctor Knowd

    1989

    Paris by Night

    asGerald Paige

    1989

    Monster Maker

    asUltragorgon

    1989

    Monster Maker

    asUltragorgon(voice)

    1988

    Mountain Language

    asSergeant

    1988

    Missing Link

    asNarrator (voice)

    1987

    Ghosts

    asPastor Manders

    1985

    Turtle Diary

    asGeorge Fairbairn

    1985

    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

    as

    1985

    Absurd Person Singular

    asGeoffrey

    1982

    The Breadwinner

    asCharles Battle

    1978

    One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day

    asKenny

    1978

    The Seagull

    asTrigorin

    1976

    French Without Tears

    asLt Cmdr Rogers

    1976

    Tiptoe Through the Tulips

    asPiers

    1976

    In the Labyrinth

    asDuncan Harrison

    1976

    The Other Woman

    asRobin

    1975

    The Secret Agent

    asTom Ossipon

    1974

    Bold Face: Condensed

    asJohn

    1974

    The Beast Must Die

    asJan Jarmokowski

    1973

    The Catholics

    asBrother Kevin

    1973

    Nothing But the Night

    asInsp. Grant

    1972

    Cows

    asMax

    1971

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    asTheseus

    1967

    Romeo and Juliet

    asGregory

    1967

    Much Ado About Nothing

    asOther Watchman

    1965

    Othello

    as

    1965

    Othello

    asSenators-Soldiers-Cypriots

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf

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    (6 episode)asPhilip Marlow

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    (1 episode)asJarvis McLeod

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    (2 episode)asKing Edward VII

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    (12 episode)asChief Inspector Maigret

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    (4 episode)asMr. Woodhouse

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