Michael Gambon

Acting

October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023 (died at 82)

Cabra, Dublin, Ireland

Male

129 Movies

66 TV Shows

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.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004 8.0

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 63 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005 7.8

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 65 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009 7.7

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 68 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011 8.1

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 70 (now 82)

Sleepy Hollow

1999 7.2

as Baltus Van Tassel

Age 59 (now 82)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989 7.3

as Albert Spica

Age 48 (now 82)

Gosford Park

2001 6.8

as William McCordle

Age 61 (now 82)

The King's Speech

2010 7.7

as King George V

Age 70 (now 82)

Ali G Indahouse

2002 6.1

as Prime Minister

Age 61 (now 82)

Open Range

2003 7.2

as Denton Baxter

Age 62 (now 82)

The Book of Eli

2010 6.8

as George

Age 69 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007 7.7

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 66 (now 82)

Toys

1992 5.3

as General Zevo

Age 52 (now 82)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009 7.8

as Franklin Bean (voice)

Age 68 (now 82)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 7.1

as Oseary Drakoulias

Age 64 (now 82)

Judy

2019 6.7

as Bernard Delfont

Age 78 (now 82)

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 7.2

as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)

Age 84 (now 82)

Judy

2019 6.7

as Bernard Delfont

Age 78 (now 82)

Cordelia

2019 5.1

as Mr. Moses

Age 78 (now 82)

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019 6.9

as Man in Diner

Age 78 (now 82)

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018 6.3

as Agent Five

Age 77 (now 82)

King of Thieves

2018 5.6

as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

Age 77 (now 82)

Citizen Lane

2018 7.0

as Lord Ardilaun

Age 77 (now 82)

The Last Witness

2018 5.8

as Frank Hamilton

Age 77 (now 82)

Paddington 2

2017 7.5

as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Age 77 (now 82)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017 6.9

as Arthur

Age 76 (now 82)

Victoria & Abdul

2017 6.9

as Lord Salisbury

Age 76 (now 82)

Mad to Be Normal

2017 5.9

as Sidney Kotok

Age 76 (now 82)

Viceroy's House

2017 6.6

as General Hastings Ismay

Age 76 (now 82)

Churchill's Secret

2016 6.3

as Winston Churchill

Age 75 (now 82)

Hail, Caesar!

2016 5.9

as Narrator (voice)

Age 75 (now 82)

Dad's Army

2016 5.0

as Private Godfrey

Age 75 (now 82)

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Age 75 (now 82)

Unity

2015 7.5

as Narrator (voice)

Age 74 (now 82)

On Angel Wings

2014 3.0

as Grandfather

Age 74 (now 82)

Paddington

2014 7.1

as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Age 74 (now 82)

Common

2014 6.5

as Judge

Age 73 (now 82)

Lucan

2013 6.0

as John Burke

Age 73 (now 82)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013 6.2

as Hirst

Age 73 (now 82)

Muse of Fire

2013 6.5

as Self

Age 72 (now 82)

Quartet

2012 6.5

as Cedric Livingston

Age 72 (now 82)

London: The Modern Babylon

2012 6.4

as Self (voice)

Age 71 (now 82)

When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011 7.2

as Self

Age 71 (now 82)

Page Eight

2011 6.6

as Benedict Baron

Age 70 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011 8.1

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 70 (now 82)

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

2010 7.9

as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick

Age 70 (now 82)

The King's Speech

2010 7.7

as King George V

Age 70 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010 7.7

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 70 (now 82)

The Book of Eli

2010 6.8

as George

Age 69 (now 82)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009 7.8

as Franklin Bean (voice)

Age 68 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009 7.7

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 68 (now 82)

Brideshead Revisited

2008 6.3

as Lord Marchmain

Age 67 (now 82)

Joe's Palace

2007 5.9

as Elliot Graham

Age 67 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007 7.7

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 66 (now 82)

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007 6.8

as Narrator (voice)

Age 66 (now 82)

Celebration

2007 6.3

as Lambert

Age 66 (now 82)

The Baker

2007 6.4

as Leo

Age 66 (now 82)

The Good Night

2007 5.3

as Alan Weigert

Age 66 (now 82)

The Good Shepherd

2006 6.4

as Dr. Fredericks

Age 66 (now 82)

John Duffy's Brother

2006

as Narrator

Age 65 (now 82)

Amazing Grace

2006 6.9

as Lord Charles Fox

Age 65 (now 82)

The Omen

2006 5.7

as Bugenhagen

Age 65 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005 7.8

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 65 (now 82)

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

2005 6.4

as Self

Age 64 (now 82)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 7.1

as Oseary Drakoulias

Age 64 (now 82)

Stories of Lost Souls

2004 5.7

as Larry

Age 64 (now 82)

Layer Cake

2004 6.9

as Eddie Temple

Age 63 (now 82)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004 5.9

as Paley

Age 63 (now 82)

Being Julia

2004 6.4

as Jimmie Langton

Age 63 (now 82)

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004 7.7

as Self

Age 63 (now 82)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004 8.0

as Albus Dumbledore

Age 63 (now 82)

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003 8.0

as Uncle Bigbad (voice)

Age 63 (now 82)

Path to War

2003 6.7

as Lyndon Johnson

Age 63 (now 82)

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane

2003 6.5

as Self

Age 63 (now 82)

Sylvia

2003 5.8

as Professor Thomas

Age 62 (now 82)

Open Range

2003 7.2

as Denton Baxter

Age 62 (now 82)

