# Michael Gambon on screen and stage

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

## Film

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

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Watchman No. 4 | Television movie, BBC |
| 1967 | 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 |
| 1972 | The Man Outside | Ralph Kenward | Episode: "Cuculus Canorus" |
| 1972 | Softly, Softly: Task Force | Cranley | Episode: "Welcome to the Club" |
| 1972 | Kate | Edward | Episode: "A Fact of Life" |
| 1973 | Menace | Ellis | Episode: "Judas Goat" |
| 1973 | A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Harry | Episode "#1.5" |
| 1973 | Special Branch | Muller | Episode: "Hostage" |
| 1973 | Arthur of the Britons | Roland | Episode: "The Prisoner" |
| 1973 | Six Days of Justice | Mr. Golding | Episode: "Stranger in Paradise" |
| 1973 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Brother Kevin | Episode: "Catholics" |
| 1973 | Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Major Rolfe | Episode: "An Affair of Honour" |
| 1974 | Zodiac | Reuben Keiser | Episode: "The Cool Aquarian" |
| 1974 | 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" |
| 1982 | La ronde | Unknown | Television movie, BBC |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Geoffrey Jackson | Television movie, BBC |
| 1985 | Oscar | Oscar Wilde | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Tropical Moon Over Dorking | Bill | Television movie, BBC |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Philip Marlowe | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | Bergerac | Jarvis McLeod | Episode: "Winner Takes All" |
| 1987 | Theatre Night | Pastor Manders | Episode: Ghosts |
| 1988 | Mountain Language | Sergeant | Television Movie, BBC |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Harrison | TV movie |
| 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | Ultragorgon (voice) | Episode: Monster Maker |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1991 | Minder | Tommy Hanbury | Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Pinner?" |
| 1992–1993 | Maigret | Insp. 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 | |
| 1996 | Samson and Delilah | King Hanun | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Squire Hamley | TV miniseries, BBC |
| 2000 | Longitude | John Harrison | Television movie, A&E |
| 2000 | Endgame | Hamm | Television Movie, BBC |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Raymond | Miniseries, BBC |
| 2002 | Path to War | Lyndon B. Johnson | Television Movie, HBO |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Guest | Series 1: episode 8 |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Edward VII | TV movie, BBC |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Prior Walter Ancestor | TV Miniseries, HBO |
| 2006 | Top Gear | Guest | Series 8: episode 5 |
| 2006 | Celebration | Lambert | TV movie |
| 2007 | Joe's Palace | Elliot Graham | Television movie, BBC |
| 2007 | Cranford | Mr. Holbrook | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | The Narrator | Episode: "Wench Trouble" |
| 2009 | Emma | Mr. Woodhouse | TV miniseries |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Kazran / Elliot Sardick | Christmas special: "A Christmas Carol" |
| 2011 | Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | Narrator | Uncredited |
| 2011 | Page Eight | Benedict Baron | TV movie, PBS |
| 2012 | Luck | Michael "Mike" Smythe | Miniseries, HBO |
| 2012 | Restless | Baron Mansfield | Miniseries, PBS |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage | Himself | Live special; PBS |
| 2013 | Lucan | Older John Burke | Miniseries, ITV |
| 2014 | Quirke | Judge Garret Griffin | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Common | Judge | TV movie, BBC |
| 2014 | On Angel Wings | Grandfather (voice) | Short |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Howard Mollison | Mini-series, HBO |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Winston Churchill | TV movie, PBS |
| 2016 | The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I | Mortimer | Miniseries, BBC |
| 2016 | The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells | Egbert Elvesham | Miniseries, Sky Arts |
| 2017 | Fearless | Sir Alastair McKinnon | Miniseries, ITV |
| 2017 | Little Women | Mr. Laurence | TV miniseries, PBS |
| 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 |
| 1963 | Saint Joan | Extra | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1963 | The Recruiting Officer | Servant | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1964 | Andorra | Extra | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1964 | Othello | Extra | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1964 | Philoctetes | Chorus | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1964 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Diego | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1965 | The Crucible | Herrick | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1965 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Eilif | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1965 | Love for Love | Snap | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1966 | Juno and the Paycock | Jerry Devine | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1966 | The Storm | Extra | National Theatre, The Old Vic |
| 1967 | Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun | Flynn | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1967 | A Severed Head | Palmer Anderson | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1967 | The Doctor's Dilemma | Patrick Cullen | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1967 | Saint Joan | Cauchon | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1968 | Peer Gynt | The Button Moulder | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1968 | Othello | Othello | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 1968 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Forum Theatre, Billingham |
| 1969 | In Celebration | Andrew | Liverpool Playhouse |
| 1969 | Coriolanus | Coriolanus | Liverpool Playhouse |
| 1970 | The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising | Wiebe | Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre |
| 1970 | Major Barbara | Charles Lomax | Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre |
| 1971 | Henry VIII | Surrey | Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre |
| 1971 | 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 | Greenwich Theatre |
| 1975 | The Norman Conquests | Tom | Globe Theatre |
| 1975 | The Zoo Story | Gerry | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 1976 | Otherwise Engaged | Simon | Queen's Theatre |
| 1977 | Just Between Ourselves | Neil | Queen's Theatre |
| 1978 | Alice's Boys | Bertie | Savoy Theatre |
| 1978 | Betrayal | Jerry | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1979 | Close of Play | Henry | Lyttelton Theatre (NT) |
| 1979 | Richard III | Buckingham | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1980 | Othello | Roderigo | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1980 | Sisterly Feelings | Patrick | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1980 | The Life of Galileo | Galileo | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1981 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1982 | King Lear | King Lear | Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RSC) |
| 1983 | King Lear | King Lear | Barbican Theatre (RSC) |
| 1983 | Antony and Cleopatra | Antony | Barbican Theatre (RSC) |
| 1983 | Tales from Hollywood | Ödön von Horváth | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1985 | Old Times | Deeley | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 1985 | 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) |
| 1987 | A Small Family Business | Jack McCracken | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1988 | Mountain Language | Sergeant | Lyttelton Theatre (NT) |
| 1988 | 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 |
| 1991 | Taking Steps | Roland | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough |
| 1995 | Volpone | Volpone | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| 1995 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | Cottesloe Theatre (NT) |
| 1996 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | Wyndham's Theatre |
| 1996 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 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 | Cressida | John Shank | Albery Theatre |
| 1999 | Juno and the Paycock | Captain Jack Boyle | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin |
| 2000 | 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) |
| 2005 | 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 | Gate Theatre/Duke of York's Theatre |
| 2010 | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | Gate Theatre/Duchess Theatre |
| 2012 | All That Fall | Dan Rooney | Jermyn Street Theatre/Arts Theatre |
| 2013 | All That Fall | Dan Rooney | 59E59 Theatres, New York City |
| 2013 | Eh Joe | Joe | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh |
| 2014 | Eh Joe | Joe | Schiller Theater, Berlin |
| 2018 | Pinter One | The Guard (voice) | Harold Pinter Theatre |

## Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Station |
| 1990 | Betrayal | Jerry | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2006 | Embers | Henry | Stephen Rea | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 |
| 2007 | The Homecoming | Sam | Thea Sharrock | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role |
| 2003 | Ghosthunter | Lord William Hawksmoor |
| 2014 | The Elder Scrolls Online | The Prophet / Varen Aquilarios |
| 2018 | Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery | Professor Albus Dumbledore |

## Theme park attractions

| Year | Title | Voice role |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey | Professor Albus Dumbledore |

## CDs

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