Michael Gambon

Gambon started his career with the Edwards/MacLiammoir Gate Theatre, Dublin. In 1963, he was one of the original members of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic under Laurence Olivier, and appeared there in many plays before leaving to join Birmingham Rep where he played Othello.

Also in repertory, he played the title roles in “Macbeth,” “Coriolanus” and “Othello” again, this time at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. In the West End, he played leads in Simon Gray's “Otherwise Engaged,” in the London premiere of three plays by Alan Ayckbourn: “The Norman Conquests”, “Just Between Ourselves” and “Man of the Moment”; “Alice's Boys,” (with Ralph Richardson); Harold Pinter's “Old Times”; the title role in “Uncle Vanya” and “Veterans Day” with Jack Lemmon. With the Royal National Theatre, he played leading roles in the premieres of Harold Pinter's “Betrayal” and “Mountain Language”, Simon Gray's “Close of Play”, Christopher Hampton's “Tales from Hollywood,” three more lays by Alan Ayckborn: “Sisterly Feelings,” “A Chorus of Disapproval” (for which he won an Olivier Award), and “A Small Family Business” as well as “Hare's Skylight”.

He also appeared there in “Richard III,” “Othello,” “A View form the Bridge” (for which he won all the major drama award in 1987) and as the name parts in “The Life of Galileo” and “Volpone” (winning the 1995 Evening Standard Best Actor Award). He lead Nicolas Hytner's production of “Cressida” at the Almeida and Patrick Marber's production of “The Caretaker” and Stephen Daldry's “A Number” at the Royal Court.

Gambon starred in “Endgame” with Lee Evans, directed by Matthew Warchus and “Henry IV Parts I and II” at the National Theatre. Gambon also starred in the Gate Theatre's productions of Samuel Beckett's “Eh Joe” as part of the Beckett Centenary Festival, directed by Atom Egoyan and “Krapp's Last Tape,” directed by Michael Colgan as well as in 2008 the Gate Theatre's production of Harold Pinter's “No Man's Land,” directed by Rupert Goold and co-starring David Bradley and David Walliams.

His extensive work on TV includes the title role in the Dennis Potter series “The Singing Detective” for which he won a BAFTA. His award-winning performance in BBC”s “Wives and Daughters,” was followed by Charles Sturridges's “Longitude,” Stephen Poliakoff's “The Lost Prince” and “Joe's Palace” followed by the “Cranford” for the BBC.

Gambon's many film credits include Peter Greenaway's THE COOK, THE THIEF, THIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, THE GAMBLER, Iain Softley's THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, DANCING AT LUGHNASA, PLUNKETT AND MACLEANE, THE LAST SEPTEMBER, Tim Burton's SLEEPY HOLLOW, Michael Mann's THE INSIDER, CHARLOTTE GRAY, Robert Altman's GOSFORD PARK, John Frankenheimer's PATH TO WAR, Conor McPherson's THE ACTORS, Mike Nichol's ANGELS IN AMERICA, SYLVIA, Wes Anderson's THE LIFE AQUATIC, Robert de Niro's THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Michael Apted's AMAZING GRACE and Julian Jarrold's BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. He also starred as Dumbledore in HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE and HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS.

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