Gary Oldman
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
Zorg
Le Cinquième Élément
Norman Stansfield
Léon
Gordon
The Dark Knight
Jim Gordon
Batman Begins
Drexl Spivey
True Romance
Albert Milo
Basquiat
Jack Grimaldi
Romeo Is Bleeding
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dr. Zachary Smith
Lost in Space
Jackie
State of Grace
Lee Harvey Oswald
JFK
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
The Scarlet Letter
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
O.W. Grant
Interstate 60
Carnegie
The Book of Eli
Shelly Runyon
The Contender
Glenn
Murder in the First
Rolfe
Tiptoes
Mason Verger
Hannibal
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Ivan Korshunov
Air Force One
Paul
Bosque de sombras
Joe Orton
Prick Up Your Ears
Holtzer
Rain Fall
Ludwig van Beethoven
Immortal Beloved
Self
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
The Unborn
Ben Chase
Criminal Law
Martin
Track 29
Sid Vicious
Sid and Nancy
Charlie Storm
Sin
Narrator
One Night in Turin
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu – Ein Film wie ein Vampir
General Grawl (voice)
Planet 51
Commissioner Gordon
The Dark Knight Rises
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Bex Bissell
The Firm
Self
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Buford Dill
Nobody's Baby
Lord Shen (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
George Smiley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Father Soloman
Red Riding Hood
Ruber (voice)
Quest for Camelot
Rosencrantz
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Lynch
Dead Fish
Devil
Beat the Devil
Floyd Banner
Lawless
Coxy
Meantime
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Emmett Foley
Chattahoochee
Self (also archive footage)
Lost In Space Forever
Dr. Dennett Norton
RoboCop
Johnny
We Think the World of You
Nicholas Wyatt
Paranoia
Elvis Elvis
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Dreyfus
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
General Mikhail Nesterov
Child 44
Self
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
John Cheever
Parthenope
Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief
Pop
Henry & June
Eadweard Muybridge
Flying Horse
Self
Vem Var Dracula
Quaker Wells
Criminal
Harry Truman
Oppenheimer
Colin
Morgan's Boy
Derek Bates
Honest Decent & True
Captain Peyton
Man Down
Self
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Nathaniel Shepherd
The Space Between Us
Daniel
Remembrance
Ian Tyson
Heading Home
Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Vladislav Dukhovich
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Winston Churchill
Darkest Hour
CJCS Charles Donnegan
Hunter Killer
Self
Jack White: Unstaged
Narrator (voice)
Countdown to Zero
Police Constable Eric Naylor
Rat in the Skull
Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Interviewee
England's Glory
David
Mary
Chutzpah, This Is?
Director: Alan Clarke
Self
The Human Face
Jürgen Mossack
The Laundromat
Narrator (voice)
La Petite Mort
Tau (voice)
Tau
The Man
Killers Anonymous
Alistair Russell
The Woman in the Window
Special guest
Obscura
Dr. Tyrone Brower
Crisis
Herman Mankiewicz
Mank
Ezekiel Mannings
The Courier
Cy (voice)
The Driver
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Self
I Am Steve McQueen
Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Self
Ending the Knight
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Self (archive footage)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Self
Exposing Muybridge
GO
A Place Among the Dead
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Gary
Rachel and the Roarettes
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-03-21
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
Gary Leonard Oldman