Richard Harris

1 week ago - Harris received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his performances in This Sporting Life (1963), and The Field (1990). Other notable roles include in The Guns of Navarone (1961), Red Desert (1964), A Man Called Horse (1970), Cromwell (1970), Unforgiven (1992), Gladiator (2000), and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). He gained cross-generational acclaim for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), the latter of which was his final film role.

April 11, 2008 - Further fortune came his way with a strong performance in the blockbuster Gladiator (2000) and he became known to an entirely new generation of film fans as Albus Dumbledore in the mega-successful Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

March 6, 2003 - Richard Harris was an Irish actor on stage and screen who became known for his offstage indulgences and flamboyant performances. Some of his notable work includes roles in This Sporting Life (1963), Camelot (1967), The Molly Maguires (1970), ...

4 weeks ago - Sir Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer, who portrayed Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the first two film adaptations of the Harry Potter books.

17 hours ago - Harris was determined to portray Dumbledore again in Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), despite having been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, and asked David Heyman not to recast the role. However, his death in October 2002 led to recasting. Christopher Lee was the producers' first choice for replacing Harris.

September 28, 2023 - The late Richard Harris was first cast in the role and starred as Dumbledore in the first two movies, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

December 8, 2024 - Still, no other actor would have ... of Albus Dumbledore before he achieved immense greatness. Legendary Camelot actor Richard Harris was the first choice for the role of the silver-haired, sagacious Albus Dumbledore, whom ...

2 days ago - Though uncredited and seen only briefly, this was technically the first on-screen portrayal of young Dumbledore, and it made Regbo the third actor to appear as the character in the original films. Regbo later reprised his role more substantially in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, where he appeared during flashbacks of Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s past.

Answer (1 of 3): Richard Harris was the original Albus Dumbledore, but he died in 2002 from Hodgkin’s disease. Harris’s Dumbledore was quite good, he did played Dumbledore’s kinder side and added a bit of humor, but because of his illness, ...

May 18, 2024 - The Harry Potter prequel series decided to show a younger version of Dumbledore, and Jude Law first appeared in the second film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. However, it appears that Dumbledore's adventures on screen may have ...

Answer (1 of 10): You know Hollywood — always looking for younger, more attractive models. I mean usually they do it with women, but sometimes it happens to men. Not very often — seldom if ever if I am honest — but in this case they decided that Harris was not the right choice and they wanted to...

September 24, 2024 - From left: Jared Harris; Richard Harris as Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

October 4, 2024 - Dumbledore was played by Michael Gambon in six movies and Jude Law in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them spin-offs, but was initially portrayed by Irish actor Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter films.

November 25, 2023 - Michael Gambon joined the cast of Harry Potter a few months after Harris' passing, and played Dumbledore for the first time in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third installment of the saga.

September 28, 2023 - Ten days later, however, the actor was dead, and director Alfonso Cuarón was forced to choose a replacement. Christopher Lee, Sean Connery, and Ian McKellen were among those considered for the part, but they each ultimately turned it down. The role ended up going to one of Harris’ old drinking buddies: Michael Gambon, who himself died Thursday at age 82 after suffering from pneumonia. Gambon went on to play Dumbledore in six films, putting his own personal stamp on the character, highlighting the playful and lively aspects of the character, as opposed to Harris’ more regal, stoic performance.

October 26, 2023 - On October 1st of 2002, legendary Irish actor, Richard Harris passed away from Hodgkins Lymphoma. Not only was this a tragic loss for the acting community and Ireland, but it also had a great effect on the series Harris was starring in: Harry Potter.

July 30, 2023 - In the first two films, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Irish actor Richard Harris played Dumbledore.

1 week ago - Fox (2009). He gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002.

He was particularly memorable as Marcus Aurelius, the aged benevolent Roman Emperor who treated his favored general Maximus (Russell Crowe) like a son, only to be betrayed and murdered by his own offspring (Joaquin Phoenix) in the Oscar-winning epic, "Gladiator" (2000). The actor was next discovered by a new generation of fans when he assumed the key role of the wise Professor Albus Dumbledore in the film adaptation of author J.K.