Bill Nighy: ‘I’m pretending to be Irish. So God help us all. May my mother forgive me’
500 Miles star on bagging an Irish passport and Michael Gambon’s genius
Michael Gambon
Actor
Nonfiction books coming in 2026: From a new memoir by Louise O’Neill to Roy Keane’s impact on modern Ireland
Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for meaning in New England
The Great Gambon by Milly Ellis: A hilarious stocking filler about the Dublin-born actor
Among those contributing anecdoates are Charles Dance, Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hollander
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora
We should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ Irish
Harry Potter TV show: HBO confirms casting of Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and more
John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu confirmed for roles amid rumours that Cillian Murphy is being considered to play Voldemort
Krapp’s Last Tape: The acting greats who have taken on Samuel Beckett’s one-man play
Stephen Rea is about to join an illustrious line-up that includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon and Patrick Magee
Obituaries of 2023: 50 people who died this year
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known
Michael Gambon obituary: Masterful actor and mischievous interviewee
The Dublin-born star once said ‘I suppose I can’t get away from it: I’m English, aren’t I? All my things are here’
Michael Gambon: Actor was both a cult icon and national treasure, on both sides of the Irish Sea
The Irish actor was capable of threat and pathos, with the ability to boom and to shrink into his large frame
Michael Gambon: President Higgins leads tributes to ‘an exceptional talent. As an actor he seemed boundless’
Gate and Abbey theatres describe the Dublin-born actor as ‘legendary’ and ‘a giant of stage and screen’
Michael Gambon, Irish actor and Harry Potter star, dies aged 82
Dublin-born performer made his stage debut at the capital’s Gate Theatre in 1962
Private treasures of Betty Ann Norton to be auctioned
Drama teacher was an avid collector, and sale includes jewellery, clothing and furniture
All hands on deck for Damien Duff at Shelbourne
Life as manager for the former Ireland international goes way beyond what happens on the pitch
The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge
She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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