Michael Gambon — Actor (34)
The Gambler (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Gambler
director: Károly Makk actor: Michael Gambon / Jodhi May
other title: Dunkle Tage in St. Petersburg / 賭徒
Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of excess Dostoyevsky's characters come to life as he struggles to complete his work.
Two Deaths (1996) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Two Deaths
director: Nicolas Roeg actor: Sonia Braga / Patrick Malahide
other title: Dos muertes / 丹尼博士的情人
While a brutal revolution rampages just outside his mansion, pleasure-seeking doctor Daniel Pavenic hosts a genteel dinner party. When asked about a photograph of a mysterious woman, Pavenic reveals the sordid details of his erotic obsession with the woman, his aging servant Ana Puscasu, and his attempts to dominate her psychologically. As the evening progresses, Pavenic's guests reveal their own dark secrets as well.
Perfect Strangers (2001) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Perfect Strangers
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Stephen Poliakoff actor: Matthew Macfadyen / Michael Gambon
other title: 完美陌生人 / Almost Strangers
Daniel Symon comes face to face with his extended family – a cadre of eccentrics, all of whom hiding their own secrets. At a reunion, patriarch Raymond is presented with a copy of the family tree and is enthralled by the complexity of his family ties.
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
other title: O Último Grande Guerreiro / Squanto - Der große Krieger
It's the 17th century, and Native American Squanto roams free in the New World until he's captured by visiting sailors who take him back to England. Monk Brother Daniel teaches him social customs, but other Englishmen aren't as kind. Squanto becomes the unwilling star of performances that highlight his fighting skills, but he eventually engineers a return trip to America. He finds that his home has changed forever, and he must chart a new path for his people.
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Christmas Carol: The Movie
other title: Ein Weihnachtsmärchen / Un chant de Noël
Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.
Emma (2009) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Emma
8.2 (112 ratings) director: Jim O'Hanlon actor: 罗莫拉·加莱 / 迈克尔·甘本
other title: 엠마 / エマ 恋するキューピッド
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
Little Women (2017) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Little Women
7.0 (25 ratings) director: Heidi Thomas actor: 玛雅·霍克 / 薇拉·菲茨杰拉德
other title: 작은 아씨들 / Les quatre filles du docteur March
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) [Movie] Min reol
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
director: Kerry Conran actor: Jude Law / Gwyneth Paltrow
other title: Capitaine Sky et le monde de demain / 월드 오브 투모로우
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) [Movie] Min reol
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
director: Xavier Dolan actor: Kit Harington / Natalie Portman
other title: Ma vie avec John F. Donovan / 존 F. 도노반의 죽음과 삶
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
Ali G Indahouse (2002) [Movie] Min reol
Ali G Indahouse
other title: Ali G / Ali G in da House
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.
Betrayal [Performance] Douban
genre: theater playwright: Harold Pinter
director: Peter Hall / Trevor Nunn actor: Penelope Wilton / Michael Gambon / Daniel Massey / Artro Morris / Raul Julia
The years between 1968 and 1977 occur in reverse order; scenes within years 1977 and 1973 move forward.
1977
Scene One: Pub. 1977. Spring.
Emma and Jerry meet for the first time in two years. For 7 years they had an affair and a secret flat, and Jerry says no-one else knew. Now Emma is having an affair with Casey, an author whose agent is Jerry and whose publisher is Robert, Emma’s husband. Emma says she found out last night that Robert has betrayed her with other women for years, and admits she revealed her affair with Jerry.
Scene Two: Jerry's House. Later the same day.
Jerry meets Robert to talk about the affair. Robert reveals that in fact he learned about it 4 years ago. Since then their friendship has continued, albeit without playing squash.
1975
Scene Three: Flat. 1975. Winter.
It is the end of Jerry and Emma’s affair. They rarely meet, and Emma’s hopes that the flat would be a different kind of home are unfulfilled. They agree to give it up.
1974
Scene Four: Robert and Emma's House. Living room. 1974. Autumn.
Jerry visits Robert and Emma at home. He reveals that Casey has left his wife and is living nearby. Jerry and Robert plan to play squash, but Jerry reveals that first he is visiting New York with Casey.
1973
Scene Five: Hotel Room. 1973. Summer.
Robert and Emma are on holiday, intending to visit Torcello tomorrow. Emma is reading a book by Spinks, another author whose agent is Jerry. Robert says he refused to publish it because there is not much more to say about betrayal. Robert has discovered that Emma has received a private letter from Jerry. Emma admits they are having an affair.
Scene Six: Flat. 1973. Summer.
Emma has returned from the holiday with Robert in Venice. She has bought a tablecloth for the flat. Jerry reveals that despite the affair he continues to lunch with Robert.
Scene Seven: Restaurant. 1973. Summer.
Robert gets drunk over lunch with Jerry. He says he hates modern novels, and that he went to Torcello on his own and read Yeats.
1971
Scene Eight: Flat. 1971. Summer.
Emma wants to know whether Jerry’s wife suspects his affair, and announces that while Jerry was in America she became pregnant with Robert’s child.
1968
Scene Nine: Robert and Emma's House. Bedroom. 1968. Winter.
During a party Jerry surprises Emma in her bedroom and declares his love for her. He tells Robert he is his oldest friend as well as his best man.
