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