Gary Oldman
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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
Credits
The Fifth Element (1997)
as Zorg
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The Dark Knight (2008)
as Gordon
Oppenheimer (2023)
as Harry Truman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Sirius Black
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Commissioner Gordon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Sirius Black
Léon: The Professional (1994)
as Norman Stansfield
Batman Begins (2005)
as Jim Gordon
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
as Dreyfus
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
as Lord Shen (voice)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as Dracula
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
as Vladislav Dukhovich
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
Hunter Killer (2018)
as CJCS Charles Donnegan
The Book of Eli (2010)
as Carnegie
True Romance (1993)
as Drexl Spivey
The Space Between Us (2017)
as Nathaniel Shepherd
RoboCop (2014)
as Dr. Dennett Norton
Darkest Hour (2017)
as Winston Churchill
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as George Smiley
Child 44 (2015)
as General Mikhail Nesterov
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
Air Force One (1997)
as Ivan Korshunov
A Christmas Carol (2009)
as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Planet 51 (2009)
as General Grawl (voice)
The Woman in the Window (2021)
as Alistair Russell
JFK (1991)
as Lee Harvey Oswald
Lawless (2012)
as Floyd Banner
Parthenope (2024)
as John Cheever
Red Riding Hood (2011)
as Father Soloman
Lost in Space (1998)
as Dr. Zachary Smith
Criminal (2016)
as Quaker Wells
The Courier (2019)
as Ezekiel Mannings
The Laundromat (2019)
as Jürgen Mossack
The Unborn (2009)
as Rabbi Joseph Sendak
Quest for Camelot (1998)
as Ruber (voice)
Mank (2020)
as Herman Mankiewicz
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
State of Grace (1990)
as Jackie
Paranoia (2013)
as Nicholas Wyatt
Murder in the First (1995)
as Associate Milton Glenn
Man Down (2016)
as Captain Peyton
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Jack Grimaldi
Interstate 60 (2002)
as O.W. Grant
Henry & June (1990)
as Pop
Crisis (2021)
as Dr. Tyrone Brower
Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
as Elvis Elvis
Basquiat (1996)
as Albert Milo
The Contender (2000)
as Shelly Runyon
Killers Anonymous (2019)
as The Man
Tau (2018)
as Tau (voice)
Criminal Law (1989)
as Ben Chase
Mary (2019)
as David
Sid and Nancy (1986)
as Sid Vicious
Jesus (1999)
as Pontius Pilate
Immortal Beloved (1994)
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Tiptoes (2002)
as Rolfe
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Ending the Knight (2012)
as Self
Rain Fall (2009)
as Holtzer
The Backwoods (2006)
as Paul
Dead Fish (2005)
as Lynch
Hannibal (2001)
as Mason Verger
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Joe Orton
The Firm (1989)
as Bex Bissell
I Am Steve McQueen (2014)
as Self
Obscura (2018)
as Special guest
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
as Rosencrantz
Meantime (1983)
as Coxy
Beat the Devil (2002)
as Devil
Track 29 (1988)
as Martin
Heading Home (1991)
as Ian Tyson
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
as Self
The Driver (2015)
as Cy (voice)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Sin (2003)
as Charlie Storm
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001)
as Self
A Place Among the Dead (2020)
as GO
Nobody's Baby (2001)
as Buford Dill
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992)
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009)
as Self
Exposing Muybridge (2021)
as Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
as Self
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Rat in the Skull (1987)
as Police Constable Eric Naylor
Lost In Space Forever (1998)
as Self (also archive footage)
Countdown to Zero (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter (2012)
as Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man (2000)
as Self
Director: Alan Clarke (1991)
Actor
We Think the World of You (1988)
as Johnny
Morgan's Boy (1984)
as Colin
The Human Face (2017)
as Self
Remembrance (1982)
as Daniel
England's Glory (1987)
as Interviewee
Chattahoochee (1990)
as Emmett Foley
One Night in Turin (2010)
as Narrator
Jack White: Unstaged (2012)
as Self
La Petite Mort (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
as Self
Flying Horse (—)
as Eadweard Muybridge
Honest Decent & True (1986)
as Derek Bates
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Chutzpah, This Is? (2005)
Actor
Criss Angel Trick'd Up (2016)
as Self
Rachel and the Roarettes (1985)
as Gary
The Year of Magical Thinking (—)
Actor
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (—)
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)