Gary Oldman

Birthday:

03/21/1958

Place of birth:

New Cross, London, England, UK:

Biography:

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 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), 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) and 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 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 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.



Credits

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