Michael Gambon

Birth Name: Michael John Gambon

Date of Birth: 19 October, 1940

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death: 27 September, 2023

Place of Death: Witham, Essex, England, U.K.

Ethnicity: Irish

Michael Gambon was an Irish-British actor. A prominent Shakespearean stage actor, he became known worldwide for playing the wizard Albus Dumbledore, beginning with Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban in 2004; and had also starred in the films Othello (1965), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Wings of the Dove, The Insider (1999), Gosford Park, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Amazing Grace (2006), Fantastic Mr. Fox, in voice role; The King’s Speech, Quartet (2012), and Victoria & Abdul; on the series The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters, Longitude (2000), Perfect Strangers (2001), Cranford, Emma (2009), and The Casual Vacancy; and in the made-for-tv movie Path to War. He was one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre.

He was the son of Mary (Hoare), a seamstress, and Edward Gambon, an engineering operative. His family moved to London, England, during his childhood, while his father was part of the post-war rebuilding of London. They lived in Mornington Crescent, Camden. Michael became a British citizen.

Michael had a son with his wife, mathematician Anne Miller; and two children with his partner Philippa Hart.