Person
Michael Gambon
Born 19 October 1940 Died 27 September 2023, aged 82 Cabra, Dublin, Ireland TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
The numbers
24age in their first credit on record (1965)
59years on screen and counting
9credits in 1989, their busiest year
173dated credits on record
FR·02
Movie credits
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror
as William I
Age: 84 Doctor Who at the Proms
2024as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)
Age: 78 Judy
2019as Bernard Delfont
Age: 78 Cordelia
2019as Mr. Moses
Age: 78 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019as Man in Diner
Age: 77 King of Thieves
2018as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln
Age: 77 Johnny English Strikes Again
2018as Agent Five
Age: 77 Citizen Lane
2018as Lord Ardilaun
Age: 77 The Last Witness
2018as Frank Hamilton
Age: 77 Paddington 2
2017as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Age: 76 Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017as Arthur
Age: 76 Victoria & Abdul
2017as Lord Salisbury
Age: 76 Mad to Be Normal
2017as Sidney Kotok
Age: 76 Viceroy's House
2017as General Hastings Ismay
Age: 75 Churchill's Secret
2016as Winston Churchill
Age: 75 Dad's Army
2016as Private Godfrey
Age: 75 Hail, Caesar!
2016as Narrator (voice)
Age: 74 Unity
2015as Narrator (voice)
Age: 74 On Angel Wings
2014as Grandfather
Age: 74 Paddington
2014as Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
Age: 73 Common
2014as Judge
Age: 73 Lucan
2013as John Burke
Age: 73 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013as Hirst
Age: 72 Quartet
2012as Cedric Livingston
Age: 70 Page Eight
2011as Benedict Baron
Age: 70 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 70 Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010as Old Kazran / Elliot Sardick
Age: 70 The King's Speech
2010as King George V
Age: 70 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 69 The Book of Eli
2010as George
Age: 68 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009as Franklin Bean (voice)
Age: 68 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 67 Brideshead Revisited
2008as Lord Marchmain
Age: 67 Joe's Palace
2007as Elliot Graham
Age: 66 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 66 The Alps - Climb of Your Life
2007as Narrator (voice)
Age: 66 Celebration
2007as Lambert
Age: 66 The Baker
2007as Leo
Age: 66 The Good Night
2007as Alan Weigert
Age: 66 The Good Shepherd
2006as Dr. Fredericks
Age: 65 Amazing Grace
2006as Lord Charles Fox
Age: 65 The Omen
2006as Bugenhagen
Age: 65 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 64 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004as Oseary Drakoulias
Age: 64 Stories of Lost Souls
2004as Larry
Age: 63 Layer Cake
2004as Eddie Temple
Age: 63 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004as Paley
Age: 63 Being Julia
2004as Jimmie Langton
Age: 63 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004as Albus Dumbledore
Age: 63 Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003as Uncle Bigbad (voice)
Age: 63 Path to War
2003as Lyndon Johnson
Age: 62 Sylvia
2003as Professor Thomas
Age: 62 Open Range
2003as Denton Baxter
Age: 62 Deep Blue
2003as Narrator (voice)
Age: 62 The Actors
2003as Barreller
Age: 61 Ali G Indahouse
2002as Prime Minister
Age: 61 Charlotte Gray
2001as Levade
Age: 61 Gosford Park
2001as William McCordle
Age: 61 Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Age: 60 High Heels and Low Lifes
2001as Kerrigan
Age: 59 Endgame
2000as Hamm
Age: 59 The Last September
2000as Sir Richard Naylor
Age: 59 Longitude
2000as John Harrison
Age: 59 Sleepy Hollow
1999as Baltus Van Tassel
Age: 59 The Insider
1999as Thomas Sandefur
Age: 58 Plunkett & Macleane
1999as Lord Gibson
Age: 58 Dead on Time
1999as Maurice Silverman
Age: 57 Dancing at Lughnasa
1998as Father Jack Mundy
No poster
Age: 57 A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
1998as Narrator (voice)
Age: 57 The Gambler
1997as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Age: 56 The Wings of the Dove
1997as Lionel Croy
Age: 56 The Willows in Winter
1996as Badger
Age: 55 Nothing Personal
1996as Leonard
Age: 55 Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996as Alex
Age: 55 Two Deaths
1996as Daniel Pavenic
Age: 55 Mary Reilly
1996as Mary’s Father
Age: 55 The Innocent Sleep
1996as Det. Insp. Matheson
Age: 55 The Wind in the Willows
1995as Badger
Age: 55 Bullet to Beijing
1995as Alexei
Age: 54 A Man of No Importance
