Michael Gambon
Highest Rated: 100% The Alps (2007)
Lowest Rated: 6% Mobsters (1991)
Birthday: Oct 19, 1940
Birthplace: Dublin
One of Britain's most revered stage performers, Michael Gambon (born October 19th, 1940) was described by the late Sir Ralph Richardson as "The Great Gambon." The fierce-looking Irish actor joined Britain's National Theatre in 1963 after being personally selected by Sir Laurence Olivier. He quickly worked his way up to leading parts and became particularly well known for his work in a number of Alan Ayckbourn plays. Gambon's career received a major boost in 1980, when he took the title role in John Dexter's production of The Life of Galileo; he subsequently became a regular player with both the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The actor received particular acclaim for his work in A View from the Bridge, for which he won all of the major drama awards in 1987, and Volpone, for which he won the 1995 Evening Standard Award. Gambon made his Broadway debut in 1997 in New York's Royal Theatre production of David Hare's Skylight.While he was busy racking up an impressive number of plays, Gambon also found time to nurture a film career. Although he made his screen debut in a 1965 adaptation of Othello, the actor appeared only sporadically in films until the late '80s, when he began earning recognition for his work in such films as Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), which cast him as the sadistic titular thief. He went on to do starring work in a number of diverse films, including A Man of No Importance (1994), The Browning Version (1994), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), and Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999). Extremely busy during the millennial turnover, Gambon once again caught the attention of audiences in Robert Altman's much-praised comedy Gosford Park before taking over the late Richard Harris's role as Albus Dumbledore in 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, subsequently portraying the character for the remainder of the films. Gambon, who became a familiar face to PBS devotees via his title role in Dennis Potter's quirky TV serial The Singing Detective (1986-1987), was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992.The actor would further demonstrate his range by appearing in 2004's highly stylized sci-fi adventure Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, the British crime thriller Layer Cake, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, an edgy comedy from director Wes Anderson. Gambon continued in his role of Dumbledore until the Harry Potter film franchise came to an end in 2011 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83% | Judy | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 34% | King of Thieves | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 40% | The Last Witness | Frank Hamilton | — | 2018 |
| 64% | Mad to Be Normal | Syndey Kotok | — | 2018 |
| 66% | Victoria & Abdul | Actor | $21.7M | 2017 |
| 52% | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Arthur | $99.8M | 2017 |
| 73% | Viceroy's House | Gen. Hastings Ismay | $1.1M | 2017 |
| 32% | Dad's Army | Private Godfrey | $4.7M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | The Casual Vacancy | Howard Mollison | — | 2015 |
| 97% | Paddington | Uncle Pastuzo | $85.9M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Restless | Baron Mansfield | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Common | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 89% | London: The Modern Babylon | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 80% | Quartet | Cedric Livingston | $18.1M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | National Theatre Live: The Habit Of Art | Actor | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | National Theater Live: The Magistrate | Actor | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Absurd Person Singular | Actor | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Endgame | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 93% | Page Eight | Benedict Baron | — | 2011 |
| 96% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 | Professor Albus Dumbledore | $381.1M | 2011 |
| 95% | The King's Speech | King George V | $138.4M | 2010 |
| 77% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 | Professor Albus Dumbledore Profesor Albus Dumbledore | $295M | 2010 |
| 47% | The Book of Eli | George | $94.9M | 2010 |
| 92% | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Franklin Bean | $21.1M | 2009 |
| 83% | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Professor Albus Dumbledore | $302M | 2009 |
| 62% | Brideshead Revisited | Lord Marchmain | $6.4M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Alps - Climb of Your Life | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Joe's Palace | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 14% | The Baker | Leo | — | 2007 |
| 31% | The Good Night | Alan Weigert | — | 2007 |
| 78% | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Albus Dumbledore | $292M | 2007 |
| 100% | The Alps | Narrator | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Celebration | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 68% | Amazing Grace | Lord Charles Fox | $21.2M | 2007 |
| 55% | The Good Shepherd | Dr. Fredericks | $59.9M | 2006 |
| 26% | The Omen | Bugenhagen | $54.7M | 2006 |
