Died at 85
male
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
Santa Clause
for Santa Clause in Insert Generic Hallmark Christmas Movie Title Here...
Suggested by smeehee9916
It's Christmas, and Successful Magazine Editor travels from the big city to her small hometown, which is also called Christmas, to write an article on something Christmassy happening there. Her parents' neighbour is her High School Best Friend (who got hot!) who is also single father to his Precocious Young Daughter. There's also some subplot where Precocious Young Daughter is nervous to sing a solo in her school concert which is happening on Christmas Eve, but Successful Magazine Editor helps her overcome her fear. Precocious Young Daughter wants Successful Magazine Editor to come and see her concert, but she can't because she'll be back in the big city by then. Also Successful Magazine Editor has a fiancee in the city, who shows up just when she's starting to fall for High School Best Friend, but she ditches him at the airport when she has a change of heart and rushes back just in time to see Precocious Young Daughter sing her solo. Then Successful Magazine Editor and High School Best Friend kiss and she celebrates Christmas with them, quits her job in the big city, stays forever and they get married or something, then Precocious Young Daughter is happy because she asked Santa for a new mommy for Christmas. There's also a tree decorating montage and a cookie baking montage somewhere in the movie.
