Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon Movies and TV Shows

Sir Michael John Gambon CBE (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-English actor. Having trained under Laurence Olivier, he started his career on stage at the Royal National Theatre. Gambon is known for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011. Having started his career on the theatre with Olivier with the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Gambon has been nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards for his work on the London stage. He won three awards including for his performance as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1987. He also won for his performances in Alan Ayckbourn's plays A Chorus of Disapproval and Man of the Moment. For his work on the Broadway stage he went on to receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Tom Sergeant in David Hare's Skylight in 1997. He also received a Drama Desk Award, and Olivier Award nomination. In 2013, Gambon took part in the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the National Theatre. Gambon made his film debut in Othello (1965) alongside Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith. Gambon's other films include Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Iain Softley's The Wings of the Dove (1997), Michael Mann's The Insider (1999), Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001), Michael Apted's Amazing Grace (2006), Tom Hooper's The King's Speech (2010), Dustin Hoffman's Quartet (2012), and Stephen Frears' Victoria & Abdul (2017). Gambon has also appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). He is known for his performances in television programmes such as The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Path to War (2002), Cranford (2007), Emma (2009), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Churchill's Secret (2016), and Little Women (2017). Gambon was knighted in 1998 for services to drama. He has received four BAFTA TV Awards, three Olivier Awards (a thirteen-time nominee), and the 2017 Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was listed at No. 28 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He retired from stage acting in 2015 due to memory loss, but continues to act on screen.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/19/1940 (83 years old)
  • Place of birth: Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
  • nationality: Irish
  • height: 1.83 m
  • Net worth: $15,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2022

Documentary

8.0
75%
Judy
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Bernard Delfont
2019

Drama

History

Music

6.8
68%
Cordelia
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 51%
role:
Mr. Moses
2019

Drama

Thriller

4.7
51%
2019

Drama

6.1
70%
2018

Action

Adventure

Comedy

6.2
63%
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King of Thieves
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 54%
role:
Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
2018

Crime

Drama

5.5
54%
The Last Witness
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 63%
role:
Frank Hamilton
2018

History

Thriller

5.6
63%
Little Women
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Mr. Laurence
2017

Drama

7.2
69%
Paddington 2
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2017

Adventure

Comedy

Family

7.8
75%
Victoria & Abdul
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 70%
role:
Lord Salisbury
2017

Drama

History

6.8
70%
2017

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

6.7
70%
Fearless
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Sir Alistair McKinnon
2017

Drama

7.6
66%
Mad to Be Normal
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 57%
role:
Sydney Kotok
2017

Drama

History

6.0
57%
Viceroy's House
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
General Hastings Ismay
2017

Drama

History

6.7
66%
Churchill's Secret
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 63%
role:
Winston Churchill
2016

Drama

History

TV Movie

6.8
63%
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Dad's Army
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 48%
role:
Private Godfrey
2016

Comedy

5.2
48%
Hail, Caesar!
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 59%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2016

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

6.3
59%
Unity
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 75%
role:
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2015

Documentary

7.3
75%
Paddington
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2014

Adventure

Comedy

Family

7.3
71%
Common
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 65%
role:
Judge
2014

Crime

Drama

7.3
65%
Quirke
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 59%
role:
Judge Garret Griffin
Not available
2014

Drama

Mystery

6.9
59%
Not available
Restless
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
Not available
2012

Drama

7.1
70%
Not available
Quartet
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Cedric Livingston
2012

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.8
65%
Luck
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Michael
2012

Drama

7.4
70%
Page Eight
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Benedict Baron
Not available
2011

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.8
65%
Not available
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2011

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
81%
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 80%
role:
Kazran/Elliot Sardick
Not available
2010

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.5
80%
Not available
The King's Speech
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 77%
role:
King George V
2010

Drama

History

8.0
77%
2010

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
2010

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
68%
Fantastic Mr. Fox
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Franklin Bean (voice)
2009

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.9
78%
Emma
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 78%
role:
Mr. Woodhouse
2009

Comedy

Drama

8.1
78%
2009

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
77%
Brideshead Revisited
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Lord Marchmain
2008

Drama

Romance

6.6
64%
Joe's Palace
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 58%
role:
Elliot Graham
2007

Drama

6.8
58%
2007

Adventure

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
77%
2007

Documentary

6.9
75%
The Baker
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Leo
2007

Comedy

Crime

6.3
64%
The Good Shepherd
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Dr. Fredericks
2006

Drama

History

Thriller

6.7
64%
Amazing Grace
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 69%
role:
Lord Charles Fox
2006

Drama

7.4
69%
The Omen
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Bugenhagen
2006

Horror

5.5
55%
2005

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
2004

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

7.2
72%
Layer Cake
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Eddie Temple
2004

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.3
70%
2004

Action

Adventure

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
58%
Being Julia
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Jimmie Langton
2004

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.0
66%
2004

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
80%
Sylvia
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 59%
role:
Professor Thomas
Not available
2003

Drama

Romance

6.3
59%
Not available
Open Range
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Denton Baxter
2003

Western

7.4
72%
Ali G Indahouse
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Prime Minister
2002

Comedy

6.2
61%
2001

Drama

History

Romance

War & Politics

6.4
60%
Gosford Park
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
William McCordle
2001

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.2
69%
Sleepy Hollow
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Baltus Van Tassel
1999

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
72%
The Insider
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Thomas Sandefur
1999

Drama

History

Thriller

7.8
75%
Plunkett & MacLeane
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 60%
role:
Lord Gibson
Not available
1999

Action

Comedy

Drama

6.3
60%
Not available
The Wings of the Dove
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Lionel Croy
1997

Drama

Romance

7.1
68%
Mary Reilly
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Mary’s Father
1996

Drama

History

Horror

Thriller

5.8
59%
Toys
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 52%
role:
Lt. General Leland Zevo
1992

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
52%
Mobsters
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 62%
role:
Don Salvatore Faranzano
1991

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

5.9
62%
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Albert Spica
Not available
1989

Crime

Drama

7.5
74%
Not available
A Dry White Season
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Magistrate
1989

Drama

Mystery

7.0
67%
The Storyteller
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 82%
role:
The Storyteller
Not available
1988

Action

Adventure

Family

8.8
82%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Michael Gambon are, for example, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Judy and Cordelia.
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