Editing Michael Gambon (section)

=== 2004–2011: ''Harry Potter'' and acclaim ===
[[File:Michael Gambon on the set of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.png|thumb|upright|Gambon as [[Albus Dumbledore]] on the set of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' in 2008]]
He played [[Albus Dumbledore]], [[Hogwarts]]' headmaster in the third instalment of [[J. K. Rowling]]'s franchise, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (2004), taking over the role after the death of [[Richard Harris]] in 2002; Harris had also played Maigret on television four years before Gambon took that role.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2023/09/28/1202300771/michael-gambon-dead-dumbledore-harry-potter|title= Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 82|work= NPR|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref> Gambon reprised the role of Dumbledore in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2005), which was released in November 2005 in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/542187/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire#overview|title= Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|website= TCM|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref> He returned to the role again in the fifth film, ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2007) and the sixth film, ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/643212/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix#overview|title= Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|website= TCM|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/676931/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince#overview|title= Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|website= TCM|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref> He appeared in the final two films of the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010) and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Part 2]]'' (2011). Gambon told an interviewer that, when playing Dumbledore, he did not "have to play anyone really. I just stick on a beard and play me, so it's no great feat. I never ease into a role – every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. I'm not really a character actor at all."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/filmmaking.asp?ID=209|title=Q&A with Michael Gambon, Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter|publisher=Futuremovies.co.uk|date=5 July 2007|access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in five films, including [[Wes Anderson]]'s cult comedy ''[[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]''; the British gangster film ''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]''; and theatrical drama ''[[Being Julia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/533904/the-life-aquatic-with-steve-zissou#overview|title= The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou|website= TCM|access-date= November 2, 2023}}</ref> In 2004, Gambon played the lead role (Hamm) in [[Samuel Beckett]]'s post-apocalyptic play ''[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]'' at the [[Albery Theatre]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:endgame-may&catid=204:endgame&Itemid=286|title=Endgame|publisher=Onlinereviewlondon.com|date=8 May 2004|access-date=8 November 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001021009/http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:endgame-may&catid=204:endgame&Itemid=286|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, he finally achieved a lifelong ambition to play [[Falstaff]], in [[Nicholas Hytner]]'s National production of ''Henry IV, Parts [[Henry IV, Part 1|1]] and [[Henry IV, Part 2|2]]'', co-starring with [[Matthew Macfadyen]] as Prince Hal. Michael Billington in ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that Gambon's Falstaff "conveyed a growing sense of age, decrepitude and melancholy".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/may/05/theatre1|title= Henry IV|website= The Guardian|date= 4 May 2005|accessdate= November 2, 2023|last1= Billington|first1= Michael}}</ref> In 2006, Gambon performed voiceover for a series of [[Guinness]] advertisements featuring penguins.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 August 2006|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfOlH4LOxFw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/sfOlH4LOxFw| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=Guinness Penguins|via=YouTube|access-date=14 March 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Also in 2006, he performed as Joe in Beckett's ''[[Eh Joe]]'', giving two performances a night at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in London. That same year, he played Henry in [[Stephen Rea]]'s play about [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Embers]]'' for Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007g0x0|title=BBC – Drama on 3 – ''Embers''|publisher=BBC|date=16 May 2010|access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref> In 2007, he was Sam in [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Homecoming]]'' for Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/xp8tt|title=BBC – Drama on 3 – ''The Homecoming''|publisher=BBC|date=18 March 2007|access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2007, Gambon portrayed [[Charles James Fox|Lord Charles Fox]] in [[Michael Apted]]'s historical drama ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]'' alongside [[Ioan Gruffudd]], [[Romola Garai]], [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], [[Albert Finney]] and [[Rufus Sewell]]. The film focuses on [[William Wilberforce]], who led the campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/pictures/image/0,,-1090329735448,00.html|title= Who's who in Amazing Grace|website= The Guardian|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref> The film is highly rated according to [[Rotten Tomatoes]] with critics' consensus describing it as "your quintessential historical biopic: stately, noble, and with plenty of electrifying performances".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007415_amazing_grace|title=Amazing Grace (2007)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> That same year, he played major roles in the acclaimed BBC five-part adaptation of [[Mrs Gaskell]]'s ''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]'' novels alongside [[Judi Dench]] and [[Imelda Staunton]], and in [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s ''[[Joe's Palace]]''. In 2008, Gambon appeared in the role of Hirst in ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]] in the [[Gate Theatre]], Dublin, opposite [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] as Spooner, in a production directed by [[Rupert Goold]], which transferred to the London West End's [[Duke of York's Theatre]], for which both roles each received nominations for the 2009 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]]. After Pinter's death on 24 December 2008, Gambon read Hirst's [[monologue]] selected by the playwright for Gambon to read at his funeral, held on 31 December 2008, during the cast's memorial remarks from the stage as well as at the funeral and also in ''Words and Music'', transmitted on the [[BBC Radio 3]] on 22 February 2009.<ref>Michael Gambon (Reader), ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hsl68 Words and Music: Harold Pinter]''. Transmitted on [[BBC Radio 3]], 22 February 2009. 22 February 2009. (Accessible for 7 days afterward on "Listen again" on BBCiPlayer.)</ref> In late 2009, Gambon had to withdraw from his role of [[W. H. Auden]] in ''[[The Habit of Art]]'' (being replaced by [[Richard Griffiths]]) because of ill health.

In April 2010, Gambon returned once again to the Gate Theatre Dublin to appear in [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'', which transferred to London's Duchess Theatre in October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/26/michael-gambon-krapps-last-tape-duchess|access-date=7 February 2015|publisher=Duchess Theatre|title=Krapp's Last Tape|author=Kellaway, Kate|date=25 September 2010 }}</ref> In 2009, he appeared in a television adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s famously irrepressible ''[[Emma (2009 TV serial)|Emma]]'', a four-hour miniseries that premiered on BBC One in October 2009, co-starring [[Romola Garai]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Anita|last=Singh|title=Romola Garai to play Emma in BBC's latest Jane Austen adaptation|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5100713/Romola-Garai-to-play-Emma-in-BBCs-latest-Jane-Austen-adaptation.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5100713/Romola-Garai-to-play-Emma-in-BBCs-latest-Jane-Austen-adaptation.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|date=4 April 2009|access-date=15 November 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010|title= 2010 Emmy Awards|website= Emmy Awards|accessdate= November 2, 2023}}</ref> In 2010, Gambon took a supporting role in [[Tom Hooper]]'s historical drama ''[[The King's Speech]]'' where he portrayed an ailing [[King George V]]. He acted alongside [[Colin Firth]], [[Geoffrey Rush]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]] and [[Guy Pearce]]. In 2011, the film received 12 [[Academy Awards]] nominations, more than any other film in that year. The film won four Oscars including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Actor]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]]. Gambon appeared in the 2010 Christmas Special of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who)|A Christmas Carol]]".<ref>Michael Gambon Appears on BBC, ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10601111 Katherine Jenkins to star in Christmas Doctor Who]''.</ref> During the 2010s, he was also known for his voice work. He appeared as the Narrator in the British version of ''[[Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire]]''. In 2013, Gambon provided the voice for The Prophet, a character in the [[MMORPG]] video game ''[[The Elder Scrolls Online]]''.