Deep Blue

2003 6.9

as Narrator (voice)

Age 62 (now 82)

The Actors

2003 5.6

as Barreller

Age 62 (now 82)

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003 10.0

as Self - Hamm (archive footage)

Age 62 (now 82)

The Making of Gosford Park

2002 5.3

as Self

Age 61 (now 82)

Ali G Indahouse

2002 6.1

as Prime Minister

Age 61 (now 82)

Charlotte Gray

2001 6.2

as Levade

Age 61 (now 82)

Gosford Park

2001 6.8

as William McCordle

Age 61 (now 82)

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001 5.2

as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Age 61 (now 82)

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

2001 8.0

as Self

Age 60 (now 82)

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001 6.1

as Kerrigan

Age 60 (now 82)

Endgame

2000 7.3

as Hamm

Age 59 (now 82)

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000 7.1

as Self

Age 59 (now 82)

The Last September

2000 5.2

as Sir Richard Naylor

Age 59 (now 82)

Longitude

2000 7.4

as John Harrison

Age 59 (now 82)

Sleepy Hollow

1999 7.2

as Baltus Van Tassel

Age 59 (now 82)

The Insider

1999 7.5

as Thomas Sandefur

Age 59 (now 82)

Plunkett & Macleane

1999 6.2

as Lord Gibson

Age 58 (now 82)

Dead on Time

1999 8.0

as Maurice Silverman

Age 58 (now 82)

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998 6.0

as Father Jack Mundy

Age 57 (now 82)

A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway

1998 8.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 57 (now 82)

The Gambler

1997 4.8

as Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Age 57 (now 82)

The Wings of the Dove

1997 6.6

as Lionel Croy

Age 56 (now 82)

The Willows in Winter

1996 6.7

as Badger

Age 56 (now 82)

Nothing Personal

1996 4.8

as Leonard

Age 55 (now 82)

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

1996 5.2

as Alex

Age 55 (now 82)

Two Deaths

1996 5.6

as Daniel Pavenic

Age 55 (now 82)

Mary Reilly

1996 5.8

as Mary’s Father

Age 55 (now 82)

The Innocent Sleep

1996 5.0

as Det. Insp. Matheson

Age 55 (now 82)

The Wind in the Willows

1995 7.1

as Badger

Age 55 (now 82)

Bullet to Beijing

1995 5.2

as Alexei

Age 55 (now 82)

A Man of No Importance

1994 6.2

as Ivor J. Carney

Age 54 (now 82)

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994 6.8

as Sir George

Age 54 (now 82)

The Browning Version

1994 6.5

as Dr. Frobisher

Age 53 (now 82)

Clean Slate

1994 5.8

as Cornell

Age 53 (now 82)

The Entertainer

1993 7.0

as Archie Rice

Age 53 (now 82)

Toys

1992 5.3

as General Zevo

Age 52 (now 82)

Mobsters

1991 6.3

as Don Salvatore Faranzano

Age 50 (now 82)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989 7.3

as Albert Spica

Age 48 (now 82)

A Dry White Season

1989 6.7

as Magistrate

Age 48 (now 82)

The Heat of the Day

1989 8.0

as Harrison

Age 48 (now 82)

The Rachel Papers

1989 5.1

as Doctor Knowd

Age 48 (now 82)

Paris by Night

1989 4.8

as Gerald Paige

Age 48 (now 82)

Monster Maker

1989 6.7

as Ultragorgon

Age 48 (now 82)

Monster Maker

1989 6.7

as Ultragorgon(voice)

Age 48 (now 82)

Mountain Language

1988 4.0

as Sergeant

Age 48 (now 82)

Missing Link

1988 6.2

as Narrator (voice)

Age 48 (now 82)

Ghosts

1987 7.0

as Pastor Manders

Age 46 (now 82)

Turtle Diary

1985 6.3

as George Fairbairn

Age 45 (now 82)

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

1985

Age 44 (now 82)

Absurd Person Singular

1985 8.3

as Geoffrey

Age 44 (now 82)

The Breadwinner

1982

as Charles Battle

Age 41 (now 82)

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

1978

as Kenny

Age 37 (now 82)

The Seagull

1978

as Trigorin

Age 37 (now 82)

French Without Tears

1976 7.0

as Lt Cmdr Rogers

Age 35 (now 82)

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

1976 8.0

as Piers

Age 35 (now 82)

In the Labyrinth

1976 9.0

as Duncan Harrison

Age 35 (now 82)

The Other Woman

1976 3.0

as Robin

Age 35 (now 82)

The Secret Agent

1975 10.0

as Tom Ossipon

Age 34 (now 82)

Bold Face: Condensed

1974

as John

Age 33 (now 82)

The Beast Must Die

1974 5.4

as Jan Jarmokowski

Age 33 (now 82)

The Catholics

1973 5.8

as Brother Kevin

Age 33 (now 82)

Nothing But the Night

1973 6.2

as Insp. Grant

Age 32 (now 82)

Cows

1972 8.0

as Max

Age 31 (now 82)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971 10.0

as Theseus

Age 30 (now 82)

Romeo and Juliet

1967

as Gregory

Age 26 (now 82)

Much Ado About Nothing

1967 6.3

as Other Watchman

Age 26 (now 82)

Othello

1965 6.4

Age 25 (now 82)

Othello

1965 6.4

as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

Age 25 (now 82)

Blood Royal: William the Conqueror

10.0

as William I