Gary Oldman
AKA: Gary Leonard OldmanBirthday: 1958-03-21
Birthplace: New Cross, London, England, UK
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, he is known for his versatility and intense acting style. He received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors to date. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Léon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994). He later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020). Oldman was executive producer of films like The Contender, Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and Nil by Mouth (1997), the latter of which he also wrote and directed. He featured in television shows such as Fallen Angels, Tracey Takes On... and Friends, voiced Ignitius and Viktor Reznov, respectively, in The Legend of Spyro and Call of Duty video games and appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.
Filmography
The Fifth Element
Character: ZorgLéon: The Professional
Character: Norman StansfieldThe Dark Knight
Character: GordonBatman Begins
Character: Jim GordonTrue Romance
Character: Drexl SpiveyBasquiat
Character: Albert MiloRomeo Is Bleeding
Character: Jack GrimaldiHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character: Sirius BlackHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character: Sirius BlackHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character: Sirius BlackLost in Space
Character: Dr. Zachary SmithState of Grace
Character: JackieJFK
Character: Lee Harvey OswaldThe Scarlet Letter
Character: Rev. Arthur DimmesdaleJesus
Character: Pontius PilateInterstate 60
Character: O.W. GrantThe Book of Eli
Character: CarnegieThe Contender
Character: Shelly RunyonMurder in the First
Character: GlennTiptoes
Character: RolfeHannibal
Character: Mason VergerHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Sirius BlackAir Force One
Character: Ivan KorshunovThe Backwoods
Character: PaulPrick Up Your Ears
Character: Joe OrtonRain Fall
Character: HoltzerImmortal Beloved
Character: Ludwig van BeethovenHarry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Character: SelfThe Unborn
Character: Rabbi Joseph SendakCriminal Law
Character: Ben ChaseTrack 29
Character: MartinSid and Nancy
Character: Sid ViciousSin
Character: Charlie StormOne Night in Turin
Character: NarratorNosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Character: Self (archive footage)Planet 51
Character: General Grawl (voice)A Christmas Carol
Character: Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)The Dark Knight Rises
Character: Commissioner GordonThe Firm
Character: Bex BissellHeath Ledger: A Tribute
Character: SelfNobody's Baby
Character: Buford DillKung Fu Panda 2
Character: Lord Shen (voice)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character: George SmileyRed Riding Hood
Character: Father SolomanQuest for Camelot
Character: Ruber (voice)Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Character: RosencrantzDead Fish
Character: LynchBeat the Devil
Character: DevilLawless
Character: Floyd BannerMeantime
Character: CoxyFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)Chattahoochee
Character: Emmett FoleyLost In Space Forever
Character: Self (also archive footage)RoboCop
Character: Dr. Dennett NortonWe Think the World of You
Character: JohnnyJulian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Character: Self (archive footage)Paranoia
Character: Nicholas WyattGuns, Girls and Gambling
Character: ElvisDawn of the Planet of the Apes
Character: DreyfusChild 44
Character: General Mikhail NesterovDaniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Character: SelfThe Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Character: SelfParthenope
Character: John CheeverHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character: Self (archive footage)Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Character: Self (archive footage)Dracula Unearthed
Character: Count Dracula (archive footage)Henry & June
Character: PopFlying Horse
Character: Eadweard MuybridgeCriminal
Character: Quaker WellsIn Search of Dracula
Character: SelfOppenheimer
Character: Harry TrumanMorgan's Boy
Character: ColinHonest Decent & True
Character: Derek BatesMan Down
Character: Captain PeytonThe Space Between Us
Character: Nathaniel ShepherdTouch of Evil
Character: The Menacing DummyRemembrance
Character: DanielHeading Home
Character: Ian TysonBlood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Character: SelfThe Hitman's Bodyguard
Character: Vladislav DukhovichHunter Killer
Character: CJCS Charles DonneganDarkest Hour
Character: Winston ChurchillJack White: Unstaged
Character: SelfCountdown to Zero
Character: Narrator (voice)Rat in the Skull
Character: Police Constable Eric NaylorAlan Clarke: His Own Man
Character: SelfEngland's Glory
Character: IntervieweeMary
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