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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

The King's Speech

2010
as King George V

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017
as Sir Giles / Arthur

Paddington

2015
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009
as Franklin Bean

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Baltus Van Tassel

Judy

2019
as Bernard Delfont

The Book of Eli

2010
as George

Victoria & Abdul

2017
as Lord Salisbury

Layer Cake

2004
as Eddie Temple

Paddington 2

2017
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

The Omen

2006
as Bugenhagen

Ali G Indahouse

2002
as Prime Minister

Hail, Caesar!

2016
as Narrator (voice)

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

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

The Browning Version

1994
as Dr. Frobisher

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999
as Lord Gibson

Missing Link

1988
as Narrator (voice)

Path to War

2002
as Lyndon Johnson

The Catholics

1973
as Brother Kevin

Amazing Grace

2006
as Lord Charles Fox

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

The Baker

2007
as Leo

The Good Night

2007
as Alan Weigert

Celebration

2007
as Lambert

Monster Maker

1989
as Ultragorgon (voice)

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

Endgame

2000
as Hamm

The Last September

1999
as Sir Richard Naylor

Citizen Lane

2018
as Lord Ardilaun

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 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

Brideshead Revisited

2008
as Lord Marchmain

The Beast Must Die

1974
as Jan Jarmokowski

Clean Slate

1994
as Cornell

Mountain Language

1988
as Sergeant

Common

2014
as Judge

The Insider

1999
as Thomas Sandefur

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

Turtle Diary

1985
as George Fairbairn (turtle keeper)

The Gambler

1997
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007
as Narrator (voice)

Page Eight

2011
as Benedict Baron

The Wings of the Dove

1997
as Lionel Croy

The Seagull

1978
as Trigorin

King of Thieves

2018
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln