Michael Gambon
Highest Rated: 100% The Alps (2007)
Lowest Rated: 6% Mobsters (1991)
Birthday: Oct 19, 1940
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
One of the most respected and accomplished actors on stage, film and television since the 1960s, Sir Michael Gambon essayed men of complex passions, flaws and appetites in projects ranging from classical theater and "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989) to the "Harry Potter" franchise, where he replaced Richard Harris as the fatherly wizard Dumbledore. An acolyte of Laurence Olivier, he honed his craft on the British stage in productions of plays by Samuel Beckett and Alan Ayckbourn; major theater awards precipitated celebrated turns on television in "The Singing Detective" (BBC1, 1986), which in turn launched a film career as dastards like his brutal gangster in "Thief" or men hobbled by regret in "Dancing in Lunghnasa" (1998). Hits in Hollywood like "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) boosted his profile, which led to Emmy nominations for "The Path to War" (HBO, 2002) and "Emma" (BBC1, 2009) as well as steady work on stage and in front of the camera. While most moviegoers recognized him as Dumbledore, his vast and storied career displayed a breadth of talent that made him an actor worthy of his late mentor's mantle of the world's finest working actor.
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Filmography
Movies
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| 80% | 14% | Cordelia | Moses (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 82% | 85% | Judy | Bernard Delfont (Character) | $24.3M | 2019 |
| 37% | 49% | Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Five (Character) | $4.3M | 2018 |
| 34% | 27% | King of Thieves | Billy the Fish Lincoln (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 33% | 65% | The Last Witness | Frank Hamilton (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 20% | 56% | The Death and Life of John F. Donovan | Narrator | - | 2018 |
| 61% | 63% | Mad to Be Normal | Sydney Kotok (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 65% | 68% | Victoria & Abdul | Lord Salisbury (Character) | $22.2M | 2017 |
| 72% | 66% | Viceroy's House | Lord Lionel "Pug" Ismay (Character) | $1.1M | 2017 |
| 100% | 88% | Paddington 2 | Uncle Pastuzo (Voice) | $38.4M | 2017 |
| 31% | 36% | Dad's Army | Private Godfrey (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 97% | 80% | Paddington | Uncle Pastuzo (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muse of Fire | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 80% | 66% | Quartet | Cedric Livingston (Character) | $18.4M | 2012 |
| 93% | 64% | Page Eight | Benedict Baron (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 96% | 89% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Albus Dumbledore (Character) | $381M | 2011 |
| 47% | 64% | The Book of Eli | George (Character) | $94.8M | 2010 |
| 94% | 92% | The King's Speech | King George V (Character) | $138.8M | 2010 |
| 77% | 85% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Albus Dumbledore (Character) | $295M | 2010 |
| 84% | 78% | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Dumbledore (Character) | $302M | 2009 |
| 93% | 85% | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Franklin Bean (Voice) | $21M | 2009 |
| 62% | 52% | Brideshead Revisited | Lord Marchmain (Character) | $6.4M | 2008 |
| 100% | 74% | The Alps | Narrator | - | 2007 |
| 14% | 51% | The Baker | Leo (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Joe's Palace | Elliot Graham (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 77% | 81% | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Albus Dumbledore (Character) | $292M | 2007 |
| 26% | 40% | The Omen | Bugenhagen (Character) | $54.6M | 2006 |
| 55% | 51% | The Good Shepherd | Dr. Fredericks (Character) | $59.9M | 2006 |
| 67% | 85% | Amazing Grace | Lord Charles Fox (Character) | $21.2M | 2006 |
| 88% | 74% | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Albus Dumbledore (Character) | $290M | 2005 |
| 56% | 82% | The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou | Drakoulias (Character) | $24M | 2004 |
| 76% | 74% | Being Julia | Jimmie Langton (Character) | $7.7M | 2004 |
| 80% | 85% | Layer Cake | Eddie Temple (Character) | $2.3M | 2004 |
| 70% | 46% | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Editor Morris Paley (Character) | $37.8M | 2004 |
| 90% | 86% | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Professor Dumbledore (Character) | $249.4M | 2004 |
| 79% | 84% | Open Range | Denton Baxter (Character) | $58.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angels in America | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 37% | 56% | Sylvia | Professor Thomas (Character) | $1.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Actors | Barreller (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 100% | 72% | Path to War | Lyndon Johnson (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 53% | 54% | Ali G Indahouse | Prime Minister (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 20% | 49% | High Heels and Low Lifes | Kerrigan (Character) | $226.8K | 2001 |
| 13% | 47% | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Ghost of Christmas Present (Voice) | - | 2001 |
| 86% | 78% | Gosford Park | Sir William McCordle (Character) | $41.3M | 2001 |
| 33% | 62% | Charlotte Gray | Levade (Character) | $668.1K | 2001 |
| 83% | 84% | Longitude | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Monkey's Tale | Master Martin (Voice) | - | 2000 |
| 96% | 90% | The Insider | Thomas Sandefur (Character) | $29M | 1999 |
| 42% | 33% | The Last September | Sir Richard Naylor (Character) | $470K | 1999 |
| 24% | 68% | Plunkett & Macleane | Lord Gibson (Character) | $471.4K | 1999 |
| 69% | 80% | Sleepy Hollow | Baltus Van Tassel (Character) | $101.1M | 1999 |
| 64% | 58% | Dancing at Lughnasa | Father Jack Mundy (Character) | $2.3M | 1998 |
| 84% | 78% | The Wings of the Dove | Lionel Croy, Kate's Father (Character) | $13.7M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Alex (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 14% | 71% | The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Character) | $9.1K | 1997 |
| 26% | 40% | Mary Reilly | Mary's Father (Character) | $5.5M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Willows in Winter | Badger (Voice) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Nothing Personal | Leonard (Character) | $5.6K | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Len Deighton's Bullet to Beijing | Alexei (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Innocent Sleep | Det. Insp. Matheson (Character) | $5.3K | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wind in the Willows | Badger (Voice) | - | 1995 |
| 38% | 54% | Two Deaths | Daniel Pavenic (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 78% | 79% | The Browning Version | Dr. Frobisher (Character) | $172.1K | 1994 |
| 86% | 63% | A Man of No Importance | Ivor J. Carney (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 60% | 55% | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Sir George (Character) | $3.3M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faith | Peter John Moreton (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 19% | 36% | Clean Slate | Cornell (Character) | $7.3M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maigret on Trial | Chief Inspector Jules Maigret (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 30% | 39% | Toys | Lt. General Leland Zevo (Character) | $21.3M | 1992 |
| 6% | 57% | Mobsters | Don Salvatore Faranzano (Character) | $19.7M | 1991 |
| 40% | 53% | The Rachel Papers | Doctor Knowd (Character) | $154.6K | 1989 |
| 85% | 88% | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover | Albert Spica (Character) | $7M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heat of the Day | Harrison (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Missing Link | Narrator | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paris by Night | Gerald Paige (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghosts | Pastor Manders (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Absurd Person Singular | Geoffrey Jackson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 82% | 76% | Turtle Diary | George Fairbairn (Character) | $2.2M | 1985 |
| 60% | 38% | The Beast Must Die | Jan Jarmokowski (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Catholics | Brother Kevin (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Women | Mr. Laurence (Character) | 2017 |
| 73% | 94% | Fearless | Sir Alastair Mckinnon (Character) | 2017 |
| 98% | 82% | Henry V: The Hollow Crown | Mortimer (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells | Egbert Elvesham (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Robots | Unknown (Voice) | 2014-2015 |
| 84% | 67% | Fortitude | Henry Tyson (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Casual Vacancy | Howard Mollison (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quirke | Judge Garret Griffin (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucan | John Burke (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Spy | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Worricker on Masterpiece | Benedict Baron (Character) | 2011 |
| 83% | 100% | Emma on Masterpiece | Unknown (Character) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Top Gear | Guest | 2006 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 101 | Guest | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2004 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angels in America | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Almost Strangers | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wives and Daughters | Squire Hamley (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maigret | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maigret | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jim Henson Hour | Ultragorgon (Voice) | 1989 |
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.