Gary Oldman
Age: N/A | From: New Cross, London, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: Gary Leonard Oldman , Гері Олдмен , გარი ოლდმენი , ゲイリー・レナード・オールドマン , جارى اولدمان
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New Cross, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 111
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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. 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.
Most Famous Work
Knots Landing
(1979) Don Ross
HBO First Look
(1992) Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
Honest Trailers
(2012) James Gordon (archive footage)
The Dark Knight
(2008) James Gordon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011) Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004) Sirius Black
Oppenheimer
(2023) Harry Truman
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005) Sirius BlackActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | John Cheever | |
| 2023 | Harry Truman | |
| 2022 | Count Dracula (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Jackson Lamb | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage) | ||
| Alistair Russell | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Tyrone Brower | ||
| 2020 | Herman Mankiewicz | |
| GO | ||
| 2019 | Ezekiel Mannings | |
| Jürgen Mossack | ||
| David | ||
| The Man | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| CJCS Charles Donnegan | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Tau (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Winston Churchill | |
| Vladislav Dukhovich | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Nathaniel Shepherd | ||
| 2016 | Self | |
| Quaker Wells | ||
| 2015 | Captain Peyton | |
| Self | ||
| Cy (voice) | ||
| General Mikhail Nesterov | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Dreyfus | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Dennett Norton | ||
| 2013 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Nicholas Wyatt | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Elvis | ||
| Floyd Banner | ||
| James Gordon | ||
| Self | ||
| James Gordon (archive footage) | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2011 | The Menacing Dummy | |
| George Smiley | ||
| Sirius Black | ||
| Lord Shen (voice) | ||
| Father Soloman | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Carnegie | ||
| 2009 | General Grawl (voice) | |
| Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Holtzer | ||
| Rabbi Joseph Sendak | ||
| 2008 | James Gordon | |
| Lt. James Gordon | ||
| 2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Sirius Black | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Paul | |
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Sirius Black | ||
| Lynch | ||
| James Gordon | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Sirius Black | ||
| 2003 | Rolfe | |
| N/A | ||
| Charlie Storm | ||
| 2002 | Devil | |
| Self | ||
| O.W. Grant | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Devil | ||
| Mason Verger | ||
| Buford Dill | ||
| 2000 | Shelly Runyon | |
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Pontius Pilate | |
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Ruber (voice) | |
| Dr. Zachary Smith | ||
| Self (also archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Ivan Korshunov | |
| Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| Albert Milo | ||
| 1995 | Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale | |
| Glenn | ||
| 1994 | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| Richard Crosby | ||
| Norman Stansfield | ||
| 1993 | Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) | |
| Jack Grimaldi | ||
| Drexl Spivey | ||
| Pat Kelley | ||
| Self | ||
| 1992 | Dracula | |
| Self / Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Lee Harvey Oswald | |
| N/A | ||
| Rosencrantz | ||
| Ian Tyson | ||
| 1990 | Pop | |
| Jackie | ||
| Emmett Foley | ||
| 1989 | Ben Chase | |
| Bex Bissell | ||
| 1988 | Johnny | |
| N/A | ||
| Martin | ||
| 1987 | Joe Orton | |
| Police Constable Eric Naylor | ||
| Interviewee | ||
| 1986 | Sid Vicious | |
| Derek Bates | ||
| 1984 | Colin | |
| 1983 | Coxy | |
| Ben | ||
| 1982 | Daniel | |
| 1979 | Don Ross | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Eadweard Muybridge | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Producer | |
| 2000 | Executive Producer | |
| 1997 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |