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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
Timothy MacManus
for Timothy MacManus in IRISHMAN AND SCOTMAN
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Drew O'Sullivan manages to escape from prison and returns to the streets of New York after ten years behind bars to start a new life in seclusion with the help of his friends. However, his love Lucy Murphy has problems with his competitor, a Scottish gangster and the owner of several restaurants, Clyde Smith, which culminates in a shooting at her restaurant. Drew will help her and get her back into the gangster world. Drew joins back with his father Jack O'Sullivan and his Irish mob family, who quarrel with the Scottish family. Jack O'Sullivan has five sons, Drew, Conor, Noah, Charlie and Jack Jr. Brothers Cilian and Ryan O'Connor, Drew O'Sullivan, Noah O'Sullivan and Dallas Doyle (the top scorer) found themselves on the Irish side during a shootout at a restaurant in Manhattan, Charlie was killed. On the Scots' side were two sons of Smith, Oliver and Leo, as well as Lewis Stewart and Logan Thompson, all died, a situation that stirred up the worst between the two gangs, who had been fighting for decades. Meanwhile, Oscar Walsh of O'Sullivans, is killed in car in the Bronx. After Scottish Craig Robertson is offended by Brian Gallagher, Craig kills him in a fit of rage in Harlem, when Craig tries to hide the body, he was shot in the back of the head by Finn Kennedy. After Jack O'Sullivan's wife is abducted, he assembles the entire O'Sullivan gang and attacks the mansion of the Brooklyn Smith Gang. The O'Sullivans win, sitting in the garden at the end, Irish music and whiskey.
