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Jude Law and Michael Gambon to receive film honours | Jude Law and Michael Gambon to receive film honours |
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Jude Law and Sir Michael Gambon are to be honoured at this year's British Independent Film Awards. | Jude Law and Sir Michael Gambon are to be honoured at this year's British Independent Film Awards. |
Law will be presented with the Variety Award for helping to shine the international spotlight on the UK. | Law will be presented with the Variety Award for helping to shine the international spotlight on the UK. |
Previous winners include Sir Michael Caine, Dame Helen Mirren, and last year's recipient, Sir Kenneth Branagh. | Previous winners include Sir Michael Caine, Dame Helen Mirren, and last year's recipient, Sir Kenneth Branagh. |
Sir Michael, whose career has spanned 60 years, will receive the Richard Harris Award for "outstanding contribution" to British film. | Sir Michael, whose career has spanned 60 years, will receive the Richard Harris Award for "outstanding contribution" to British film. |
He stepped into Harris's shoes in 2004 when he took over the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series, following Harris's death two years earlier. | He stepped into Harris's shoes in 2004 when he took over the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series, following Harris's death two years earlier. |
His other numerous roles on stage and screen include The Singing Detective, which won him his first of four best actor Baftas in 1987. | His other numerous roles on stage and screen include The Singing Detective, which won him his first of four best actor Baftas in 1987. |
He also played Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV detective series Maigret. | He also played Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV detective series Maigret. |
The Richard Harris Award was introduced 10 years ago to honour the Irish actor, best known for playing King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot. | The Richard Harris Award was introduced 10 years ago to honour the Irish actor, best known for playing King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot. |
Bob Hoskins, Daniel Day-Lewis and Helena Bonham Carter are among the previous winners of the award. | |
Sir Michael Gambon's most recent film role was in Dustin Hoffman's Quartet, which will be released in the UK in January. | |
He is currently on stage starring in All That Fall at the Arts Theatre in London's West End. | |
Law has twice been nominated for an Oscar and won a best supporting actor Bafta for The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999. He is currently filming the crime caper Don Hemingway in London. | |
The British Independent Film Awards will be held on 9 December at a ceremony in London. | |
Broken, starring Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy, has nine nominations in eight categories. |
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