No, he was in Harry Potter.
Ian McKellen as gandalf in Lord of the Rings.
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Michael Gambon played Dumbledore in Harry Potter. Ian McKellen played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and will do so again for The Hobbit.
Sir Michael Gambon is alive.
No, as of June 2012, Michael Gambon is still alive.
The character, Albus Dumbledore, in "Harry Potter" is gay. The actor, Michael Gambon, is not.
Ian McKellen isn't in any of the Harry Potter movies. You are probably confusing The Lord of the Rings movies with the Harry Potter movies. Ian McKellan plays the wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies. The Harry Potter movies also feature a wise, elderly yet powerful wizard with a long white beard -- Albus Dumbledore -- but he is played by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter movies, and Michael Gambon in all the subsequent ones.