Actor Michael Gambon, who was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of movies, has died. He was 82.
"We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon," read a statement from his publicist. "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 took over the role of Albus Dumbledore following the death of actor Richard Harris. He bought a different tenor to the role – one intentionally disparate from the character's portrayal in the original books. In 2009 he told The LA Times that since he was dealing with the screenwriter's words, he saw "no point in reading the books."
Gambon was born in 1940, in Ireland. He started his acting career on stage and was hired by Laurence Olivier to join in the National Theatre's first production, Hamlet. He won multiple awards for his stage acting, including 3 Olivier Awards.
"We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon," read a statement from his publicist. "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 took over the role of Albus Dumbledore following the death of actor Richard Harris. He bought a different tenor to the role – one intentionally disparate from the character's portrayal in the original books. In 2009 he told The LA Times that since he was dealing with the screenwriter's words, he saw "no point in reading the books."
Gambon was born in 1940, in Ireland. He started his acting career on stage and was hired by Laurence Olivier to join in the National Theatre's first production, Hamlet. He won multiple awards for his stage acting, including 3 Olivier Awards.
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00:00 Actor Michael Gambon, who was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter
00:05 series of movies, has died. He was 82. "We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael
00:13 Gambon," read a statement from his publicist. Beloved husband and father, Michael died
00:20 peacefully in hospital with his wife and and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.
00:27 Gambon took over the role of Albus Dumbledore following the death of actor Richard Harris.
00:32 He bought a different tenor to the role, one intentionally disparate from the character's
00:38 portrayal in the original books. In 2009 he told the LA Times that since he was dealing with the
00:45 screenwriter's words, he saw no point in reading the books. Gambon was born in 1940 in Ireland.
00:54 He started his acting career on stage and was hired by Laurence Olivier to join in the National
01:00 Theatre's first production, Hamlet. He won multiple awards for his stage acting, including three
01:08 Olivier Awards. He became a big-name actor in Britain after starring in the 1986 BBC series
01:15 The Singing Detective. That role earned him his first of four BAFTA awards. Gambon was knighted
01:22 in 1998. Besides reprising his role as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, he was a
01:30 versatile actor showing up in film and television roles such as Paddington, Hale, Caesar, and the
01:37 BBC's adaptation of J.K. Rowling's novel, The Casual Vacancy. He was an admirer of Rowling's
01:45 work, but that wasn't his top priority as an actor. "I didn't do Harry Potter because she wrote it,"
01:52 Gambon said in an interview. "I did it because I wanted the money."