Gary Oldman
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Biography
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 and 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) and 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 for his role as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017), and 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.
Known For
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Honest Trailers
The Early Show
Friends
HBO First Look
Knots Landing
Fallen Angels
Savage Builds
Oppenheimer
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
True Romance
Lost in Space
Batman Begins
Planet 51
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Dark Knight
Kung Fu Panda 2
Criminal
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Fifth Element
Léon: The Professional
The Dark Knight Rises
Lawless
Hannibal
JFK
Rain Fall
Child 44
The Laundromat
The Book of Eli
Air Force One
Hunter Killer
RoboCop
Red Riding Hood
A Christmas Carol
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
The Woman in the Window
Darkest Hour
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sin
Mank
Slow Horses
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mary
Immortal Beloved
Production Credits
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