
Michael Gambon
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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.
Known For

The Oscars

Doctor Who

Top Gear

The Hollow Crown

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

The Jim Henson Hour

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

A Dry White Season

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Luck

Paddington 2

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The Insider

Angels in America

The Omen

Paddington

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Good Shepherd

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Little Women

The Book of Eli

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The King's Speech

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Victoria & Abdul

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Brideshead Revisited

Judy

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Page Eight

Sleepy Hollow

Toys

The Storyteller

Open Range

Gosford Park

Path to War
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