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