英国国家剧院五十周年庆典 National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage [Performance] Douban
9.8 (8 ratings) genre: theater
other title: 英国国家剧院50周年庆典 theater: National Theatre director: Nicholas Hytner actor: Maggie Smith / Simon Russell Beale / Benedict Cumberbatch / Helen Mirren / Judi Dench



From Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The History Boys, from The Mysteries to Angels in America, from Guys and Dolls to London Road – join us for a thrilling evening of live performance and rare glimpses from the archive, featuring many of the most celebrated actors who have performed on our stages over the past five decades and directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Skylight [Performance] Douban
Skylight
8.7 (12 ratings) genre: theater playwright: David Hare / 大卫·海尔 David Hare
other title: 天窗 director: Richard Eyre / Stephen Daldry actor: Lia Williams / Daniel Betts / Michael Gambon / Carey Mulligan / Bill Nighy
East London school teacher Kyra Hollis is visited on the same night by son Edward and father Tom Sargeant. Kyra had been living with the Sargeant family years earlier, but left after her affair with Tom was discovered by Tom's wife, who has since died. Edward now accuses Kyra of having left him as well, as he saw her as a big sister; and he demands to know why she left his life.
Shortly thereafter, Tom, a wealthy restaurateur, with real life references to Terence Conran, appears unheralded and for no apparent reason. Kyra's less than glamorous lifestyle leads him to poke fun at her to the point of insult, accusing her of self-punishment. After Kyra cooks a spaghetti dinner (which the actress actually cooks on stage), the talk turns to their relationship, and it becomes clear that their chances to be rekindled rest on whether one of them can change their preconceived notions of the other.
No Man's Land 2008年版 [Performance] Douban
part of Performance: No Man's Land
theater: Gate Theatre director: Rupert Goold
other title: 2008年版 playwright: Harold Pinter actor: David Bradley / Michael Gambon
The first act opens with Hirst's offering a drink to Spooner: "As it is?" – that is, neat (UK) or straight (U.S.) – and Spooner's reply: "As it is, yes please, absolutely as it is" (15). During the first act, Spooner claims to be a fellow poet and to have known his more illustrious literary host and mutual acquaintances and relationships in the past. Toward the end of act one, Hirst's keepers (quasi-body guards) "vagabond cock" Foster and Briggs seek to fend off the self-insinuating Spooner, leading Hirst "out of the room (52) and away from him. The act ends with a "Blackout" – visually demonstrating Foster's taunt: "Listen. You know what it's like when you're in a room with the light on and then suddenly the light goes out? I'll show you. It's like this. ... He turns the light out" (53).
During Act Two, in his increasingly inebriated state, Hirst may mistake or feign recognition of Spooner as an Oxbridge classmate from the 1930s, an apparently false impression which Spooner nevertheless encourages (68–78), leading both of them into a series of increasingly questionable reminiscences, which Hirst finally and abruptly undercuts: "This is outrageous! Who are you? What are you doing in my house?" going on to accuse Spooner of being an impostor: "You are clearly a lout. The Charles Wetherby I knew was a gentleman. I see a figure reduced. I am sorry for you. Where is the moral ardour that sustained you once? Gone down the hatch." – allusively and both wistfully and comically combining the clichés "Gone with the wind" and "Down the hatch," after which, Briggs "enters, pours whisky and soda, gives it to" Hirst, who "looks at it" and then says, "Down the hatch. Right down the hatch. (He drinks.)" (78). Hirst proclaims, "Let us change the subject. Pause. For the last time." (91), but immediately asks, "What have I said?" That leads the characters to debate what Hirst's phrase for the last time precisely "means" (91–94), leaving all of them, according to Spooner, "in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but which remains forever icy and silent." Following the illustrative "Silence", Hirst utters the play's final words and provides its final action: "I'll drink to that" (95): "He drinks," paralleling the opening words of the first act ("As it comes?"), and the play ends, ambiguously, with a "SLOW FADE" of lights (95).
《我是哪一个》 [Performance] Douban
A Number
genre: theater playwright: Caryl Churchill / 卡罗尔·丘吉尔
other title: A Number / 好几个 / 二十一分之一 director: Stephen Daldry / Scott Barber actor: Michael Gambon / Daniel Craig / Vince Campbell / Mark Coyan / John Shrapnel
一个儿子从小到大都以为自己是家里的独生子,偶然间发现自己不过是好几个克隆版本其中之一。面对儿子的质问,父亲支支吾吾地承认说亲生儿子早年夭折,于是决定让医生克隆一个一模一样的儿子,但医生违背医学伦理,偷偷克隆了好几个。父亲决定要起诉医院。
然而父亲的说法不尽不实:亲生儿子不但没有过世,而且也才得知父亲竟然抛弃了他而克隆出另外的儿子。父子对峙的过程牵出一系列谜团:父亲当年为何要克隆儿子?母亲哪去了?克隆版本的存在对亲生儿子的成长和自我认同产生了怎样的冲击?而克隆人的身份和尊严又如何定义?
The play begins with a father, Salter, and his son Bernard (B2) discussing the fact that the son has found out that he has been cloned. The father claims not to have known this and claims that a hospital must have stolen his cells at some point and made illegal copies of him. He talks about suing the hospital for money. The son then mentions that there were others and the father admits that the son is a clone. He says that the original son and his mother died in a car crash and that he wanted his son back so he had him cloned. Then the original son confronts Salter and has a discussion about the clones, Salter again denies knowledge about the others. It turns out Salter lied about the mother dying in a car crash; she killed herself by throwing herself under a train; and that the original son did not die, but was instead 'sent away' by Salter, unable or unwilling to care for him due to his grief. The first clone then finds out the original is still alive. Bernard (B1) meets with Bernard (B2) and murders him, and then proceeds to commit suicide. Salter then meets with Michael Black, another clone. Michael Black lives a very normal life, has a wife and three children, and is happy. Salter ends up miserable and seemingly alone even though he knows that there are 19 more clones.