Michael Gambon on screen and stage explained

The following is a list of film, television, theatre, and radio credits of Irish-British actor Sir Michael Gambon.

Film

Year	Title	Role	class=unsortable	Notes
1965	Othello	Company
1973	Nothing but the Night	Inspector Grant
1974	The Beast Must Die	Jan Jarmokowski
1985	Turtle Diary	George Fairbairn
1988	Paris by Night	Gerald Paige
	Missing Link	Narrator (voice)
1989	The Rachel Papers	Doctor Knowd
	A Dry White Season	Magistrate
	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Albert Spica
1991	Mobsters
1992	Toys	General Leland Zevo
1994	A Man of No Importance	Ivor J. Garney
	Clean Slate	Philip Cornell
		Sir George
	The Browning Version	Dr. Frobisher
1995	Bullet to Beijing	Alex
	Two Deaths	Daniel Pavenic
	Nothing Personal	Leonard
	Midnight in Saint Petersburg	Alex
1996	Mary Reilly	Mr. Reilly
	The Innocent Sleep	Det. Insp. Matheson
1997	The Gambler
	The Wings of the Dove	Lionel Croy
1998	Dancing at Lughnasa	Father Jack Mundy
	Plunkett & Macleane	Lord Gibson
1999	A Monkey's Tale	Master Martin (voice)
	Dead on Time	Maurice
	The Insider	Thomas Sandefur
	The Last September	Sir Richard Naylor
	Sleepy Hollow
2001	Gosford Park	Sir William McCordle
	Charlotte Gray	Levade
	High Heels and Low Lifes	Kerrigan
		Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Prime Minister
2003	Little Wolf's Book of Badness	Uncle Bigbad (voice)
	The Actors	Barreller
	Open Range	Denton Baxter
	Sylvia	Professor Thomas
	Deep Blue	Narrator	Documentary film
2004	Standing Room Only	Larry
	Being Julia	Jimmie Langton
	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Morris Paley
	Layer Cake	Eddie Temple
	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	Stories of Lost Souls "Standing Room Only"	Larry
2006	The Omen
	The Good Shepherd	Dr. Fredericks
	John Duffy's Brother	Narrator (voice)
	Amazing Grace
2007	The Good Night	Alan Weigert
	The Baker	Leo
	The Alps	Narrator	Documentary film
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Lord Marchmain
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Franklin Bean (voice)
2010	The Book of Eli	George
	The King's Speech
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1		Cameo
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012	Quartet	Cedric Livingstone
2014	Unity	Narrator	Documentary film
	Paddington	Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2016	Dad's Army
	Hail, Caesar!	Narrator (voice)^[1] ^[2]
2017	Viceroy's House
	Mad to Be Normal	Sydney Kotok
	Victoria & Abdul
		Sir Giles / Arthur
	Paddington 2	Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
2018	The Last Witness	Frank Hamilton
	King of Thieves	Billy "The Fish" Lincoln
	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Man in Restaurant Narrator	Double role voice role
	Johnny English Strikes Again	Agent Five	Uncredited cameo
2019	Judy
	Cordelia	Moses

