The actor Michael Gambonwho became eternal in the seventh art for his interpretation of Albus Dumbledore in the movie saga Harry Potter, He died “peacefully” this Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital due to pneumoniaas his family has regretted through an official statement. The British performer had had a brilliant career that spanned film, television and theater.and in which he found the infinite love of the world of cinema for the role he assumed in the magical environment of Hogwarts.
Gambon had adopted the character of Dumbledore in the third installment of the saga and kept it until his last appearance.. Previously, the director of the school of magic and wizardry had been played by the also deceased Richard Harris. Regarding his star character, Gambon had said on more than one occasion that he downplayed the nice words about his acting skills, since He interpreted himself “with a close-fitting beard and a long tunic.”
From the streets of Dublin to Hogwarts tower
To a seamstress mother and an engineer father, Gambon was born on October 19, 1940 in the city of Dublin. However, from the age of six he lived in Camden Town (Londres), where his family emigrated in search of a salary with which to live. It didn’t take long for him to be bitten by the acting bug: at the beginning of the 60s he was already acting in theaters, and it wasn’t long before he made the jump to television and film. His story is that of a boy who left school to learn the profession of engineer and who ended up becoming one of the greatest names in British cinema.inspired by the legendary Marlon Brando y James Dean.
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His stardom did not remain solely in one of the Hogwarts towers. Movie theaters also saw him play an unstable mafia leader in The cook, the thief, his wife and his lover, film directed by Peter Greenaway in 1989. A nod to his nation led him to play an elderly English monarch, King George V, in The king’s speechby Tom Hooper, back in 2010.
Beyond the big screen, Gambon had been recognized as a great theater actor by embodying the most complex roles of classic authors, such as William Shakespeare, and contemporary authors, such as Samuel Beckett or Harold Pinter. These roles had earned him numerous awards and recognitions, including three Olivier awards and, above all, the honor received in 1998 from the hands of Queen Elizabeth II herself, who named him Knight Bachelor -gentleman- for what his magic on stage and behind the camera had meant to the United Kingdom that saw him grow up.
