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