Michael Gambon

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994): Feat. Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Geraldine McEwan…; A boxed compendium of Terence Rattigan's finest work, a British playwright reknowned for his profound understanding of the human heart and his…
Nothing But the Night (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1973): Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors…; Lee and Cushing are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate a fatal bus crash and how it relates to the going–ons at a creepy orphanage.…
Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986): Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide…; Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Ghosts (1987): Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Kenneth Branagh…; BBC television adaptation of Ibsen's great, once–controversial play about secrets and lies, sex and hypocrisy, starring Judy Dench as Mrs…
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon; Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
Storyteller: Greek Myths, The (1990): Feat. Michael Gambon; Another excellently produced run of Jim Henson's STORYTELLER tales, this time focusing on the Greek myths of "Daedalus and Icarus", "Orpheus and…
Maigret (TV Series) (1992-1993): Feat. Michael Gambon, Jack Galloway; Michael Gambon plays Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris Surete in this realistic crime series centred on Maigret's investigations into…
Toys (1993): Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack…; Even Robin Williams' enormous talent and inspired art direction fail to enliven this comic fantasy. It plays more like a bad dream from which you…
Man of No Importance, A (1994): Dir. Suri Krishnamma
Feat. Albert Finney, Tara Fitzgerald, Michael Gambon…; An ensemble comedy set in 1963 Dublin where suppressed homosexual bus conductor Albert Finney aspires to direct a production of Oscar Wilde's Salome,…
Bullet to Beijing (1995): Dir. George Mihalka
Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara…; Fourth outing for Michael Caine as the dog–eared spy Harry Palmer, sent to Moscow, this time to recover a stolen 'Doomsday'–style…
Innocent Sleep, The (1995): Dir. Scott Michell
Feat. Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Annabella Sciorra…; Rupert Graves makes a convincing derelict who unveils a complex international conspiracy after reporting a Thames–side murder to the police. An…
Two Deaths (1995): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Michael Gambon, Sonia Braga, Patrick Malahide…; On the eve of the violent fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, a wealthy doctor (Gambon) throws a dinner party for his friends, which…
Mary Reilly (1996): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Malkovich, Julia Roberts, Michael Gambon…; John Malkovich and Juila Roberts star in this alternative take on R.L. Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde story – the toil and double trouble is seen…
Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996): Dir. Douglas Jackson
Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Michael Sarrazin…; Formulaic final outing for Harry Palmer as a consignment of plutonium falls into the hands of the Russian Mafia.
Wings of the Dove, The (1997): Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling…; Helena Bonham–Carter, back in costume, shines in this adaptation of the Henry James novel, playing a 19th century gentlewoman on the…
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998): Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack; The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…
Sleepy Hollow (1999): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken…; The oft–filmed short story 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is fashioned by illustrious iconoclast Tim Burton as the goriest, most…
Insider, The (1999): Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer…; A brooding masterpiece from dir. Mann (HEAT), who finally wrestles down a topic of sufficient weight to justify the peerless brilliance of his…
Longitude (1999): Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry…; Adapted from the book by Dava Sobel, this tells the intriguing story surrounding the 18th century search for an accurate way to calculate longitude,…
Wives and Daughters (2000): Dir. Nicholas Renton
Feat. Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon…; A BBC adaptation of the 19th century writer Elizabeth Gaskell's neglected masterpiece, in which the daughter of a widower is thwarted by her new…
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001): Dir. Mel Smith
Feat. Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Michael Gambon; Down–at–heels Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack decide to crash a heist they’ve stumbled onto by blackmailing their way into some of the…
Gosford Park (2001): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…; A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001): Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…; An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors. Disc…
Charlotte Gray (2002): Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon; WWII France is the backdrop for a love–triangle in this well–made, though sappy war–romance, Cate Blanchett providing a compelling…
A Monkey's Tale (2002): Dir. Jean Francois Laguionie
Feat. Rik Mayall, John Hurt, Michael York…; More sophisticated than most, this French animated fantasy concerns two rival monkey tribes – the Woonkos and Laankos – who live a…
Lost Prince, The (2003): Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Gina McKee, Miranda Richardson, Bibi Andersson…; A sumptuous BBC production concerning Prince John, the youngest son of King George V of England, whose autism and mild epilepsy embarrassed the…
Sylvia (2003): Dir. Christine Jeffs
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner…; A simply formed, yet resonant portrait of the brilliant, doomed poet Sylvia Plath (Paltrow), recounting her years of marriage to (also poet) Ted…
Open Range (2003): Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening…; Costner stars and takes the reins of this latterday Western about a group of itinerant cattle grazers fending off the thuggish tactics of a brutal…