Television

Year	Film	Role	class=unsortable	Notes
1967	Much Ado About Nothing	Watchman No. 4	Television movie, BBC
	Softly, Softly	Pete Lucas	Episode: Appointment in Wyvern
1967–1978	Play of the Month	Various characters	5 episodes
1968	Public Eye	Unknown	Episode: "Have Mud, Will Throw"
1969	Fraud Squad	Rex Lucien	Episode: "Last Exit to Leichstenstein"
1968–1970	The Borderers	Gavin Ker	26 episodes
1970	Confession	Mr. Tennent	Episode: "People Who Visit Glass Houses"
1971	Eyeless in Gaza	Mark Staithes	5 episodes
1972	The Challengers	John Killane	5 episodes
	The Man Outside	Ralph Kenward	Episode: "Cuculus Canorus"
	Softly, Softly: Task Force	Cranley	Episode: "Welcome to the Club"
	Kate	Edward	Episode: "A Fact of Life"
1973	Menace	Ellis	Episode: "Judas Goat"
	A Picture of Katherine Mansfield	Harry	Episode "#1.5"
	Special Branch	Muller	Episode: "Hostage"
	Arthur of the Britons	Roland	Episode: "The Prisoner"
	Six Days of Justice	Mr. Golding	Episode: "Stranger in Paradise"
	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Brother Kevin	Episode: "Catholics"
	Orson Welles Great Mysteries	Major Rolfe	Episode: "An Affair of Honour"
1974	Zodiac	Reuben Keiser	Episode: "The Cool Aquarian"
	Masquerade	Stewart	Episode: "May We Come In?"
1975	The Secret Agent	Tom Ossipon	Television Movie, BBC
1976	Centre Play	Edith Harrison	Episode: "In the Labyrinth"
1972–1976	Play for Today	Various characters	3 episodes
1977	ITV Sunday Night Drama	Various characters	2 episodes
1978	Premiere	Kenny	Episode: "One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day"
1977–1979	The Other One	Brian Bryant	13 episodes
1979	Chalk and Cheese	Unknown	Unknown episodes
1980	Tales of the Unexpected	Andrew	Episode: "The Umbrella Man"
1982	ITV Playhouse	Unknown	Episode: "The Breadwinner"
	La ronde	Unknown	Television movie, BBC
1985	Absurd Person Singular	Geoffrey Jackson
	Oscar		TV miniseries
	Tropical Moon Over Dorking	Bill
1986	The Singing Detective		6 episodes
1987	Bergerac	Jarvis McLeod	Episode: "Winner Takes All"
	Theatre Night	Pastor Manders	Episode: Ghosts
1988	Mountain Language	Sergeant
1989	The Heat of the Day	Harrison	TV movie
	The Jim Henson Hour	Ultragorgon (voice)	Episode: Monster Maker
	About Face	Trevor	Episode: "Searching for Señor Duende"
1990	Blood Royal: William the Conqueror	William I	TV movie
1991	The Storyteller: Greek Myths	The Storyteller	4 episodes
	Minder	Tommy Hanbury	Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Pinner?"
1992–1993	Maigret		12 episodes
1993	Performance	Archie Rice	Episode: "The Entertainer"
1994	Faith	Peter John Moreton	TV miniseries
1995	The Wind in the Willows	Badger (voice)	Television movie
1996	Expert Witness	Presenter / Narrator
	Samson and Delilah		TV miniseries
1999	Wives and Daughters	Squire Hamley
2000	Longitude
	Endgame	Hamm
2001	Perfect Strangers	Raymond	Miniseries, BBC
2002	Path to War		Television Movie, HBO
	Top Gear	Guest	Series 1: episode 8
2003	The Lost Prince		TV movie, BBC
	Angels in America	Prior Walter Ancestor	TV Miniseries, HBO
2006	Top Gear	Guest	Series 8: episode 5
	Celebration	Lambert	TV movie
2007	Joe's Palace	Elliot Graham	Television movie, BBC
	Cranford	Mr. Holbrook	2 episodes
2009	Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire	The Narrator	Episode: "Wench Trouble"
	Emma	Mr. Woodhouse	TV miniseries
2010	Doctor Who	Kazran / Elliot Sardick	Christmas special: "A Christmas Carol"^[3]
2011	Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey	Narrator	Uncredited
	Page Eight	Benedict Baron	TV movie, PBS
2012	Luck	Michael "Mike" Smythe	Miniseries, HBO
	Restless	Baron Mansfield
2013		Himself	Live special; PBS
	Lucan	Older John Burke	Miniseries, ITV
2014	Quirke	Judge Garret Griffin	3 episodes
	Common	Judge	TV movie, BBC
	On Angel Wings	Grandfather (voice)	Short
2015	The Casual Vacancy	Howard Mollison	Mini-series, HBO^[4]
2016	Churchill's Secret	Winston Churchill	TV movie, PBS
	The Hollow Crown Henry VI, Part I	Mortimer	Miniseries, BBC
2017	Fearless	Sir Alastair McKinnon	Miniseries, ITV
	Little Women	Mr. Laurence
2015–2018	Fortitude	Henry Tyson	10 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1962	Othello	Second Gentleman	Gate Theatre, Dublin
1963	Hamlet	Spear Carrier	National Theatre, The Old Vic
	Saint Joan	Extra
	The Recruiting Officer	Servant
1964	Andorra	Extra
	Othello	Extra
	Philoctetes	Chorus
	The Royal Hunt of the Sun	Diego
1965	The Crucible	Herrick
	Mother Courage and Her Children	Eilif
	Love for Love	Snap
1966	Juno and the Paycock	Jerry Devine
	The Storm	Extra
1967	Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun	Flynn	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
	A Severed Head	Palmer Anderson
	The Doctor's Dilemma	Patrick Cullen
	Saint Joan	Cauchon
1968	Peer Gynt	The Button Moulder
	Othello	Othello
	Macbeth	Macbeth	Forum Theatre, Billingham
1969	In Celebration	Andrew	Liverpool Playhouse
	Coriolanus	Coriolanus
1970	The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising	Wiebe	Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre
	Major Barbara	Charles Lomax
1971	Henry VIII	Surrey
	When Thou Art King	Hotspur	Roundhouse (RSC)
1972	The Brass Hat	Guy Holden	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
1973	Not Drowning But Waving	Robin	Greenwich Theatre
1974	The Norman Conquests	Tom
1975	The Norman Conquests	Tom	Globe Theatre
	The Zoo Story	Gerry
1976	Otherwise Engaged	Simon	Queen's Theatre
1977	Just Between Ourselves	Neil
1978	Alice's Boys	Bertie	Savoy Theatre
	Betrayal	Jerry	Olivier Theatre (NT)
1979	Close of Play	Henry	Lyttelton Theatre (NT)
	Richard III	Buckingham	Olivier Theatre (NT)
1980	Othello	Roderigo
	Sisterly Feelings	Patrick
	The Life of Galileo	Galileo
1981	Much Ado About Nothing	Benedick
1982	King Lear	King Lear	Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RSC)
1983	King Lear	King Lear	Barbican Theatre (RSC)
	Antony and Cleopatra	Antony
	Tales from Hollywood	Ödön von Horváth	Olivier Theatre (NT)
1985	Old Times	Deeley	Theatre Royal Haymarket
	A Chorus of Disapproval	Dafydd ap Llewellyn	Olivier Theatre (NT)
1986	Tons of Money	Sprules	Lyttelton Theatre (NT)
1987	A View from the Bridge	Eddie Carbone	Cottesloe Theatre (NT)
	A Small Family Business	Jack McCracken	Olivier Theatre (NT)
1988	Mountain Language	Sergeant	Lyttelton Theatre (NT)
	Uncle Vanya	Uncle Vanya	Vaudeville Theatre
1989	Veterans Day	Walter Kercelik	Theatre Royal Haymarket
1990	Man of the Moment	Douglas Beechey	Globe Theatre
1991	Othello	Othello	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
	Taking Steps	Roland
1995	Volpone	Volpone	Olivier Theatre (NT)
	Skylight	Tom Sergeant	Cottesloe Theatre (NT)
1996			Wyndham's Theatre
			Royale Theatre, New York City
1997	Tom and Clem	Tom Driberg	Aldwych Theatre
1998	The Unexpected Man	The Man	The Pit (RSC)/Duchess Theatre
1999	Juno and the Paycock	Captain Jack Boyle	Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
2000	Cressida	John Shank	Albery Theatre
	The Caretaker	Davies	Comedy Theatre
2002	A Number	The Father	Royal Court Theatre
2004	Endgame	Hamm	Albery Theatre
2005	Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2	Falstaff	Olivier Theatre (NT)
	Celebration	Lambert	Gate Theatre, Dublin/Albery Theatre (staged reading)
2006	Eh Joe	Joe	Gate Theatre/Duke of York's Theatre
2008	No Man's Land	Hirst
2010	Krapp's Last Tape	Krapp	Gate Theatre/Duchess Theatre
2012	All That Fall	Dan Rooney	Jermyn Street Theatre/Arts Theatre
2013			59E59 Theatres, New York City
	Eh Joe	Joe	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2014			Schiller Theater, Berlin
2018	Pinter One	The Guard (voice)	Harold Pinter Theatre