| 88% | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Albus Dumbledore | $290M | 2005 |
| 67% | Deep Blue | Narrator | — | 2005 |
| 80% | Layer Cake | Eddie Temple | $2.3M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Stories of Lost Souls | Larry | — | 2005 |
| 56% | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Oseary Drakoulias | $24M | 2004 |
| 56% | Ali G Indahouse | Prime Minister | — | 2004 |
| 76% | Being Julia | Jimmy Langton | $7.7M | 2004 |
| 71% | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Editor Paley | $37.7M | 2004 |
| 90% | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Albus Dumbledore | $249.4M | 2004 |
| 37% | Sylvia | Professor Thomas | $1.3M | 2003 |
| 79% | Open Range | Denton Baxter | $58.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Los Actores | Barreller | — | 2003 |
| 71% | The Lost Prince | Actor | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Path to War | Lyndon B. Johnson | — | 2002 |
| 33% | Charlotte Gray | Auguste Levade | — | 2002 |
| 86% | Gosford Park | Sir William McCordle | $41.3M | 2001 |
| 20% | High Heels and Lowlifes | Kerrigan | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Monkey's Tale | Master Martin | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Almost Strangers | Actor | — | 2001 |
| 13% | Christmas Carol - The Movie | Ghost of Christmas Present | — | 2001 |
| 42% | The Last September | Sir Richard Naylor | — | 2000 |
| 80% | Longitude | John Harrison | — | 2000 |
| 68% | Sleepy Hollow | Baltus Van Tassel | — | 1999 |
| 96% | The Insider | Thomas Sandefur | — | 1999 |
| 24% | Plunkett & Macleane | Lord Chief Justice Gibson | — | 1999 |
| 66% | Dancing at Lughnasa | Father Jack Mundy | — | 1998 |
| 84% | The Wings of the Dove | Kate's father | — | 1997 |
| 14% | The Gambler | Dostoyevsky | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Willows in Winter | Actor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Samson and Delilah | King Hanun | — | 1996 |
| 26% | Mary Reilly | Mary's Father | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Innocent Sleep | Det. Inspector Matheson | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Alex Alexovich | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Wind in the Willows | Badger | — | 1995 |
| 38% | Two Deaths | Daniel Pavenic | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Nothing Personal | Leonard | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Bullet to Beijing | Alexei | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Midnight in St. Petersburg | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 78% | The Browning Version | Dr. Frobisher | — | 1994 |
| 86% | A Man of No Importance | Ivor Carney | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Faith | Peter Moreton | — | 1994 |
| 19% | Clean Slate | Cornell | — | 1994 |
| 60% | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Sir George | — | 1994 |
| 30% | Toys | Gen. Zevo | — | 1992 |
| 6% | Mobsters | Don Faranzano | — | 1991 |
| 80% | A Dry White Season | Magistrate | — | 1989 |
| 88% | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Albert Spica | — | 1989 |
| 40% | The Rachel Papers | Dr. Knowd, Oxford Don | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Missing Link | Narrator | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Paris by Night | Gerald Paige | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Ghosts | Actor | — | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Ghosts | Pastor Manders | — | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Forbidden Passion - Oscar Wilde the Movie | Actor | — | 1986 |
| 90% | Turtle Diary | Fairbairn | — | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | The Beast Must Die | Jan Jamokowksi | — | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | Catholics | Brother Kevin | — | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | Nothing But the Night (The Devil's Undead) (The Resurrection Syndicate) | Inspector Grant | — | 1972 |
| 82% | Othello | Company | — | 1965 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 84% |
Little Women 2017 |
Mr Laurence |
2019 2018 |
| 84% |
Fortitude 2015-2018 |
Henry Tyson |
2018 2017 2015 |
| 71% |
Fearless 2017 |
2017 |
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| No Score Yet |
Cranford 2007-2009 |
Mr. Holbook |
2017 2009 2007 |
| 98% |
The Hollow Crown 2012-2016 |
Mortimer |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Great Performances 2000 |
Mortimer |
2016 2014 |
| 56% |
The Casual Vacancy 2015 |
Howard Mollison |
2015 |
| 82% |
Luck 2011-2012 |
Michael Smythe |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Restless 2012 |
Baron Mansfield |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Masterpiece 1971-2014 |
Benedict Baron Harrison Mr. Holbrook Mr. Woodhouse Edward VII Squire Hamley |
2011 2010 2008 2004 2001 1990 1980 |
| 93% |
Doctor Who 2006 |
Kazran Sardick |
2010 |
| 83% |
Emma 2009 |
Mr. Woodhouse |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Top Gear 2002-2019 |
Appearing |
2008 2007 |
| 92% |
Angels in America 2003 |
Prior No. 1 |
2003 |
| No Score Yet |
Mystery! 1980-2007 |
Maigret Chief Inspector Maigret |
1994 1992 |
| No Score Yet |
Doctor Who Confidential 2005 |
Appearing | |
| No Score Yet |
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-1988 |
Andrew | |
| 100% |
The Singing Detective 1986 |
Philip E. Marlow |
QUOTES FROM Michael Gambon CHARACTERS
Franklin Bean says: They took everything?
