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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

Judy

2019
as Bernard Delfont

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019
as Narrator

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018
as Agent Five

King of Thieves

2018
as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

The Last Witness

2018
as Frank Hamilton

Citizen Lane

2018
as Lord Ardilaun

Victoria & Abdul

2017
as Lord Salisbury

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017
as Sir Giles / Arthur

Mad to Be Normal

2017
as Sydney Kotok

Paddington 2

2017
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Viceroy's House

2017
as General Hastings Ismay

Hail, Caesar!

2016
as Narrator (voice)

Dad's Army

2016
as Private Godfrey

Churchill's Secret

2016
as Winston Churchill

Unity

2015
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Paddington

2015
as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)

Common

2014
as Judge

Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

2014
as Michael Gambon

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

National Theatre Live: Fifty Years on Stage

2013
as Hirst

Quartet

2012
as Cedric Livingston

London: The Modern Babylon

2012
as Narrator

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011
as Albus Dumbledore

Page Eight

2011
as Benedict Baron

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010
as Albus Dumbledore

The Book of Eli

2010
as George

The King's Speech

2010
as King George V

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009
as Franklin Bean

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009
as Albus Dumbledore

Brideshead Revisited

2008
as Lord Marchmain

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007
as Albus Dumbledore

The Baker

2007
as Leo

The Good Night

2007
as Alan Weigert

Joe's Palace

2007
as Elliot Graham

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

2007
as Narrator (voice)

Celebration

2007
as Lambert

The Alps

2007
as Narrator

The Good Shepherd

2006
as Dr. Fredericks

Amazing Grace

2006
as Lord Charles Fox

The Omen

2006
as Bugenhagen

The Lost Prince

2005
as Edward VII

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005
as Albus Dumbledore

Layer Cake

2004
as Eddie Temple

Stories of Lost Souls

2004
as Larry

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004
as Oseary Drakoulias

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004
as Paley

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004
as Albus Dumbledore

Being Julia

2004
as Jimmie Langton

Sylvia

2003
as Professor Thomas

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003
as Uncle Bigbad

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
as From "Endgame"

Deep Blue

2003
as Narrator

The Actors

2003
as Barreller

Open Range

2003
as Denton Baxter

Path to War

2002
as Lyndon Johnson

Ali G Indahouse

2002
as Prime Minister

Robert Altman in England

2002
as Michael Gambon

Gosford Park

2001
as William McCordle

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001
as Kerrigan

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

Charlotte Gray

2001
as Levade

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000
as Michael Gambon

Endgame

2000
as Hamm

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999
as Lord Gibson

The Insider

1999
as Thomas Sandefur

The Last September

1999
as Sir Richard Naylor

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Baltus Van Tassel

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998
as Father Jack Mundy

The Wings of the Dove

1997
as Lionel Croy

The Gambler

1997
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Midnight in St. Petersburg

1996
as Alex

Mary Reilly

1996
as Marys Vater

Nothing Personal

1996
as Leonard

Samson and Delilah

1996
as King Hamun

Two Deaths

1995
as Daniel Pavenic

The Wind in the Willows

1995
as Badger

The Innocent Sleep

1995
as Det. Insp. Matheson

Bullet to Beijing

1995
as Alexei

A Man of No Importance

1994
as Ivor J. Carney

The Browning Version

1994
as Dr. Frobisher

Clean Slate

1994
as Cornell

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994
as Sir George

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

1993
as Michael Gambon

Toys

1992
as Lt. General Leland Zevo

Mobsters

1991
as Don Salvatore Faranzano

A Dry White Season

1989
as Magistrate

The Heat of the Day

1989
as Harrison

Monster Maker

1989
as Ultragorgon (voice)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989
as Albert Spica

The Rachel Papers

1989
as Doctor Knowd

Mountain Language

1988
as Sergeant

Missing Link

1988
as Narrator (voice)

Turtle Diary

1985
as George Fairbairn (turtle keeper)

The Seagull

1978
as Trigorin

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

1976
as Piers

The Beast Must Die

1974
as Jan Jarmokowski

The Catholics

1973
as Brother Kevin

Nothing but the Night

1973
as Insp. Grant