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).

October 21, 2025 - 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), ...

3 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.

1 day 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 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...

3 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.

Answer (1 of 123): Richard Harris for sure. Michael Gambon really was not a good Dumbledore. He ran, he yelled often, and he seemed angry and moody as opposed to being serene and unflappable.

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."

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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, ...

September 28, 2023 - Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his illustrious career on the stage and screen and who went on to gain admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the ...