Albus Dumbledore says: Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Denton Baxter says: You're nuthin'!
Boss Spearman says: Maybe so, I'll still be breathin' in another minute.
Baltus Van Tassel says: The horseman was a Hessian mercenary sent to the shores by German princes to keep Americans under the yoke of England. But unlike his compatriots, who came for money, the horseman came for love of carnage.
Michael the Lover says: You have beautiful eyes
Michael the Lover says: You have beautiful eyes.
Michael says: You have beautiful eyes.
Albert Spica the Thief says: And you have a beautiful prick, Mr. Gynecologist.
Georgina Spica says: And you have a beautiful prick, Mr. Gynecologist.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Horace? Horace?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Most people vomit the first time
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Most people vomit the first time.
Polly Perkins says: Polly is in a phone booth when the robots invade] Wait a minute. I can see something now coming into sight above the Palisades. They're crossing Sixth Avenue... Fifth Avenue... they're a hundred yards away...
Polly Perkins says: Wait a minute. I can see something now coming into sight above the Palisades. They're crossing Sixth Avenue... Fifth Avenue... they're a hundred yards away...
Morris Paley says: Polly. Polly!
Polly Perkins says: Oh, my God.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: You brave wonderful man.
Albus Dumbledore says: It's Dumbledore's Army, not Potter's.
Albus Dumbledore says: HARRY POTTER!
Albus Dumbledore says: It was foolish of you to come here tonight, Tom. The Aurors are on their way.
Lord Voldemort says: By which time I shall be gone, and you... shall be dead.
Albus Dumbledore says: It was foolish of you to come here tonight, Tom. The Aurors are on their way.
Lord Voldemort says: By which time I shall be gone, and you... shall be dead.
Albus Dumbledore says: It was foolish of you to come here tonight, Tom. The Aurors are on their way.
Lord Voldemort says: By which time I shall be gone, and you... shall be dead.
Franklin Bean says: You wrote a bad song, Petey!
Professor Severus Snape says: So when the time comes... the boy must die?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Yes. Yes... he must die.
Professor Severus Snape says: You've kept him alive so that he can die at the proper moment. You've been raising him like a pig for slaughter!
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Don't tell me now that you've grown to care for the boy.
Professor Severus Snape says: Expecto Patronum!
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Lily! After all this time?
Professor Severus Snape says: Always.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Draco, years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices... please, let me help you.
Albus Dumbledore says: Though we may come from different countries and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one.
Franklin Bean says: "You wrote a bad song, Petey!"
Franklin Bean says: You wrote a bad song, Petey!
Harry Potter says: Is this real, or is it just happening inside my head?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it's happening inside your head, but why should that mean it's not real?
Albus Dumbledore says: Well - it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to - what is the phrase - "Come quietly". I am afraid that I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course - but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a host of things I would rather be doing.
Albus Dumbledore says: Well - it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to - what is the phrase - 'Come quietly'. I am afraid that I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course - but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a host of things I would rather be doing.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: You were the seventh Horcrux, Harry, the Horcrux he never meant to make.
Georgina Spica the Wife says: Yes! He's a man. He's Jewish and he's from Ethiopia!
Albert Spica the Thief says: What?
Georgina Spica the Wife says: His mother is a Roman Catholic, he's been imprisoned in South Africa, he's as black as the ace of spades and he probably drinks his own pee!
Cornelius Fudge says: [just after Buckbeak's escape] We must search the grounds!
Albus Dumbledore says: Search the *skies* if you must, Minister, but now I think I'll have a nice cup of tea, or a large brandy. Oh, and executioner, your services are no longer required. Thank you.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real?
Harry Potter says: I have to go back, haven't I?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Oh, that's up to you
Harry Potter says: I have a choice?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Oh, yes. We're in King's Cross, you say? I think, if you so desired, you'd be able to board a train.
Harry Potter says: And where would it take me?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: On.
Harry Potter says: Oh, and sir?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: [turns and faces Harry]
Harry Potter says: Is this all real..? Or is it just happening inside my head?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry. But why then should it mean that it's not real?
Professor Severus Snape says: [After making secret agreement w/ Dumbledore.] No one... can know... Your word!
Professor Severus Snape says: [after making secret agreement with Dumbledore.] No one... can know... Your word!
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: My word that I can never reveal the best of you, Severus?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "words are a most inexhaustible source of magic"
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Words are a most inexhaustible source of magic.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: You're not telling me you've grown to love the boy?
Professor Severus Snape says: [Shows doe patronus- same as Harry's mother's]
Professor Severus Snape says: [shows doe patronus- same as Harry's mother's]
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Even after all this time?
