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.
Known for
Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb
Friends
Richard Crosby
The Dark Knight
Gordon
Knots Landing
Don Ross
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sirius Black
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sirius Black
Oppenheimer
Harry Truman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sirius Black
The Fifth Element
Zorg
Batman Begins
Jim Gordon
The Dark Knight Rises
Commissioner Gordon
Léon: The Professional
Norman Stansfield
Kung Fu Panda 2
Lord Shen (voice)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dreyfus
Parthenope
John Cheever
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula
The Oscars
Self
The Book of Eli
Carnegie
JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Fallen Angels
Pat Kelley
Child 44
General Mikhail Nesterov
HBO First Look
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
Hunter Killer
CJCS Charles Donnegan
Red Riding Hood
Father Soloman
RoboCop
Dr. Dennett Norton
True Romance
Drexl Spivey
State of Grace
Jackie
Henry & June
Pop
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich
A Place Among the Dead
GO
Darkest Hour
Winston Churchill
Interstate 60
O.W. Grant
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jack Grimaldi
Quest for Camelot
Ruber (voice)
Sid and Nancy
Sid Vicious
The Contender
Shelly Runyon
Lawless
Floyd Banner
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
The Courier
Ezekiel Mannings
Planet 51
General Grawl (voice)
Paranoia
Nicholas Wyatt
Rain Fall
Holtzer
Remembrance
Daniel
Killers Anonymous
The Man
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
The Firm
Bex Bissell
Crisis
Dr. Tyrone Brower
The Unborn
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
Prick Up Your Ears
Joe Orton
Air Force One
Ivan Korshunov
Greg the Bunny
Tau
Tau (voice)
Immortal Beloved
Ludwig van Beethoven
Criminal Law
Ben Chase
Sin
Charlie Storm
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Ending the Knight
Self
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Lost in Space
Dr. Zachary Smith
Basquiat
Albert Milo
Murder in the First
Glenn
Track 29
Martin
Rachel and the Roarettes
Gary
Meantime
Coxy
Beat the Devil
Devil
Countdown to Zero
Narrator (voice)
The Scarlet Letter
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Criminal
Quaker Wells
Nobody's Baby
Buford Dill
The Laundromat
Jürgen Mossack
Mank
Herman Mankiewicz
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
Dramarama
Ben
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Sirius Black'
The Hire
Devil
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
The Space Between Us
Nathaniel Shepherd
Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Mary
David
Dead Fish
Lynch
The Backwoods
Paul
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Elvis Elvis
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
The Woman in the Window
Alistair Russell
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
Lost In Space Forever
Self (also archive footage)
We Think the World of You
Johnny
Vem Var Dracula
Self
Hannibal
Mason Verger
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Self
I Am Steve McQueen
Self
Chattahoochee
Emmett Foley
Tiptoes
Rolfe
Honest Decent & True
Derek Bates
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz
Gotham Tonight
Lt. James Gordon
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Self
Heading Home
Ian Tyson
Man Down
Captain Peyton
Flying Horse
Eadweard Muybridge
Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
Savage Builds
Self
England's Glory
Interviewee
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
Director: Alan Clarke
Chutzpah, This Is?
La Petite Mort
Narrator (voice)
Rat in the Skull
Police Constable Eric Naylor
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
The Driver
Cy (voice)
The Human Face
Self
One Night in Turin
Narrator
Exposing Muybridge
Self
Morgan's Boy
Colin
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self (archive footage)
Jack White: Unstaged
Self
Obscura
Special guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Conan
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
V Graham Norton
Self
The Early Show
Self