Radio

Year	Title !	Role	Director	Station
	Betrayal	Jerry		BBC Radio 3
	Embers	Henry		BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
	The Homecoming	Sam	Thea Sharrock

Video games

Date	Title !	Voice role
	Ghosthunter	Lord William Hawksmoor
	The Elder Scrolls Online	The Prophet / Varen Aquilarios^[5]
		Professor Albus Dumbledore

CDs

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Music and Sonnetts (2011) – Michael Gambon, Robert Atchison and the Altamira Chamber Orchestra

Notes and References

1. Web site: Time Out New York . Joshua Rothkopf . Hail, Caesar! [review] ]. 3 February 2016 . 4 February 2016 .
2. Web site: The A.V. Club . The Coens swipe at religion, counterculture, and Hollywood in Hail, Caesar! . Ignatiy Vishnevetsky . 4 February 2016 . 4 February 2016 .
3. News: Katherine Jenkins to star in Doctor Who Christmas special. London. The Guardian. Ben. Dowell. 12 July 2010.
4. News: BBC adaptation of Casual Vacancy to star Michael Gambon. Jason Deans. The Guardian. 6 June 2014 .
5. Web site: Bethesda Teases Us With a Trailer For 'The Elder Scrolls Online'. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510200350/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2012/05/04/bethesda-teases-us-with-a-trailer-for-the-elder-scrolls-online/. dead. May 10, 2012. MTV Multiplayer.