1994as Ivor J. Carney
Age: 54 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994as Sir George
Age: 53 The Browning Version
1994as Dr. Frobisher
Age: 53 Clean Slate
1994as Cornell
Age: 53 The Entertainer
1993as Archie Rice
Age: 52 Toys
1992as General Zevo
Age: 50 Mobsters
1991as Don Salvatore Faranzano
Age: 48 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989as Albert Spica
Age: 48 A Dry White Season
1989as Magistrate
Age: 48 The Heat of the Day
1989as Harrison
Age: 48 The Rachel Papers
1989as Doctor Knowd
Age: 48 Paris by Night
1989as Gerald Paige
Age: 48 Monster Maker
1989as Ultragorgon
Age: 48 Monster Maker
1989as Ultragorgon(voice)
Age: 48 Mountain Language
1988as Sergeant
Age: 48 Missing Link
1988as Narrator (voice)
Age: 46 Ghosts
1987as Pastor Manders
Age: 45 Turtle Diary
1985as George Fairbairn
Age: 44 Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
Age: 44 Absurd Person Singular
1985as Geoffrey
No poster
Age: 41 The Breadwinner
1982as Charles Battle
Age: 37 One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day
1978as Kenny
No poster
Age: 37 The Seagull
1978as Trigorin
Age: 35 French Without Tears
1976as Lt Cmdr Rogers
Age: 35 Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976as Piers
Age: 35 In the Labyrinth
1976as Duncan Harrison
Age: 35 The Other Woman
1976as Robin
No poster
Age: 34 The Secret Agent
1975as Tom Ossipon
Age: 33 Bold Face: Condensed
1974as John
Age: 33 The Beast Must Die
1974as Jan Jarmokowski
Age: 33 The Catholics
1973as Brother Kevin
Age: 32 Nothing But the Night
1973as Insp. Grant
Age: 31 Cows
1972as Max
Age: 30 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971as Theseus
Age: 26 Romeo and Juliet
1967as Gregory
Age: 26 Much Ado About Nothing
1967as Other Watchman
Age: 25 Othello
1965 Age: 25 Othello
1965as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
FR·03
TV credits
Age: 77 Little Women
2017as Mr. Laurence
Age: 76 Fearless
2017as Sir Alistair McKinnon
Age: 75 The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016as Elderly Philosopher
Age: 74 The Casual Vacancy
2015as Howard Mollison
Age: 74 Fortitude
2015as Henry Tyson
Age: 73 Quirke
2014as Judge Garret Griffin
Age: 73 Lucan
2013as John Burke
Age: 72 The Frame
2013as Professor Albus Dumbledore
Age: 72 Restless
2012as Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
Age: 71 The Hollow Crown
2012as Mortimer
Age: 71 Luck
2012as Michael
Age: 68 Emma
2009as Mr. Woodhouse
Age: 67 Cranford
2007as Thomas Holbrook
Age: 63 Angels in America
2003as Prior Walter Ancestor #1 (uncredited)
Age: 62 The Lost Prince
2003as King Edward VII
Age: 60 Perfect Strangers
2001as Raymond
Age: 59 Longitude
2000as John Harrison
Age: 59 Wives and Daughters
1999as Squire Hamley
Age: 56 Samson and Delilah
1996as Re Hamun
Age: 53 Faith
1994as Peter John Moreton
Age: 51 Maigret
1992as Chief Inspector Maigret
Age: 51 The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991as The Storyteller
Age: 50 Performance
1991as Archie Rice
No poster
Age: 49 About Face
1989
Age: 48 The Jim Henson Hour
1989as Ultragorgon (voice)
Age: 46 The Singing Detective
1986as Philip Marlow
Age: 44 Theatre Night
1985as Pastor Manders
Age: 44 Oscar
1985as Oscar Wilde
Age: 44 Screen Two
1985as Ivor J. Carney
Age: 40 Bergerac
1981as Jarvis McLeod
Age: 39 Minder
1979as Tommy Hambury
Age: 38 Tales of the Unexpected
1979as Andrew
Age: 37 The Other One
1977as Brian Bryant
No poster
Age: 36 The Sunday Drama
1977as David Patton
No poster
Age: 33 Masquerade
1974as Stewart
Age: 33 Zodiac
1974as Reuben Keiser
No poster
Age: 32 Second City Firsts
1973as John
Age: 32 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973as Major Rolfe
Age: 32 Centre Play
1973as Duncan Harrison
Age: 32 Arthur of the Britons
1972as Roland
Age: 31 Six Days of Justice
1972as Mr.Golding
Age: 30 Eyeless in Gaza
1971as Mark Staithes
Age: 29 Play for Today
1970as Max
Age: 29 Play for Today
1970as Robin
Age: 29 Play for Today
1970as Piers
No poster
Age: 29 Confession
1970as Mr. Tennent
Age: 29 Softly Softly: Task Force
1969as Cranley
Age: 28 ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969as Brother Kevin
Age: 28 The Borderers
1968as Gavin Ker
Age: 26 Omnibus
1967
Age: 26 ITV Playhouse
1967as Charles Battle
Age: 25 Softly, Softly
1966
Age: 25 BBC Play of the Month
1965as Gregory
Age: 25 BBC Play of the Month
1965as Theseus
Age: 25 BBC Play of the Month
1965as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers
Age: 25 BBC Play of the Month
1965as Boris Trigorin
Age: 24