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== Biography == | == 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. | 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 1998, he was knighted for his services to drama. | ||
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