Professor Severus Snape says: Always.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course all of this is happening in your mind. Why should that mean it's not real?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real?
Professor Severus Snape says: No one can know..
Professor Severus Snape says: No one can know.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: I shall never reveal the best of you, Severus.
Mrs. Bean says: How many jars should I bring up, Franklin?
Franklin Bean says: I don't know, two I guess.
Mrs. Bean says: But you drank two yesterday, though.
Franklin Bean says: Alright, take three.
Mrs. Bean says: [ponders] Nope. Two's plenty.
Franklin Bean says: Why did he write this with letters cut out of magazines?
Walter Boggis says: I don't know, but you did the same thing.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Don't tell me now you have grown to care for the boy?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Don't tell me now that you've grown to care for the boy.
Albus Dumbledore says: [to Professor Snape] For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.
Albus Dumbledore says: [to Professor Snape] For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.
Professor Severus Snape says: So when the time comes...the boy must die.
Professor Severus Snape says: So when the time comes... the boy must die?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Yes...he must die, and Voldemort himself must do it.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Yes. Yes... he must die. [Shot of Snape collapsing at the sight of Lily's dead body]
King George V says: We have been reduced to those most vile of creatures... Actors.
King George V says: We've been reduced to the most vile and loathsome profession of all: actors.
Albus Dumbledore says: I'd like to make an announcement, Hogwarts Castle won't be your home only for this year, but home for special guests as well.
Albus Dumbledore says: I'd like to make an announcement. This castle will not only be your home this year but home to some very special guests as well.
Harry Potter says: "Professor, is all this real? Or is it just happening inside my head?"
Harry Potter says: Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry. Why should that mean it's not real?"
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Albus Dumbledore says: Harry.. It is not how you are alike.. It's how you are not.
Albus Dumbledore says: Harry... It's not how you are alike. It's how you are not.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "After all this time?"
Professor Severus Snape says: "Always."
Albus Dumbledore says: "It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom."
Albus Dumbledore says: It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom.
Lord Voldemort says: "You are a fool Harry Potter, and you will loose everything."
Lord Voldemort says: You are a fool Harry Potter, and you will loose everything.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Power was my weakness and my temptation
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Power was my weakness and my temptation.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Do not pity the dead Harry, Pity the living.
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Do not pity the dead Harry. Pity the living.
Baltus Van Tassel says: There is a conspiracy here, and I will seek it out!
Albus Dumbledore says: Today we acknowledge a really terrible loss. Cedric Diggory was, as you all know, exceptionally hard working, infinitely fair-minded, and most importantly, a fierce, fierce friend. Therefore, I feel you have the right to know exactly how he died. You see, Cedric Diggory was murdered, by Lord Voldemort. The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this. But not to do so I feel would be an insult to his memory. Now the pain we all feel at this dreadful loss reminds me, and, reminds us, that though we may come from different countries and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one. In light of the recent events, the bonds of friendship made this year will be more important than ever. Remember that, and Cedric Diggory will not have died in vain. You remember that, and we'll celebrate a boy who was kind, and honest, and brave, and true. Right to the very end.
Albus Dumbledore says: Well now that we're all settled in and sorted, I'd like to make an announcement. This castle will not only be your home this year but home to some very special guests as well. You see, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event: The TriWizard Tournament. The Tournament brings together three schools for a series of magical contests. From each school a single student is selected to compete. Now let me be clear. If chosen, you stand alone. And trust me when I say, these contest are not for the faint-hearted.
Albus Dumbledore says: The Goblet of Fire! Anyone wishing to submit themselves to the tournament need only write their name upon a piece of parchment and throw it in the flame before this hour on Thursday night. Do not do so lightly! If chosen, there's no turning back. As from this moment, The Triwizard Tournament has begun!
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "Once again I must ask too much of you Harry."
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Once again I must ask too much of you Harry.
Eddie Temple says: You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son.
Solara says: "It's amazing you guys have survived out here all by yourselves"
Solara says: It's amazing you two have survived out here all by yourselves.
Martha says: "Well George is somewhat of a handyman, we've had a few try and take it from us, haven't we George!"
Martha says: Well George is somewhat of a handyman, we've had a few try and take it from us, haven't we George!
George says: "Yes we have"
George says: Yes we have.
Eli says: "You got anymore weapons?"
Eli says: You got anymore weapons?
George says: "Weapons! I'll show you weapons!"
George says: Weapons! I'll show you weapons!
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: "Harry, you need to shave, my friend."
Professor Albus Dumbledore says: Harry, you need to shave, my friend.