Sir michael gambon biography
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Michael Gambon
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Sir Michael John GambonCBE (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-born British actor with a career that spans nearly five decades and includes a variety of roles in movie, television and theatre.
Biography
[change | change source]Early life
[change | change source]Gambon was born on 19 October 1940 in Dublin during World War II. His father, Edward Gambon, was an engineer and his mother, Mary (née Hoare),[1] 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. His father had him made a British citizen — a decision that would later allow Michael to receive an actual, rather than honorary, knighthood and CBE.[2] (although, under the British Nationality Act 1981 anyone born in Irel