Actor Michael Gambon, who performed Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter motion pictures, dies aged 82

By AFP

LONDON: British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, finest recognized for taking part in Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” movies, has died in hospital aged 82, his household introduced Thursday.

Gambon gained 4 tv BAFTAs and an Olivier award throughout a decades-spanning performing profession throughout tv, movie, radio and theatre, which was capped by his beloved position because the headmaster of the wizarding college Hogwarts within the Potter sequence.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” an announcement issued on behalf of his household mentioned.

“Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.”

Gambon, born in Ireland, started his illustrious performing profession in theatre, making his first look on stage in a manufacturing of “Othello” on the Gates Theatre within the Irish capital Dublin in 1962.

He turned well-known in Britain for taking part in a French detective within the ITV sequence “Maigret”, and for his 1986 position as Philip Marlow in screenwriter Dennis Potter’s “The Singing Detective”.

He put in a memorable efficiency within the BBC’s 2015 adaptation of JK Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy”, whereas his theatre credentials embody appearances in Alan Ayckbourn’s “The Norman Conquests”, “The Life Of Galileo” and Nicholas Hytner’s National Theatre productions of “Henry IV”.

RIP Michael Gambon, 82.
A real performing nice.
He as soon as informed me: ‘All I’ve ever wished to do was act – however these fashionable celebrities desire a fast buck with no expertise or exhausting work required. It’s terrible.’
‘What would you call this type of person?’ I requested.
‘I’d name them a cretin.’ pic.twitter.com/5urVWMDtsD

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 28, 2023

Film roles included in interval dramas corresponding to 2010’s “The King’s Speech” and 2001’s “Gosford Park”.

But he gained international popularity of his performances as Dumbledore within the wildly well-liked “Harry Potter” movies, starting with 1997’s “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.

Gambon was knighted for his contribution to the leisure business in 1998.

Tributes started to pour in following information of his loss of life.

“I’m so sad to hear that Michael Gambon has died,” former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson mentioned on social media, recalling that the actor was such a “tremendous guest” that he had a nook named after him on the BBC present’s race observe.

“He was hugely amusing, and such a tremendous guest, we even named a corner after him.”

LONDON: British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, finest recognized for taking part in Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” movies, has died in hospital aged 82, his household introduced Thursday.

Gambon gained 4 tv BAFTAs and an Olivier award throughout a decades-spanning performing profession throughout tv, movie, radio and theatre, which was capped by his beloved position because the headmaster of the wizarding college Hogwarts within the Potter sequence.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” an announcement issued on behalf of his household mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.”

Gambon, born in Ireland, started his illustrious performing profession in theatre, making his first look on stage in a manufacturing of “Othello” on the Gates Theatre within the Irish capital Dublin in 1962.

He turned well-known in Britain for taking part in a French detective within the ITV sequence “Maigret”, and for his 1986 position as Philip Marlow in screenwriter Dennis Potter’s “The Singing Detective”.

He put in a memorable efficiency within the BBC’s 2015 adaptation of JK Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy”, whereas his theatre credentials embody appearances in Alan Ayckbourn’s “The Norman Conquests”, “The Life Of Galileo” and Nicholas Hytner’s National Theatre productions of “Henry IV”.

RIP Michael Gambon, 82.
A real performing nice.
He as soon as informed me: ‘All I’ve ever wished to do was act – however these fashionable celebrities desire a fast buck with no expertise or exhausting work required. It’s terrible.’
‘What would you call this type of person?’ I requested.
‘I’d name them a cretin.’ pic.twitter.com/5urVWMDtsD
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 28, 2023
Film roles included in interval dramas corresponding to 2010’s “The King’s Speech” and 2001’s “Gosford Park”.

But he gained international popularity of his performances as Dumbledore within the wildly well-liked “Harry Potter” movies, starting with 1997’s “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.

Gambon was knighted for his contribution to the leisure business in 1998.

Tributes started to pour in following information of his loss of life.

“I’m so sad to hear that Michael Gambon has died,” former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson mentioned on social media, recalling that the actor was such a “tremendous guest” that he had a nook named after him on the BBC present’s race observe.

“He was hugely amusing, and such a tremendous guest, we even named a corner after him.”