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Michael Gambon

Sir Michael John Gambon CBE 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, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. In 1999 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama.

Aliases
  • Michael John Gambon
English
Filmography

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004
as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005
as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011
as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010
as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007
as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009
as Albus Dumbledore

The King's Speech

2010
as King George V

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018
as Agent Five

Paddington

2015
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017
as Sir Giles / Arthur

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009
as Franklin Bean

Little Women (2017)

2017
as Mr. Laurence

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004
as Oseary Drakoulias

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Baltus Van Tassel

Judy

2019
as Bernard Delfont

The Book of Eli

2010
as George

Paddington 2

2017
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Victoria & Abdul

2017
as Lord Salisbury

Layer Cake

2004
as Eddie Temple

The Omen

2006
as Bugenhagen

Fortitude

2015
as Henry Tyson

Emma

2009
as Mr Woodhouse

Fearless (2017)

2017
as Alastair McKinnon

The Casual Vacancy

2015
as Howard Mollison

Ali G Indahouse

2002
as Prime Minister

Hail, Caesar!

2016
as Narrator (voice)

National Theatre Live: Fifty Years on Stage

2013
as Hirst

Zodiac

1974
as Reuben Keiser

The Singing Detective

1986
as Philip Marlow

Quartet

2012
as Cedric Livingston

Deep Blue

2003
as Narrator

The Good Shepherd

2006
as Dr. Fredericks

Unity

2015
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Churchill's Secret

2016
as Winston Churchill

Longitude

2000
as John Harrison

Joe's Palace

2007
as Elliot Graham

Robert Altman in England

2002
as Michael Gambon

Being Julia

2004
as Jimmie Langton

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998
as Father Jack Mundy

Dad's Army

2016
as Private Godfrey

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004
as Paley

Maigret (1992)

1992
as Maigret

The Browning Version

1994
as Dr. Frobisher

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999
as Lord Gibson

Eyeless in Gaza

as Mark Staithes

Missing Link

1988
as Narrator (voice)

Path to War

2002
as Lyndon Johnson

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989
as Albert Spica

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
as From "Endgame"

The Borderers

1968

Stories of Lost Souls

2004
as Larry

The Catholics

1973
as Brother Kevin

Amazing Grace

2006
as Lord Charles Fox

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000
as Michael Gambon

Open Range

2003
as Denton Baxter

Sylvia

2003
as Professor Thomas

The Rachel Papers

1989
as Doctor Knowd

A Man of No Importance

1994
as Ivor J. Carney

Worricker

2011
as Benedict Baron

Luck

2012
as Michael

Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

2014
as Michael Gambon

The Baker

2007
as Leo

The Good Night

2007
as Alan Weigert

Celebration

2007
as Lambert

Monster Maker

1989
as Ultragorgon (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

1995
as Badger

Mobsters

1991
as Don Salvatore Faranzano

Two Deaths

1995
as Daniel Pavenic

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

The Lost Prince

2005
as Edward VII

The Alps

2007
as Narrator

Jim Henson's The Storyteller

1988
as The Storyteller

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

1993
as Michael Gambon

Endgame

2000
as Hamm

The Last September

1999
as Sir Richard Naylor

Bullet to Beijing

1995
as Alexei

Citizen Lane

2018
as Lord Ardilaun

Midnight in St. Petersburg

1996
as Alex

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019
as Narrator

Samson and Delilah

1996
as King Hamun

Mad to Be Normal

2017
as Sydney Kotok

Nothing but the Night

1973
as Insp. Grant

Charlotte Gray

2001
as Levade

The Other One

1977
as Brian Bryant

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003
as Uncle Bigbad

Perfect Strangers (2001)

2001
as Raymond

The Last Witness

2018
as Frank Hamilton

The Actors

2003
as Barreller

A Dry White Season

1989
as Magistrate

Nothing Personal

1996
as Leonard

Viceroy's House

2017
as General Hastings Ismay

Mary Reilly

1996
as Marys Vater

The Innocent Sleep

1995
as Det. Insp. Matheson

Gosford Park

2001
as William McCordle

Toys

1992
as Lt. General Leland Zevo

Quirke

2014
as Judge Garret Griffin

Brideshead Revisited

2008
as Lord Marchmain

The Beast Must Die

1974
as Jan Jarmokowski

Clean Slate

1994
as Cornell

Mountain Language

1988
as Sergeant

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994
as Sir George

Joe's Palace

Common

2014
as Judge

The Insider

1999
as Thomas Sandefur

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001
as Kerrigan

London: The Modern Babylon

2012
as Narrator

Oscar

1985
as Oscar Wilde

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

1976
as Piers

Restless

2012
as Baron Mansfield

Turtle Diary

1985
as George Fairbairn (turtle keeper)

Wives and Daughters

1999
as Squire Hamley

The Gambler

1997
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007
as Narrator (voice)

Page Eight

2011
as Benedict Baron

The Heat of the Day

1989
as Harrison

The Wings of the Dove

1997
as Lionel Croy

The Seagull

1978
as Trigorin

King of Thieves

2018
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

Guest Star

Episode Top Gear
Episode 5 		2006
Episode Play for Love
The Party of the First Part 		1978
Episode Top Gear
Episode 8 		2002
Episode Theatre Night
Ghosts 		1987
Episode Have I Got News for You
Dara Ó Briain, Carol Vorderman, Michael Gambon 		2004
Episode The Jonathan Ross Show
Michael Gambon, Emily Blunt, John Bishop, FUN 		2012
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
A Christmas Carol 		2010
Episode Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular 		1985
Episode The ONE Show
Cast of Dad's Army 		2016
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
The Umbrella Man 		1980
Episode Room 101
Michael Gambon 		2004