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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
White Wizard Zordon of Eltar
for White Wizard Zordon of Eltar in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Motion Picture
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Long ago in the age of dinosaurs and man, the ancient wizard Zordon of Eltar helped to battle the evil sorceress Queen Bandora turned Rita Repulsa. After many losses, he managed to defeat her using five magical power medallions. As punishment for her loss, she was sealed in a canister on the roaming planet of Nemesis. However, before being sealed away, Rita trapped Zordon in a time warp. 170 million years later, Rita and her minions have escaped their prison and are out to destroy the Earth. Zordon, desperate to stop her, has his assistant Alpha 5 recruit five "teenagers with attitude": Jason, Trini, Kimberly, Zack, and Billy who are in fact reincarnated forms of the five warriors who helped defeat Rita before dying. Granted the powers of the sentient prehistoric animal gods of long ago in the form of the Power Coins, they undertake a quest to become the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers who use their sentient Guardian Beast "Dinozords" to battle Rita's army of giant monsters.
