The following is a list of film, television, theatre, and radio credits of Irish-British actor Sir Michael Gambon.
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Watchman No. 4 | Television movie, BBC |
| 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 |
| The Man Outside | Ralph Kenward | Episode: "Cuculus Canorus" | |
| Softly, Softly: Task Force | Cranley | Episode: "Welcome to the Club" | |
| Kate | Edward | Episode: "A Fact of Life" | |
| 1973 | Menace | Ellis | Episode: "Judas Goat" |
| A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Harry | Episode "#1.5" | |
| Special Branch | Muller | Episode: "Hostage" | |
| Arthur of the Britons | Roland | Episode: "The Prisoner" | |
| Six Days of Justice | Mr. Golding | Episode: "Stranger in Paradise" | |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Brother Kevin | Episode: "Catholics" | |
| Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Major Rolfe | Episode: "An Affair of Honour" | |
| 1974 | Zodiac | Reuben Keiser | Episode: "The Cool Aquarian" |
| 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" |
| La ronde | Unknown | Television movie, BBC | |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Geoffrey Jackson | Television movie, BBC |
| Oscar | Oscar Wilde | TV miniseries | |
| Tropical Moon Over Dorking | Bill | Television movie, BBC | |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Philip Marlowe | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | Bergerac | Jarvis McLeod | Episode: "Winner Takes All" |
| Theatre Night | Pastor Manders | Episode: Ghosts | |
| 1988 | Mountain Language | Sergeant | Television Movie, BBC |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Harrison | TV movie |
| The Jim Henson Hour | Ultragorgon (voice) | Episode: Monster Maker | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Samson and Delilah | King Hanun | TV miniseries | |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Squire Hamley | TV miniseries, BBC |
| 2000 | Longitude | John Harrison | Television movie, A&E |
| Endgame | Hamm | Television Movie, BBC | |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Raymond | Miniseries, BBC |
| 2002 | Path to War | Lyndon B. Johnson | Television Movie, HBO |
| Top Gear | Guest | Series 1: episode 8 | |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Edward VII | TV movie, BBC |
| Angels in America | Prior Walter Ancestor | TV Miniseries, HBO | |
| 2006 | Top Gear | Guest | Series 8: episode 5 |
| Celebration | Lambert | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Joe's Palace | Elliot Graham | Television movie, BBC |
| Cranford | Mr. Holbrook | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | The Narrator | Episode: "Wench Trouble" |
| Emma | Mr. Woodhouse | TV miniseries | |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Kazran / Elliot Sardick | Christmas special: "A Christmas Carol" |
| 2011 | Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | Narrator | Uncredited |
| Page Eight | Benedict Baron | TV movie, PBS | |
| 2012 | Luck | Michael "Mike" Smythe | Miniseries, HBO |
| Restless | Baron Mansfield | Miniseries, PBS | |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage | Himself | Live special; PBS |
| Lucan | Older John Burke | Miniseries, ITV | |
| 2014 | Quirke | Judge Garret Griffin | 3 episodes |
| Common | Judge | TV movie, BBC | |
| On Angel Wings | Grandfather (voice) | Short | |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Howard Mollison | Mini-series, HBO |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Winston Churchill | TV movie, PBS |
| The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I | Mortimer | Miniseries, BBC | |
| The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells | Egbert Elvesham | Miniseries, Sky Arts | |
| 2017 | Fearless | Sir Alastair McKinnon | Miniseries, ITV |
| 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 |
| Saint Joan | Extra | ||
| The Recruiting Officer | Servant | ||
| 1964 | Andorra | Extra | |
| Othello | Extra | ||
| Philoctetes | Chorus | ||
| The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Diego | ||
| 1965 | The Crucible | Herrick | |
| Mother Courage and Her Children | Eilif | ||
| Love for Love | Snap | ||
| 1966 | Juno and the Paycock | Jerry Devine | |
| The Storm | Extra | ||
| 1967 | Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun | Flynn | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| A Severed Head | Palmer Anderson | ||
| The Doctor's Dilemma | Patrick Cullen | ||
| Saint Joan | Cauchon | ||
| 1968 | Peer Gynt | The Button Moulder | |
| Othello | Othello | ||
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Forum Theatre, Billingham | |
| 1969 | In Celebration | Andrew | Liverpool Playhouse |
| Coriolanus | Coriolanus | ||
| 1970 | The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising | Wiebe | Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre |
| Major Barbara | Charles Lomax | ||
| 1971 | Henry VIII | Surrey | |
| 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 | |
| 1975 | The Norman Conquests | Tom | Globe Theatre |
| The Zoo Story | Gerry | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | |
| 1976 | Otherwise Engaged | Simon | Queen's Theatre |
| 1977 | Just Between Ourselves | Neil | |
| 1978 | Alice's Boys | Bertie | Savoy Theatre |
| Betrayal | Jerry | Olivier Theatre (NT) | |
| 1979 | Close of Play | Henry | Lyttelton Theatre (NT) |
| Richard III | Buckingham | Olivier Theatre (NT) | |
| 1980 | Othello | Roderigo | |
| Sisterly Feelings | Patrick | ||
| The Life of Galileo | Galileo | ||
| 1981 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | |
| 1982 | King Lear | King Lear | Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RSC) |
| 1983 | King Lear | King Lear | Barbican Theatre (RSC) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Antony | ||
| Tales from Hollywood | Ödön von Horváth | Olivier Theatre (NT) | |
| 1985 | Old Times | Deeley | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 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) |
| A Small Family Business | Jack McCracken | Olivier Theatre (NT) | |
| 1988 | Mountain Language | Sergeant | Lyttelton Theatre (NT) |
| 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 |
| Taking Steps | Roland | ||
| 1995 | Volpone | Volpone | Olivier Theatre (NT) |
| Skylight | Tom Sergeant | Cottesloe Theatre (NT) | |
| 1996 | Wyndham's Theatre | ||
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | Gate Theatre/Duchess Theatre |
| 2012 | All That Fall | Dan Rooney | Jermyn Street Theatre/Arts Theatre |
| 2013 | 59E59 Theatres, New York City | ||
| Eh Joe | Joe | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |
| 2014 | 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 |
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
References
- Joshua Rothkopf (3 February 2016). "Hail, Caesar! [review]". Time Out New York. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (4 February 2016). "The Coens swipe at religion, counterculture, and Hollywood in Hail, Caesar!". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- Dowell, Ben (12 July 2010). "Katherine Jenkins to star in Doctor Who Christmas special". The Guardian. London.
- Jason Deans (6 June 2014). "BBC adaptation of Casual Vacancy to star Michael Gambon". The Guardian.
- "Bethesda Teases Us With a Trailer For 'The Elder Scrolls Online'". MTV Multiplayer. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012.