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Gary Oldman
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Gary Oldman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-03-21,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Sir 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

7.591

The Fifth Element
1997-05-02

Léon: The Professional

8.292

Léon: The Professional
1994-09-14

The Dark Knight

8.535

The Dark Knight
2008-07-16

7.729

Batman Begins
2005-06-10

7.54

True Romance
1993-09-09

6.617

Basquiat
1996-08-09

Romeo Is Bleeding

6.215

Romeo Is Bleeding
1993-09-13

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

8.011

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004-05-31

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7.802

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005-11-16

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7.673

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007-07-08

5.451

Lost in Space
1998-04-03

6.95

State of Grace
1990-09-14

7.591

JFK
1991-12-20

The Scarlet Letter

6.135

The Scarlet Letter
1995-10-13

6.786

Jesus
1999-12-05

7.397

Interstate 60
2002-04-13

The Book of Eli

6.809

The Book of Eli
2010-01-14

6.705

The Contender
2000-10-13

Murder in the First

7.139

Murder in the First
1995-01-20

3.9

Tiptoes
2002-12-17

6.778

Hannibal
2001-02-08

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

8.08

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011-07-12

6.466

Air Force One
1997-07-25

5.4

The Backwoods
2006-09-24

Prick Up Your Ears

6.7

Prick Up Your Ears
1987-04-17

4.667

Rain Fall
2009-04-24

Immortal Beloved

7.099

Immortal Beloved
1994-12-16

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

7.309

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022-01-01

5.227

The Unborn
2009-01-09

5.614

Criminal Law
1989-04-28

5.573

Track 29
1988-05-15

6.736

Sid and Nancy
1986-09-12

4.775

Sin
2003-01-01

One Night in Turin

6.175

One Night in Turin
2010-05-11

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

5

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022-03-09

5.926

Planet 51
2009-11-19

The Dark Knight Rises

7.797

The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17

A Christmas Carol

6.91

A Christmas Carol
2009-11-04

6.545

The Firm
1989-02-26

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

8.3

Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009-06-01

5.2

Nobody's Baby
2001-01-21

Kung Fu Panda 2

7.085

Kung Fu Panda 2
2011-05-25

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

6.619

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011-09-16

Red Riding Hood

5.976

Red Riding Hood
2011-03-10

Quest for Camelot

6.844

Quest for Camelot
1998-05-15

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

6.899

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991-02-08

5.56

Dead Fish
2005-10-11

7.158

Beat the Devil
2002-11-22

7.069

Lawless
2012-08-29

6.7

Meantime
1983-10-16

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

7.489

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04

5.735

Chattahoochee
1990-04-20

Lost In Space Forever

6.792

Lost In Space Forever
1998-01-01

5.89

RoboCop
2014-01-30

We Think the World of You

6.389

We Think the World of You
1988-12-22

5.718

Paranoia
2013-08-14

Guns, Girls and Gambling

5.398

Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012-09-05

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

7.342

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014-07-08

6.279

Child 44
2015-03-15

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

6.6

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
2012-10-10

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

7.619

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004-06-11

6.663

Parthenope
2024-10-24

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

4.714

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021-03-26

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

7.5

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022-04-09

6.039

Henry & June
1990-09-28

6.217

Criminal
2016-04-07

8.021

Oppenheimer
2023-07-19

0

Morgan's Boy
1984-10-10

Honest Decent & True

7

Honest Decent & True
1986-02-09

6.033

Man Down
2016-12-02

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

0

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021-02-27

The Space Between Us

7.04

The Space Between Us
2017-01-26

4.5

Remembrance
1982-10-01

6

Heading Home
1991-01-13

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies

6.385

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992-11-13

The Hitman's Bodyguard

6.894

The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017-08-16

7.355

Darkest Hour
2017-11-22

6.911

Hunter Killer
2018-10-19

Jack White: Unstaged

0

Jack White: Unstaged
2012-04-27

Countdown to Zero

6.278

Countdown to Zero
2010-01-25

Rat in the Skull

0

Rat in the Skull
1987-01-01

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

8

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000-09-18

England's Glory

2

England's Glory
1987-01-01

4.991

Mary
2019-09-19

Chutzpah, This Is?

5

Chutzpah, This Is?
2005-11-22

Director: Alan Clarke

0

Director: Alan Clarke
1991-07-12

9

The Human Face
2017-08-01

6.019

The Laundromat
2019-09-27

5.375

La Petite Mort
2013-08-15

6.165

Tau
2018-06-29

Killers Anonymous

4.59

Killers Anonymous
2019-06-27

The Woman in the Window

5.973

The Woman in the Window
2021-05-13

0

Obscura
2018-10-24

6.241

Crisis
2021-02-26

6.664

Mank
2020-11-13

5.973

The Courier
2019-11-22

5.8

The Driver
2015-06-03

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

5.438

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018-08-21

Criss Angel Trick'd Up

10

Criss Angel Trick'd Up
2016-10-12

I Am Steve McQueen

6.053

I Am Steve McQueen
2014-06-24

Bram Stoker's Dracula

7.448

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992-11-13

Ending the Knight

7.1

Ending the Knight
2012-12-04

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

7.333

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993-11-09

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

7.7

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
2007-10-02

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

8

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007-10-08

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

8

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007-10-02

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

5.75

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993-01-20

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

7.125

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001-08-21

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

6.626

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021-06-14

Exposing Muybridge

6.833

Exposing Muybridge
2021-10-01

A Place Among the Dead

2.4

A Place Among the Dead
2020-11-09

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

0

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016-06-13

Rachel and the Roarettes

0

Rachel and the Roarettes
1985-06-13

The Year of Magical Thinking

0

The Year of Magical Thinking

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

0

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

6.1

Greg the Bunny
2002-03-27

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.316

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

8.409

Friends
1994-09-22

6.2

The Early Show
1999-11-01

6.957

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

6.6

Fallen Angels
1993-08-01

V Graham Norton

5.3

V Graham Norton
2002-05-06

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.098

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

7.632

The Hire
2001-04-26

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

7.2

Savage Builds
2019-06-14

8.01

Slow Horses
2022-04-01

The Graham Norton Show

7.247

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

7.25

Gotham Tonight
2008-06-13

5.538

HBO First Look
1992-06-12

7.163

Conan
2010-11-08

8.5

Jesus
1999-12-05

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.082

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

7

Morgan's Boy
1984-10-11

Late Show with David Letterman

6.436

Late Show with David Letterman
1993-08-30

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.304

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

7.17

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009-06-01

7.163

Conan
2010-11-08

7.25

Dramarama
1983-09-12

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

Movies with Ali Plumb

6

Movies with Ali Plumb
2016-05-20

5.1

Film '72
1971-11-16