what actor played dumbledore
Dumbledore is portrayed by Richard Harris in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.After Harris' death, Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore for all of the remaining films.Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore, which is an Early Modern English word for  bumblebee , because of Dumbledore's love of music: she imagined him walking around humming to himself a lot.fter Harris' death, Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore for all of the remaining films. Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore, which is an Early Modern English word for  bumblebee , because of Dumbledore's love of music: she imagined him walking around humming to himself a lot.
Sir Michael Gambon (born on 19 October, 1940) plays Albus Dumbledore in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and all subsequent film adaptations of the Harry Potter books. Gambon was cast as Dumbledore after Richard Harris ' death in 2002.ambon was born in Dublin during World War II. His father, Edward Gambon, was an engineer and his mother, Mary Hoare was a seamstress. His father decided to seek work in the rebuilding of London, and so the family moved to Mornington Crescent in north London, when Gambon was five.