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Birthday

21 March

Location

England, United Kingdom

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Gary Oldman

Biography

Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.

 

Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He appeared in London's Royal Court and 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), and gained recognition for his role 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 villainous roles in True Romance (1993), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000). He has also played franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), and Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).

 

 He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017) and was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020).

 

Oldman also wrote and directed the film Nil by Mouth (1997). Since 2022 he has starred in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses. He also earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role on the NBC sitcom Friends in 2001. He has also appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses, and Annie Lennox.

Known for
Actor
2021

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Vladislav Dukhovic

2021

The Woman in the Window as Alistair Russell

2020

Mank as Herman Mankiewicz

2019

Mary as David

2019

The Laundromat as Jürgen Mossack

2018

Hunter Killer as CJCS Charles Donnegan

2017

Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill

2017

The Hitman’s Bodyguard as Vladislav Dukhovich

2017

The Space Between Us as Nathaniel Shepherd

2016

Sid and Nancy as Sid Vicious

2016

Criminal as Quaker Wells

2015

Child 44 as General Mikhail Nesterov

2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Dreyfus

2013

Paranoia as Nicholas Wyatt

2012

Lawless as Floyd Banner

2012

The Dark Knight Rises as Commissioner Gordon

2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley

2011

Red Riding Hood as Solomon

2010

The Book of Eli as Carnegie

2009

A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim

2009

The Unborn as Rabbi Sendak

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Sirius Black

2007

Prick Up Your Ears as Joe Orton

2005

Batman Begins as Jim Gordon

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Sirius Black

2002

Interstate 60 as O.W. Grant

2001

Hannibal as Mason Verger

2000

The Dark Knight as Gordon

1998

Lost in Space as Dr. Smith / Spider Smith

1997

Air Force One as Ivan Korshunov

1997

The Fifth Element as Zorg

1995

The Scarlet Letter as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

1995

Immortal Beloved as Ludwig van Beethoven

1994

Léon: The Professional as Stansfield

1994

Romeo Is Bleeding as Jack Grimaldi

1993

True Romance as Drexl Spivey

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula as Dracula

1991

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Rosencrantz

1990

State of Grace as Jackie

1988

Criminal Law as Ben Chase

1982

Remembrance as Daniel