Gary Oldman
Acting
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.
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Gary Oldman
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Filmography of
Gary Oldman
John Cheever
... 2024
Harry Truman
... 2023
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
... 2022
Self
... 2021
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
... 2021
Alistair Russell
... 2021
Self (archive footage)
... 2021
Dr. Tyrone Brower
... 2021
Herman Mankiewicz
... 2020
... 2020
Ezekiel Mannings
... 2019
Jürgen Mossack
... 2019
David
... 2019
The Man
... 2019
Special guest
... 2018
CJCS Charles Donnegan
... 2018
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
Tau (voice)
... 2018
Winston Churchill
... 2017
Vladislav Dukhovich
... 2017
Self
... 2017
Nathaniel Shepherd
... 2017
... 2016
... 2016
Quaker Wells
... 2016
Captain Peyton
... 2015
Cy (voice)
... 2015
General Mikhail Nesterov
... 2015
Dreyfus
... 2014
Self
... 2014
Dr. Dennett Norton
... 2014
Narrator (voice)
... 2013
Nicholas Wyatt
... 2013
Self
... 2012
... 2012
Elvis Elvis
... 2012
Floyd Banner
... 2012
Commissioner Gordon
... 2012
Self
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
George Smiley
... 2011
Sirius Black
... 2011
Lord Shen (voice)
... 2011
Father Soloman
... 2011
Narrator
... 2010
Narrator (voice)
... 2010
Carnegie
... 2010
General Grawl (voice)
... 2009
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
... 2009
... 2009
Holtzer
... 2009
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
... 2009
Gordon
... 2008
Self (archive footage)
... 2007
Self (archive footage)
... 2007
Self (archive footage)
... 2007
Sirius Black
... 2007
Paul
... 2006
... 2005
Sirius Black
... 2005
Lynch
... 2005
Jim Gordon
... 2005
... 2004
Sirius Black
... 2004
Charlie Storm
... 2003
Rolfe
... 2002
Devil
... 2002
O.W. Grant
... 2002
... 2001
Mason Verger
... 2001
Buford Dill
... 2001
Shelly Runyon
... 2000
... 2000
Pontius Pilate
... 1999
Ruber (voice)
... 1998
Dr. Zachary Smith
... 1998
Self (also archive footage)
... 1998
Ivan Korshunov
... 1997
Zorg
... 1997
Self
... 1996
Albert Milo
... 1996
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
... 1995
Glenn
... 1995
Ludwig van Beethoven
... 1994
Norman Stansfield
... 1994
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
... 1993
Jack Grimaldi
... 1993
Drexl Spivey
... 1993
... 1993
Dracula
... 1992
... 1992
Lee Harvey Oswald
... 1991
... 1991
Rosencrantz
... 1991
Ian Tyson
... 1991
Pop
... 1990
Jackie
... 1990
Emmett Foley
... 1990
Ben Chase
... 1989
Bex Bissell
... 1989
Johnny
... 1988
Martin
... 1988
Joe Orton
... 1987
Police Constable Eric Naylor
... 1987
Interviewee
... 1987
Sid Vicious
... 1986
Derek Bates
... 1986
... 1985
Colin
... 1984
Coxy
... 1983
Daniel
... 1982
Eadweard Muybridge