Michael Gambon
British actor (1940-2023) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 82
Michael Gambon is read about 4,594 times a day, in 63 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 396 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He stepped into Dumbledore's robes after Richard Harris died and became the wizard two generations know - but the stage owned him first. Olivier picked him for the National Theatre's founding company, and over sixty years he collected three Oliviers, four BAFTAs, and a knighthood before he was done.
A life in dates
JudyFilm, Bernard Delfont2017Irish Film & Television AwardsAward
Kingsman: The Golden CircleFilm, 2017Arthur2016
Dad's ArmyFilm, Private Godfrey2015
FortitudeSeries, Henry Tyson2012British Independent Film Award - The Richard Harris AwardAward
QuartetFilm, 2012Cedric Livingston2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Film, Albus Dumbledore2010Evening Standard Theatre AwardsAward2009
EmmaSeries, Mr. Woodhouse
Fantastic Mr. FoxFilm, 2009Franklin Bean (voice)2007
Amazing GraceFilm, Lord Charles Fox2006
The Good ShepherdFilm, Dr. Fredericks2004“I hear that the no-smoking crowd are now operating at the National.”In their words2 April 2004The Guardian, 2 April 2004
Being JuliaFilm, 2004Jimmie Langton2003
Angels in AmericaSeries, Prior Walter Ancestor #1 (uncredited)2002
Ali G IndahouseFilm, Prime Minister2001
Gosford ParkFilm, William McCordle1998Knight BachelorAward1996
Mary ReillyFilm, Mary’s Father1995Evening Standard Theatre AwardsAward1994
Room 101Series1992
ToysFilm, General Zevo1991
PerformanceSeries, Archie Rice1990Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardLaurence Olivier AwardsAward1989Sitges Film Festival Best Actor awardAward
The Jim Henson HourSeries, 1989Ultragorgon (voice)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverFilm, 1989Albert Spica1987Evening Standard Theatre AwardsAwardLaurence Olivier AwardsAward1986Laurence Olivier AwardsAward1981
BergeracSeries, Jarvis McLeod1971
Great PerformancesSeries1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Brother Kevin1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Gregory1940Born19 October 1940Also in Deutsch
Photos 4
In their own words 2
, I hear that the no-smoking crowd are now operating at the National.
Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't they?
Filmography 40
JUJudy
TDThe Death & Life of John F. Donovan
JAJohnny English Strikes Again
KTKing of ThievesKCKingsman: The Golden Circle
PAPaddington 2
VAVictoria & Abdul
VHViceroy's House
HCHail, Caesar!DADad's Army
PAPaddingtonQUQuartetHPHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
PEPage Eight
HPHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
TSThe King's Speech
TEThe Book of Eli
HPHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceFFFantastic Mr. Fox
BRBrideshead Revisited
HPHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixAGAmazing GraceTSThe Good Shepherd
TOThe Omen
HFHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
HAHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
TZThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
LCLayer Cake
STSky Captain and the World of TomorrowBJBeing Julia
OROpen RangeAIAli G IndahouseGPGosford Park
SHSleepy Hollow
TIThe Insider
PMPlunkett & MacleaneMRMary ReillyTOToys
MOMobstersTLThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover204 credits on file
Television 24
FOFortitude
TCThe Hollow CrownEMEmma
CRCranfordAAAngels in America
TGTop Gear
RJRichard & JudyRORoom 101
GMGMTVPEPerformance
HYHave I Got News for YouTHThe Jim Henson Hour
STScreen TwoBEBergerac
MIMinder
TUTales of the Unexpected
OMOrson Welles' Great MysteriesGPGreat Performances
PTPlay for TodayITITV Saturday Night Theatre
OMOmnibus
IPITV PlayhouseBMBBC Play of the Month
PEPublic EyeAwards
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About this person
Gambon started at the Royal National Theatre as one of Laurence Olivier's original picks, cutting his teeth on Shakespeare - Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus - and racking up thirteen Olivier nominations, winning three times between 1985 and 1990. His film debut came in 1965's Othello, and over the next decades he moved through The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Insider, Gosford Park, The King's Speech, and two Wes Anderson pictures. Television brought him four BAFTAs - for The Singing Detective, Wives and Daughters, Longitude, and Perfect Strangers - making him one of only two actors to win three consecutive times. In 2004, he replaced Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore and carried the role through seven Harry Potter films, the part that made him a fixture in millions of living rooms. He was knighted in 1998, earned a Tony nomination on Broadway in 1997, and in 2017 Ireland gave him a lifetime achievement award. He died in September 2023.
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