![]() ![]() Gambon played for four years in many NT productions, including named roles in The Recruiting Officer and The Royal Hunt of the Sun, working with directors William Gaskill and John Dexter. The company initially performed at the Old Vic, their first production being Hamlet, directed by Olivier and starring Peter O'Toole. Gambon, along with Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi and Frank Finlay, was hired as one of the "to be renowned" and played any number of small roles, appearing on cast lists as "Mike Gambon". A year later, auditioning with the opening soliloquy from Richard III, he caught the eye of Laurence Olivier who was recruiting promising actors for his new National Theatre Company. Gambon made his professional stage debut in the Gate Theatre's 1962 production of Othello, playing "Second Gentleman", followed by a European tour. Career 1960–1979: Stage debut and National Theatre Laurence Olivier, the first artistic director of the National Theatre in 1963, was a mentor to GambonĪt age 24, Gambon wrote a letter to Micheál Mac Liammóir, the Irish theatre impresario who ran Dublin's Gate Theatre, accompanied by a CV describing a rich and wholly imaginary theatre career: he was taken on. He kept the job for a further year, acquiring a lifelong passion for collecting antique guns, clocks, watches and classic cars. By the time he was 21, he was a qualified engineering technician. He then gained an apprenticeship as a toolmaker with Vickers-Armstrongs when he was 16. He later moved to North End, Kent, where he attended Crayford Secondary School but left with no qualifications at the age of 15. He then matriculated to St Aloysius' College in Highgate, whose former pupils include actor Peter Sellers. Brought up as a strict Catholic, he attended St Aloysius Boys' School in Somers Town and served at the altar. His father arranged for him to be made a British citizen, a decision that would later allow him to receive a substantive (rather than honorary) knighthood. His father decided to seek work in the rebuilding of London, and moved the family to Mornington Crescent in London's Camden borough when Gambon was six. His mother, Mary (née Hoare), was a seamstress, while his father, Edward Gambon, was an engineering operative during World War II. Michael John Gambon was born in the Cabra suburb of Dublin on 19 October 1940. 28 on The Irish Times 's list of Ireland's greatest film actors. In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. ![]() Gambon's other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). He 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.įor 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 acted in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. 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 made his film debut in Othello (1965). In 1997, Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's Skylight, earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. 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). Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. ![]() In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards and four BAFTA TV Awards. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Sir Michael John Gambon CBE ( / ˈ ɡ æ m b ɒ n/ 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. ![]()
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