Michael Gambon: Harry Potter's "Mr. Dumbledore" passed away at the age of 82, the world's audience mourned

Michael Gambon, who is famous for his role as principal Albus Dumbledore in the classic film " Harry Potter", has always been loved by the public. Recently, the news that the actor passed away at the age of 82 shocked and saddened the audience.

On the evening of September 28 (Vietnam time), CNN reported that veteran actor Michael Gambon, who played Principal Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series, passed away at the age of 82. According to his family, Gambon passed away from pneumonia.

The actor's media representative shared with CNN: "We are extremely sad to announce that 'Sir' Michael Gambon has left this world.

A respected husband and father, Michael passed away in hospital, surrounded by his wife Anne and son Fergus. Michael was 82 years old. We appreciate everyone's respect for privacy at this painful time, and thank you for your messages, encouragement and love."

In the last moments of his life, Mr. Michael Gambon always had relatives by his side. Mr. Gambon's acting career spanned 6 decades, in which the role that made him most remembered by the contemporary public was the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.

Actor Michael Gambon was born on October 19, 1940 in the Irish capital of Dublin, his mother was a tailor and his father was an engineer. When Gambon was 6 years old, his family moved to Camden Town, London, England.

Michael Gambon had quite an explosive and glorious career in the 80s, known for his long-running series The Singing Detective. However, to the audience generation of the 2000s, Gambon is globally famous for playing the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.

Gambon left school at the age of 15 to study engineering and by the age of 21 was recognized as qualified and did not take any acting courses. His first acting experiences were accumulated from his participation in amateur theater troupes. At first, after dropping out of school, young Gambon became an apprentice at a factory.

Feeling interested in acting, young Gambon applied to work in amateur theater troupes as a backstage employee. He was assigned to take on a number of supporting roles to gradually learn more about the art of acting. There was no one in the Gambon family who pursued art, so the teenager had to find a way to build a career in the art field on his own. Gambon was inspired by American actors such as Marlon Brando or James Dean.

At the age of 22, Michael Gambon began acting in the West End (London) and was recognized as a professional stage actor. Only when he had a more stable career did the young Gambon begin to have the opportunity to take some acting courses.

Sir Gambon began his career as a theater actor. His first play was Othello at the Gates Theater (London, England) in 1962.

Later, he turned to television. Took on the role of French detective Jules Maigret in the ITV series Maigre and starred in the BBC series The Singing Detective .

He has notable roles such as the leader of a group of psychopaths in Peter Greenaway 's The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover (1989), and the old King George V in Tom Hooper's The King's speech (2010). ).

But the most famous is still the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore - the respected headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter film series, adapted from the novel of the same name by writer JK Rowling.

He took on this role from the third part of the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (released in 2004), replacing the late actor Richard Harris - who passed away in 2002.

Dumbledore plays an important role throughout, leading the wizarding world against the Dark Lord. With Harry Potter, he was always by his side, encouraging the boy when he was lonely, teaching him many life lessons.

Humbled by the fame he gained from his role in the Harry Potter films, Gambon said he was simply playing himself "with a bushy beard and a long cloak". In the actor world, Mr. Gambon is known for his discreet lifestyle, he rarely grants interviews

During his career, the actor has won four BAFTA Awards, three London Theater Association Olivier Awards, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Gosford Park (2001) and The King's Speech (2001). 2010).

Gambon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 1998. He called it "a nice little gift" and did not use it. use this title.

With a cheerful personality, he often makes up funny stories. For years, he showed his co-stars an autographed photo of Robert De Niro that he had in fact engraved himself with before meeting the American actor.

He also revealed on an episode of "The Late Late Show" in Ireland that he convinced his mother that he was a friend of the pope. The shared story made everyone laugh.

In 2014, Mr. Gambon revealed that he began to have difficulty remembering his lines: "I feel very sad about this. I love theater very much, but from now on, I will no longer be able to take on significant roles as well."

In 2015, he reunited with Harry Potter author JK Rowling in the BBC adaptation of The Casual Vacancy . After that, he planned to participate in the comedy film Breeders but withdrew from the project due to health problems. His most recent film is the TV series James And Lucia.

The veteran actor shared that leaving the stage was a heartbreaking decision:

"There was a girl sitting backstage and I covered my ears so she could read my lines. After about an hour, I thought, 'This can't be done.' It's terrible to admit." But I can't do it. It breaks my heart," he said at the time.

Sir Gambon married Anne Miller in 1962 and they had son Fergus together. He did not divorce Ms. Miller but still had another partner, designer Philippa Hart. She is 25 years younger than him and they have two children together.

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