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Michael Gambon
as Lyndon B. Johnson |
Michael Gambon began his career with the Edwards/MacLiammoir Gate Theatre, Dublin. In 1963, he was one of the original members of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic under Laurence Olivier, and appeared there in many plays before leaving to join Birmingham Rep where he played "Othello". Also in repertory he played the title roles in "MacBeth", "Coriolanus", and "Othello" again, this time at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
In the West End, he played leads in Simon Gray's "Otherwise Engaged", in the London premieres of three plays by Alan Ayckbourn: "The Norman Conquests," "Just Between Ourselves" and "Man of the Moment"; "Alice's Boys" (Ralph Richardson); Harold Pinter's "Old Times"; the title role in "Uncle Vanya"; and "Veterans Day" with Jack Lemmon.
With the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played leading roles in the premieres of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" and "Mountain Language", Simon Gray's "Close of Play", Christopher Hampton's "Tales from Hollywood", three more plays by Alan Ayckbourn: "Sisterly Feelings", "A Chorus of Disapproval" (for which he won an Olivier Award), and "A Small Family Business", as well as David Hare's "Skylight". He also appeared there in "Richard III", "Othello", "Tons of Money", "A View from the Bridge" (which transferred to the Aldwych, and for which he won all the major drama awards in 1987), and as the name parts in "The Life of Galileo" and "Volpone" (winning the 1995 Evening Standard Best Actor Award).
"Skylight" transferred to West End and subsequently Broadway. He also transferred Yasmina Reza's "Unexpected Man" to the West End from the Barbican. Later he lead Nicholas Hytner's production of "Cressida" at the Almeida and Patrick Marber's production of "The Caretaker" in the West End.
His extensive work on TV includes the title role in Dennis Potter's series, "The Singing Detective", for which he won awards from BAFTA, the Broadcasting Press Guild, and the Royal Television Society. His award-winning television performance in BBC's "Wives and Daughters", was followed by Charles Sturridge's acclaimed "Longitude", and most recently he starred in Stephen Polakoff's "A Family Tree".
His many films include Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, The Thief, his Wife and Her Lover", and most recently "The Gambler", "Dancing At Lughnasa", "Plunket And McLeane", "The Last September", Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow", "The Insider", "High Heels", "Charlotte Grey", and Robert Altman's "Gosford Park."
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CAST:
Michael Gambon
Alec Baldwin
Donald Sutherland
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE:
John Frankenheimer
WRITER:
Daniel Giat
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