Actors, The (2003): Dir. Conor McPherson
Feat. Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Miranda Richardson…; Top brass actors grace this amiable comic caper about two struggling theatre players whose "talents" get them mixed up in London's criminal…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…; Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…; An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004): Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett…; Another snorkle into the 'Cinema Absurd with Wes Anderson', delivering an intricate comedic conceit woven around a washed–up oceanographer…
Being Julia (2004): Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood…; An aging diva of the London stage (Bening) falls into a flirtation, then romance with a young admirer in the uneasy England of the 1930s, in this…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman…; The fourth chapter in the unfolding Harry Potter series marks a devastating plunge into raw suspense and truly epic adventure for the young wizard…
Good Shepherd, The (2006): Dir. Robert De Niro
Feat. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro…; Robert De Niro directs this dramatization of the CIA’s clandestine origins, with Matt Damon in the central role of a colourless career…
Amazing Grace (2006): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Albert Finney…; Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter…; The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
Baker, The (2007): Dir. Gareth Lewis
Feat. Damian Lewis, Michael Gambon, Kate Ashfield; Parochial fish–out–of–water comedy places wanted hitman Damian Lewis as the new village baker in a kooky Welsh community populated…
Cranford (TV Mini-series) (2007): Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister…; Outstanding, atypical British costumer with Dame Judy and other bonneted Victorian women chewing the fat in 1840s Cheshire, England. Based on…
Brideshead Revisited (2008): Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell…; Sound adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of illicit love in the realms of High Society, set against the backdrop of pre–WWII Britain.…
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent…; The epic sixth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry prepare for the final battle against his nemesis Voldemort while struggling with his…
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman…; Wes Anderson’s quirky, buttoned–up sensibility is a fantastic match for Roald Dahl’s classic tale about a sly, debonair fox (George…
Emma (TV Mini-Series) (2009): Feat. Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon…; The BBC's latest update of Jane Austen's comic classic, centred on the titular beauty's dangerous game of matchmaking. Regarded as the best Austen…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…; Seventh and penultimate film in the H.K. Rowling–penned franchise now finds Harry and pals Ron and Hermione on the lam as Lord Voldemort…
King's Speech, The (2010): Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter…; Justly acclaimed tale of King George VI, his nervy, impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…; This eighth and final Harry Potter installment concludes the boy wizard's epic journey from Hogswart apprentice to world savior.
Luck (TV Series) (2012): Dir. Michael Mann, Phillip Noyce, Mimi Leder
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz…; Heavy–hitting HBO crime drama centred on the deal–makers who frequent a popular Los Angeles racetrack – principally, an aging…
Quartet (2012): Dir. Dustin Hoffman
Feat. Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly…; Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…
Restless (TV Mini-Series) (2012): Dir. Edward Hall
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery…; A fine small screen adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, about a young woman who learns that her mother was recruited as a spy during World…
Quirke (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, Brian Gleeson; An unhurried Dublin period noir with Gabriel Byrne as the eponymous Irish pathologist–cum–sleuth. Three episodes: 'Christine Falls', 'The…
Paddington (2014): Dir. Paul King
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters…; Britain's beloved bear gets the big screen treatment as he travels to London in search of a home, and where he catches the eye of a museum…
Fortitude (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Sofie Grabol, Richard Dormer, Stanley Tucci…; Addictive murder mystery set on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in the town of Fortitude, a town whose peaceful reputation is under threat.
Casual Vacancy, The (TV Mini-Series) (2015): Feat. Rory Kinnear, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes…; J. K. Rowling's novel of small–town politcs in which the residents of Pagford fight for a spot on the parish council after the unexpected death…
Hollow Crown, The: Wars of the Roses (TV Series) (2015): Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench…; A second series of star–studded, exceptionally presented Shakespeare adaptations, with Henry VI in two parts, along with Richard III. Together…
Dad's Army (2016): Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones…; Amiable revival of the popular sitcom has the distinctly aged Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World…
Viceroy's House (2017): Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon…; Another handsome chronicle of Britain's imperial history, this one depicting events of 1947, when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, was charged…
Victoria and Abdul (Victoria & Abdul) (2017): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard…; The legendary Judi Dench returns to the role of Queen Victoria in this sumptuous story of the unlikely bond between the the aging queen and a young…
King of Thieves (2018): Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon…; British heist movie in the classic mould, bringing together an impressive cast to tell the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of…

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Filmography (All Films)