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Acting

Michael Gambon

Career: Active from 1967 to 2019, busiest in 1996 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 63
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 109 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Gambon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 10
Character-Driven 8
Historical Drama 8
Witty Dialogue 7
Political Intrigue 6
Social Commentary 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Family Secrets 4
Psychological Drama 4
Coming-of-Age Story 4
Social Satire 4
Classic Adaptation 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

174

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Doctor Who at the Proms

as Kazran Sardick (archive footage)

2010s

40 titles · average score 66

Judy

71

as Bernard Delfont

King of Thieves

45

as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

Viceroy's House

63

as General Hastings Ismay

Mad to Be Normal

60

as Sidney Kotok

Victoria & Abdul

63

as Lord Salisbury

Dad's Army

42

as Private Godfrey

Churchill's Secret

65

as Winston Churchill

The Casual Vacancy

60

TV show · as Howard Mollison

Fortitude

74

TV show · as Henry Tyson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

86

as Albus Dumbledore

The Book of Eli

58

as George

The King's Speech

86

as King George V

2000s

41 titles · average score 66

Emma

83

TV show · as Mr. Woodhouse

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

78

as Albus Dumbledore

Fantastic Mr. Fox

85

as Franklin Bean (voice)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

80

as Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Albus Dumbledore

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

67

as Oseary Drakoulias

Deep Blue

72

as Narrator (voice)

Path to War

85

as Lyndon Johnson

Ali G Indahouse

55

as Prime Minister

Gosford Park

80

as William McCordle

Charlotte Gray

51

as Levade

Longitude

74

TV show · as John Harrison

1990s

34 titles · average score 59

Wives and Daughters

77

TV show · as Squire Hamley

Sleepy Hollow

71

as Baltus Van Tassel

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

39

as Alex

Samson and Delilah

56

TV show · as Re Hamun

Two Deaths

48

as Daniel Pavenic

The Willows in Winter

66

as Badger

The Wind in the Willows

72

as Badger (voice)

Toys

41

as General Zevo

Maigret

77

TV show · as Chief Inspector Maigret

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

81

TV show · as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus

as The Storyteller

1980s

19 titles · average score 67

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

76

as Albert Spica

Paris by Night

54

as Gerald Paige

The Heat of the Day

as Harrison

The Rachel Papers

45

as Doctor Knowd

Missing Link

57

as Narrator (voice)

Mountain Language

as Sergeant

Ghosts

as Pastor Manders

The Singing Detective

65

TV show · as Philip Marlow

Oscar

TV show · as Oscar Wilde

Absurd Person Singular

as Geoffrey

Turtle Diary

75

as George Fairbairn

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Jarvis McLeod

1970s

28 titles · average score 68

Minder

75

TV show · as Tommy Hambury

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Andrew

as Trigorin

The Other One

TV show · as Brian Bryant

The Other Woman

as Robin

French Without Tears

as Lt Cmdr Rogers

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

as Piers

The Secret Agent

as Tom Ossipon

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

72

TV show · as Major Rolfe

Eyeless in Gaza

TV show · as Mark Staithes

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Robin / Piers

1960s

11 titles · average score 70

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Brother Kevin

Softly Softly: Task Force

66

TV show · as Cranley

The Borderers

TV show · as Gavin Ker

Omnibus

72

TV show · as Self

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Charles Battle

Much Ado About Nothing

as Other Watchman

Romeo and Juliet

as Gregory

Softly, Softly

TV show

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Gregory / Boris Trigorin

Public Eye

83

TV show

Othello

67

as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots