Gary Oldman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Year of Magical Thinking
Movie
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Movie · as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Parthenope
Movie · as John Cheever
Oppenheimer
Movie · as Harry Truman
Fatal addiction: Heath Ledger
Movie · as Self (found footage)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Movie · as Self
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Slow Horses
TV · as Jackson Lamb · 36 eps
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Movie · as Self
The Woman in the Window
Movie · as Alistair Russell
Crisis
Movie · as Dr. Tyrone Brower
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Movie · as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
Exposing Muybridge
Movie · as Self
Mank
Movie · as Herman Mankiewicz
A Place Among the Dead
Movie · as GO
Mary
Movie · as David
The Laundromat
Movie · as Jürgen Mossack
Killers Anonymous
Movie · as The Man
The Courier
Movie · as Ezekiel Mannings
Savage Builds
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hunter Killer
Movie · as CJCS Charles Donnegan
Tau
Movie · as Tau (voice)
Obscura
Movie · as Special guest
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Space Between Us
Movie · as Nathaniel Shepherd
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movie · as Vladislav Dukhovich
Darkest Hour
Movie · as Winston Churchill
The Human Face
Movie · as Self
Criminal
Movie · as Quaker Wells
Man Down
Movie · as Captain Peyton
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Movie · as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Movie · as Self
Movies with Ali Plumb
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Child 44
Movie · as General Mikhail Nesterov
The Driver
Movie · as Cy (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 3 eps
RoboCop
Movie · as Dr. Dennett Norton
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Dreyfus
I Am Steve McQueen
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Paranoia
Movie · as Nicholas Wyatt
La Petite Mort
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as Commissioner Gordon
Lawless
Movie · as Floyd Banner
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Movie · as Elvis Elvis
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Movie · as Self
Jack White: Unstaged
Movie · as Self
Ending the Knight
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Sirius Black
Kung Fu Panda 2
Movie · as Shen (voice)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie · as George Smiley
Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Father Soloman
The Book of Eli
Movie · as Carnegie
One Night in Turin
Movie · as Narrator
Countdown to Zero
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Conan
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Rain Fall
Movie · as Holtzer
The Unborn
Movie · as Rabbi Joseph Sendak
Planet 51
Movie · as General Grawl (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Dark Knight
Movie · as Gordon
Gotham Tonight
TV · as Lt. James Gordon · 1 ep
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Sirius Black
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Backwoods
Movie · as Paul
Batman Begins
Movie · as Jim Gordon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Sirius Black
Dead Fish
Movie · as Lynch
Chutzpah, This Is?
Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Sirius Black
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie · as Self - Sirius Black
Sin
Movie · as Charlie Storm
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Interstate 60
Movie · as O.W. Grant
Tiptoes
Movie · as Rolfe
Beat the Devil
Movie · as Devil
Greg the Bunny
TV · as Gary Oldman · 1 ep
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hannibal
Movie · as Mason Verger
Nobody's Baby
Movie · as Buford Dill
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Movie · as Self
The Hire
TV · as Devil · 1 ep
The Contender
Movie · as Shelly Runyon
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Movie · as Self
Jesus
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jesus
TV · as Pontius Pilate · 2 eps
Lost in Space
Movie · as Dr. Zachary Smith
Quest for Camelot
Movie · as Ruber (voice)
Lost in Space Forever
Movie · as Self (also archive footage)
The Fifth Element
Movie · as Zorg
Air Force One
Movie · as Ivan Korshunov
Basquiat
Movie · as Albert Milo
Tracey Takes On...
TV · as Hairdresser · 1 ep
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Murder in the First
Movie · as Associate Milton Glenn
Léon: The Professional
Movie · as Norman Stansfield
Immortal Beloved
Movie · as Ludwig van Beethoven
Friends
TV · as Richard Crosby · 1 ep
True Romance
Movie · as Drexl Spivey
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie · as Jack Grimaldi
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Movie · as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie · as Self
Fallen Angels
TV · as Pat Kelley · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Movie · as Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Movie · as Dracula
HBO First Look
TV · as Self / Ludwig van Beethoven · 1 ep
JFK
Movie · as Lee Harvey Oswald
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Movie · as Rosencrantz
Heading Home
Movie · as Ian Tyson
Director: Alan Clarke
Movie
State of Grace
Movie · as Jackie
Chattahoochee
Movie · as Emmett Foley
Henry & June
Movie · as Pop
Criminal Law
Movie · as Ben Chase
The Firm
Movie · as Bex Bissell
Track 29
Movie · as Martin
We Think the World of You
Movie · as Johnny
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie · as Joe Orton
Rat in the Skull
Movie · as Police Constable Eric Naylor
England's Glory
Movie · as Interviewee
Sid and Nancy
Movie · as Sid Vicious
Honest Decent & True
Movie · as Derek Bates
Rachel and the Roarettes
Movie · as Gary
Screen Two
TV · as Bex, Derek Bates, Ian Tyson · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Gary · 1 ep
Morgan's Boy
TV · as Colin · 8 eps
Meantime
Movie · as Coxy
Dramarama
TV · as Ben · 1 ep
Frontline
TV · as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) · 1 ep
Remembrance
Movie · as Daniel
Timewatch
TV · as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Don Ross · 1 ep
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep