Michael Gambon

He has also recently appeared on the BBC's Top Gear programme in which he launched a Suzuki Liana airborne off the final corner. The final corner has now been named 'Gambon' after this feat. He enjoyed enormous fame in France after the release of his controversial album "Les lunettes rouges". He was last seen as the successor of Richard Harris playing Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). His albums include:. In recent years, films such as Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) and Plunkett and Macleane (1989), as well as television appearances in series such as Wives and Daughters (1999) (for which he won another BAFTA), a made for TV adaption of Beckett's Endgame (2001) and Perfect Strangers (2001), have made him one of Britain's most sought-after actors, as well as revealing his talent for comedy. In 2004 they adopted a Vietnamese baby girl, called Jade. Even after this success, for which he won a BAFTA award, his career was patchy, with big hits such as the 1989 film, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover interspersed with less notable work. In 1996 he married Laëtitia Boudou.

However, his craggy looks soon made him into a character actor, and it was not until Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective (1986) that he became a household name. They divorced in 1992. In his youth, Gambon played romantic leads, notably in the early 1970s BBC television series, The Borderers, in which he was swashbuckling Gavin Ker. He married Adeline Blondiau in 1990. Sir Michael Gambon (born October 19, 1940) is one of Britain's foremost actors, knighted for his services to the theatre - despite having been born in Dublin, Ireland. They separated in 1986. His love affair with the French actress Nathalie Baye began in 1982, after they met on a television programme. Nathalie gave birth to their daughter, Laura, at the end of 1983.

A year later, he married a model named Babeth Etienne on December 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, the marriage lasted 2 months and 2 days. They divorced on November 4, 1980. Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan were France's "Golden Couple" of their generation. They have a son, David Hallyday (who is also a singer), born David Michael Benjamin Smet on August 14, 1966.

He was married on April 12, 1965 to Sylvie Vartan (French singer) in Loconville. Since then, he has had a 40-year career in the music industry and is one of France's biggest stars. He has sold 80 million records, made 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums and performed in front of 15 million people. Johnny, as he is popularly known, became famous in the 1960s from singing rock'n'roll in French. (His pseudonym was borrowed from his cousin's friend, Lee Halliday).

His parents separated not long after his birth, so he was raised by his paternal aunt, Helene Mar. Johnny Hallyday was born Jean-Philippe Smet in Cite Malesherbes, Paris, France, to Huguette and Leon Smet. Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943) is a French singer and actor. Rivières pourpres 2 (2004).

L'homme du train (2003). Palais Des Sports (1982). Live A Pantin (1982). Johnny Halliday Au Zenith (1984).

Rock and Roll Attitude (1985). Gang (1986). Dans La Chaleur De Bercy (1990). Ca Ne Change Pas Un Homme (1991).

Bercy (1992). Parc des Princes (1993). 31 Compilation Albums in 1993. Rough Town (1995).

Lorada (1995). Destination Vegas (1996). Lorada Tour (1996). Allume le Feu - Stade de France 98 (1998).

Ce Que Je Sais (1998). Sang pour Sang (1999). 100% Johnny - Concert a la Tour Eiffel (2000).