* In the 1990 film Mobsters, Maranzano is portrayed by Michael Gambon, but is known as ' Faranzano '.

Sir Michael John Gambon, CBE ( born 19 October 1940 ) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television and film.

A highly respected theatre actor, Gambon is recognised for his roles as Philip Marlow in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, as Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films ( following the death of actor Richard Harris ).

Gambon is almost the only leading actor not to grace Yasmina Reza's ART at Wyndham's.

Gambon is a qualified private pilot and his love of cars led to his appearance on the BBC's Top Gear programme.

* The central character in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective is crime novelist Philip E. Marlow, portrayed in the original TV version by Michael Gambon and in the later film version by Robert Downey, Jr.

Molly is aware that, as the daughter of a professional man, she would not be considered a suitable match for the sons of Squire Hamley ( Michael Gambon ).

In early 2009, it was announced that an adaptation of The Inn at the Edge of the World by Charles Dance is to be made into a feature film with a cast including Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton.

Esmonde and Larbey teamed up with Michael Gambon and Briers again for BBC's 1977 comedy The Other One, a sitcom about a man who is a liar who attempts to hide his insecurities through charade ; it was successful enough for a second series in 1979.

Toys is a 1992 fantasy comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx in his feature film debut.

Sylvia is a 2003 British biographical drama film directed by Christine Jeffs and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, and Michael Gambon.

The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel.

Both Billington and Paul Taylor ( in The Independent ) give the production 4 out of 5 stars, while Charles Spencer, reviewing the production in The Daily Telegraph, like other critics making inevitable comparisons with the original production, rates it as " equally fine, with Michael Gambon and David Bradley rising magnificently to the benchmark set by their illustrious predecessors ," but points out that he too does not feel that he fully understands it: " Even after three decades I cannot claim fully to understand this haunting drama that proves by turns funny, scary, and resonantly poetic, but I have no doubt that it is one of the handful of indisputable modern classics that Pinter has written, and a piece that will haunt and tantalise the memory of all who see it.

The town is controlled by a ruthless Irish immigrant land baron, Denton Baxter ( Gambon ), who hates open-rangers.

Famous people from Cabra include singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy, world champion boxer Steve Collins, author and journalist Gene Kerrigan, actor Michael Gambon, actress and singer Angeline Ball, singer Dickie Rock and WWE Superstar Sheamus, real name Stephen Farrelly, who is a fluent Irish speaker.

He goes to Megiddo and meets Bugenhagen ( Michael Gambon ), who tells them that Damien is the long-prophesied Antichrist, and the only way to destroy him is to take him to holy ground and kill him with the seven sacrificial daggers of Megiddo.

Afterwards Edward is recruited by an FBI agent Sam Murach ( Alec Baldwin ), who claims that Edward's poetry professor, Dr. Fredericks ( Michael Gambon ), is a Nazi spy, asking Edward to expose his professor's background as well as implying that the Professor is homosexual: Edward's actions result in Dr. Fredericks ' forced resignation from the university.

It was directed by Alan Ayckbourn and Michael Gambon gave an acclaimed performance as Eddie.

* 1998 Michael Williams starred as John Aubrey in the one-man play Brief Lives, Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon played for ten weeks in the RSC ’ s The Unexpected Man and Michael Codron and Lee Dean transferred their production of Alan Ayckbourn ’ s Things We Do for Love from the Gielgud.

After leaving with the documents, Wigand appears at a meeting with Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur ( Gambon ), who orders him to sign an expanded confidentiality agreement, under threat of revoking his severance pay and medical coverage and initiating legal proceedings.

His father had him made a British citizen, a decision that would later allow Gambon to receive an actual, rather than honorary, knighthood and CBE.

From the first Ralph Richardson dubbed him The Great Gambon, an accolade which stuck, outshining his 1990 CBE, even the later knighthood, although Gambon dismisses it as a circus slogan.

His plans go awry when his powerful supplier Jimmy Price ( Kenneth Cranham ) sends him to track down Charlie, the teenage daughter of Price's associate, Eddie Temple ( Michael Gambon ), who has fled a rehabilitation centre with her drug-addicted boyfriend.

In the original production in 1997, Alec McCowen played Attlee, and Michael Gambon played Tom Driberg.

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Michael Gambon played John Harrison, and Jeremy Irons played Rupert Gould, who restored Harrison's timepieces for posterity in the mid-20th century.

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

A look back at the Vietnam War, it starred Michael Gambon as President Lyndon Johnson along with Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland.

The British television channel ITV produced an adaptation of Maigret in 1992 and 1993, in which Michael Gambon starred as Maigret.

Dench, as Miss Matty Jenkins, co-starred with Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis, in the BBC One five-part series Cranford.

Playing herself and the character of Mrs. Danvers, she starred alongside Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman, Tim Vine, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, and Harry Hill.

Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Blood Prince with actors Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore.

There were, however, worries of insuring O ' Toole for the six remaining films in the series, and he was ultimately replaced as Dumbledore by the Irish-born actor Sir Michael Gambon.

Fox featured as a character in the 1994 movie The Madness of King George, portrayed by Jim Carter ; in the 2006 movie Amazing Grace, played by Michael Gambon ; and in the 2008 movie The Duchess, played by Simon McBurney.

The film stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora, Michael Gambon, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Gina Gershon, Debi Mazar, and Colm Feore in supporting roles.

* Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick in " A Christmas Carol " on Doctor Who, December 2010.

RADA has a number of notable associate members including Jane Asher, Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Bourne, Kenneth Branagh, Jon Cryer, Richard Digby Day, Trevor Eve, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Fox, Iain Glen, Gerald Harper, Sir Ian Holm, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patricia Kneale, Paul McGann, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Trevor Nunn, Peter O ' Toole, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Lord Snowdon, Shelley Thompson, Alan Rickman, Timothy Dalton and Sir Roger Moore.

Gambon was born in Cabra, Dublin, during World War II.

His father, Edward Gambon, was an engineer, and his mother, Mary ( née Hoare ), was a seamstress.

His father decided to seek work in the rebuilding of London, and so the family moved to Mornington Crescent in North London, when Gambon was five.

At the age of 18, Gambon began drama school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) in London, where he studied Classical acting for three years, eventually receiving a BA in Classical Acting.

Whilst at RADA, Gambon acted in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov and many others.

Gambon made his professional stage début in the Gate Theatre Dublin's 1962 production of Othello, playing " Second Gentleman ", followed by a European tour.

Gambon played for four years in many NT productions, including named roles in The Recruiting Officer and The Royal Hunt of the Sun, working with directors William Gaskill and John Dexter.