[43], He appeared on the programme again on 4 June 2006 and set a time in the Chevrolet Lacetti of 1:50.3, a significant improvement on his previous time of 1:55. [38] They have one son, Fergus, a ceramics expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. I never ease into a role—every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. He married Anne Miller in 1962 and had a son together named Fergus, who is a ceramics expert. After three years at the Old Vic, Olivier advised Gambon to gain experience in provincial rep. The film won four Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. The Irish thespian looked happy to be spending quality time with his family as he led his son into the bash by the hand - with his partner Philippa holding onto the other. As Simon Callow once said: "Gambon's iron lungs and overwhelming charisma are able to command a sort of operatic full-throatedness which triumphs over hard walls and long distances". Michael Gambon doesn’t speak much about his personal life. In 2020, he was listed at number 28 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. During the 2010's he has also known for his voice work. He was trained under Laurence Olivier and started his work on stage in the National Theatre. [38] On 22 June 2009, she gave birth to her second child, a boy named William, who is Gambon's third child. And... How to survive nightmare before christmas: As Lockdown 2.0 threatens to sink the economy... here's our... Transgender sex offender who appeared in court as a man and a woman on the same occasion in 'legal first' is... SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: One horror crash that Bernie Ecclestone must be enjoying. Shell faces backlash on social media after deciding to wade into the debate on climate change and how best... Navy cut cigarettes! [15][16] But as Sheridan Morley perceptively remarked in 2000, when reviewing Nicholas Wright's Cressida: "Gambon's eccentricity on stage now begins to rival that of his great mentor Richardson". She does an awful lot of the work and she’s absolutely delightful.’, Birthday boy: Michael has formed a close friendship with Tom Stoppard (right, pictured in 2008) over the years, having starred in a number of his plays at the National Theatre. [11], Gambon made his professional stage debut in the Gate Theatre's 1962 production of Othello, playing "Second Gentleman", followed by a European tour. In 1989, Gambon starred in the acclaimed and controversial Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, which also starred Helen Mirren. He found the role opposite Bill Nighy, Toby Jones and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the war comedy film Dad's Army (2016), based on the television sitcom of the same name. But together with Simon Russell Beale and Alan Bates, he gave a droll radio account of the role of Marc. His other films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Wings of the Dove (1997), Gosford Park (2001), Amazing Grace (2006) and The King's Speech (2010). Gambon has starred in various television programs, including The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Cranford (2007), Emma (2009), The Casual Vacancy (2015), Churchill's Secret (2016), and Little Women (2017). In 2016, Gambon was the narrator for the Coen Brothers' Hollywood comedy Hail, Caesar! The corner from then on was named "Gambon Corner" or simply "Gambon" in his honour.[19]. All of this hasn’t stopped Sir Michael from not only carrying out an affair, out in the open, but from starting a family with his mistress. The ensemble also features Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Alden Ehrenreich, Tilda Swinton, Jonah Hill, Frances McDormand, Alison Pill and Clancy Brown. He returned to the role again in the fifth film, 2007's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Family man: The actor looked every inch the doting dad as he clasped onto his nine-year-old's hand on his way to the bash, at the Chelsea Physic Garden, with Philippa holding the other, Like father like son: Following in his father's footsteps, nine-year-old Tom mirrored his style by sporting a blue checked shirt and navy strides of his own as he headed in to the party. [33], In early 2015, Gambon announced that due to the increasing length of time it was taking him to memorise his lines, he was giving up stage work. [25] He played Mr. Woodhouse for which he received a 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie nomination for his performance. [12] Gambon, along with Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi and Frank Finlay, were hired as one of the "to be renowned" and played any number of small roles, appearing on cast lists as "Mike Gambon". [37], Gambon married mathematician Anne Miller in 1962 when he was just 22 years old, but has always been secretive about his personal life, responding to one interviewer's question about her: "What wife?". He had previously tried using an earpiece and being given prompts by theatre staff, but found this unsatisfactory, saying that "after about an hour I thought, 'This can't work. Gambon was not among the actors to grace Yasmina Reza's 'Art' at Wyndham's. Presidential race on a knife-edge as Joe Biden struggles to make early breakthroughs in target states of... 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He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama, and has won four BAFTA TV Awards, three Olivier Awards and was awarded the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for his contribution to Irish film. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Treat yourself to the perfect entertainment bundle with NOW TV's offers, Get a discount code to save on your internet security, Discover a range of promo codes on kitchen appliances, Find Just Eat's special deals and offers this week, Listen to podcasts and books for less with these offers. But it was not until Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective (1986) that he became a household name. In New York, they recast the role of Jerry and Liam Thrift got the part. UK records 20,018 new Covid cases - 12% FEWER than last Tuesday - but... Nobody counted the cost: Robert Jenrick is forced to admit there was NO full report made on the economic... 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