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'''Sir Michael Gambon''', CBE (born '''Michael John Gambon'''; 19 October 1940) is an Irish-British actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. A highly respected theatre actor, Gambon is recognised for his role as Philip Marlow in acclaimed BBC television serial ''The Singing Detective'' and for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (from ''The Prisoner of Azkaban'' onwards, replacing the late actor Richard Harris, who passed away not long after ''The Chamber of Secrets'' finished filming). It has recently been announced that he will play an unspecified role in the upcoming Christmas special written by [[Steven Moffatt]].
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[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors|Gambon, Michael]]
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| image        = Michael Gambon.jpg
| birth date  = [[19 October (people)|19 October]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]
| death date  = [[27 September (people)|27 September]] [[2023 (people)|2023]]
| job title    = [[Actor]]
| role        = [[Kazran Sardick]], [[Elliot Sardick]]
| time        = 2010
| story        = ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''
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| imdb        = 0002091
}}'''Sir Michael Gambon, CBE''' ([[19 October (people)|19 October]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/showbiz/potter_actors/newsid_2786000/2786671.stm|title=Michael Gambon (Dumbledore)|date of source=31 October 2002|website name=CBBC Newsround|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref>–[[27 September (people)|27 September]] [[2023 (people)|2023]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/28/michael-gambon-obituary]</ref>) was an [[Ireland|Irish]]-born British actor who worked in theatre, television and film. He played both [[Kazran Sardick|Kazran]] and his father [[Elliot Sardick]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''.
 
== Biography ==
At the age of eighteen, Gambon entered drama school at the {{w|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art}} in London. He studied for three years, receiving a BA in Classical Acting. Gambon built a very solid CV whilst at RADA, including the works of [[William Shakespeare]] and {{w|Anton Chekhov}}. While at RADA, age nineteen, he joined the Unity Theatre in King's Cross. Five years later he wrote a letter to Micheál MacLiammóir, the Irish theatre impresario who ran Dublin's Gate Theatre. It was accompanied by a CV describing a rich and wholly imaginary theatre career – and he was taken on.
 
In the mid 1990s, he was one of many names put forward for the part of the [[Eighth Doctor]].<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html</ref>
 
In 1998, he was knighted for his services to drama.
 
In 2004 he took the role of {{iw|harrypotter|Albus Dumbledore}}, Hogwarts's headmaster in the third ''[[Harry Potter]]'' film, ''{{iw|harrypotter|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}'', taking over from the late Richard Harris, and would go on to reprise the role throughout the rest of the film franchise.
 
The announcement of his casting in ''Doctor Who'' was shortly after his farewell to the ''Harry Potter'' franchise. He appeared alongside singer [[Katherine Jenkins]], with whom he got on well. He became the second knight to appear in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' after [[Derek Jacobi]].
 
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Sir Michael Gambon, CBE (19 October 1940[1]–27 September 2023[2]) was an Irish-born British actor who worked in theatre, television and film. He played both Kazran and his father Elliot Sardick in the Doctor Who television story A Christmas Carol.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

At the age of eighteen, Gambon entered drama school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He studied for three years, receiving a BA in Classical Acting. Gambon built a very solid CV whilst at RADA, including the works of William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov. While at RADA, age nineteen, he joined the Unity Theatre in King's Cross. Five years later he wrote a letter to Micheál MacLiammóir, the Irish theatre impresario who ran Dublin's Gate Theatre. It was accompanied by a CV describing a rich and wholly imaginary theatre career – and he was taken on.

In the mid 1990s, he was one of many names put forward for the part of the Eighth Doctor.[3]

In 1998, he was knighted for his services to drama.

In 2004 he took the role of Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts's headmaster in the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, taking over from the late Richard Harris, and would go on to reprise the role throughout the rest of the film franchise.

The announcement of his casting in Doctor Who was shortly after his farewell to the Harry Potter franchise. He appeared alongside singer Katherine Jenkins, with whom he got on well. He became the second knight to appear in Doctor Who after Derek Jacobi.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Michael Gambon (Dumbledore). CBBC Newsround (31 October 2002). Retrieved on 2 December 2018.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html
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