Michael Gambon

Acting

Born 1940-10-19 Died 2023-09-27 Cabra, Dublin, Ireland 191 credits BAFTA Awards 1 Evening Standard Theatre Awards 3 Laurence Olivier Awards 3 Irish Film & Television Awards 1 British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards 2 nominated

2010 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
2002 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated

Golden Globe Awards 1 nominated

2002 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated

BAFTA Awards 1 won

1987 Best Actor Won The Singing Detective

Tony Awards 1 nominated

1997 Best Actor in a Play Nominated

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 3 won

2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Won
1995 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Won Volpone
1987 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Won A View from the Bridge

Laurence Olivier Awards 3 won

1990 Laurence Olivier Awards Won Man of the Moment
1987 Laurence Olivier Awards Won A View from the Bridge
1986 Laurence Olivier Awards Won A Chorus of Disapproval

Irish Film & Television Awards 1 won

2017 Irish Film & Television Awards Won

British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award 1 won

2012 British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award Won

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Sir Michael John Gambon (October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023) 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 and four BAFTA TV Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Gambon was nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards, winning three times for A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), A View from the Bridge (1987), and Man of the Moment (1990). In 1997, Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's Skylight, earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Gambon made his film debut in Othello (1965). His other notable films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Wings of the Dove (1997), The Insider (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Amazing Grace (2006), The King's Speech (2010), Quartet (2012), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). Gambon also appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Gambon gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002. For his work on television, he received four BAFTA Awards for The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Longitude (2000), and Perfect Strangers (2001). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). Gambon's other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was listed at No. 27 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.