Died at 85
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Sir Michael John Gambon (October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards and four BAFTA TV Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Gambon was nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards, winning three times for A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), A View from the Bridge (1987), and Man of the Moment (1990). In 1997, Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's Skylight, earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Gambon made his film debut in Othello (1965). His other notable films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Wings of the Dove (1997), The Insider (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Amazing Grace (2006), The King's Speech (2010), Quartet (2012), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). Gambon also appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Gambon gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002. For his work on television, he received four BAFTA Awards for The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Longitude (2000), and Perfect Strangers (2001). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). Gambon's other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was listed at No. 27 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Michael Gambon
Archdeacon
for Archdeacon in Hunchback of Notre Dame (2024)
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In 15th century Paris, the Archdeacon Judge Frollo lost his brother allegedly because of a gypsy, for which he develops a racist hatred towards gypsies, starting a hunt against them. In an assault, he discovers the gypsy whom blames for the death of his brother, for which he pursues her until he murders her at the foot of the Notre Dame Cathedral, to later discover that she was carrying a newborn with her who suffered from a deformity. physical, Frollo would be about to kill him too so as not to leave loose ends, but upon discovering that this is his brother's son and feeling the gaze of the saints of the Cathedral fixed on him, he seeks to redeem himself from his sin and for this, he chooses to welcome his nephew and raise him as his own son, hiding him from the rest of the people in the Notre Dame bell tower, calling him Quasimodo.
