Gary Oldman
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.
Filmography (59)
Parthenope
Oppenheimer
The Woman in the Window
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Crisis
Mank
Mary
The Courier
The Laundromat
Hunter Killer
Tau
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Darkest Hour
The Space Between Us
Criminal
Man Down
Child 44
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
RoboCop
Paranoia
The Dark Knight Rises
Lawless
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Red Riding Hood
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Book of Eli
A Christmas Carol
The Unborn
Planet 51
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Backwoods
Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Interstate 60
Tiptoes
Hannibal
The Contender
Plunkett & Macleane
Lost in Space
Quest for Camelot
The Fifth Element
Air Force One
Basquiat
The Scarlet Letter
Murder in the First
Léon: The Professional
Immortal Beloved
True Romance
Romeo Is Bleeding
Bram Stoker's Dracula
JFK
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
State of Grace
Henry & June
The Firm
