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Michael Gambon
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Sir Michael John Gambon 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.
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Sir Michael John Gambon 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.
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The Oscars
BBC Play of the Month
Doctor Who
GMTV
Performance
Bergerac
Omnibus
Top Gear
Softly, Softly
The Hollow Crown
Room 101
Cranford
Zodiac
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
The Jim Henson Hour
Doctor Who at the Proms
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
A Dry White Season
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Luck
Paddington 2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The Insider
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Paddington
Common
Layer Cake
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Wives and Daughters
The Good Shepherd
Little Women
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
The Omen
Victoria & Abdul
The Book of Eli
The King's Speech
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Judy
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Brideshead Revisited
Romeo and Juliet
Bullet to Beijing
Sleepy Hollow
Restless
Page Eight
Open Range
The Storyteller
Two Deaths
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
French Without Tears
Absurd Person Singular
Ghosts
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Toys
The Seagull
Emma
Gosford Park
Endgame
Angels in America
Path to War
The Casual Vacancy
Mountain Language
The Other One
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