Biography
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.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 has featured in television shows such as Slow Horses, 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.
Filmography
All 134
Movies 114
Self 35
TV Shows 20
Voice 5
Director 3
Narrator 2
Producer 1

Oppenheimer (2023)

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2022)

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)

Slow Horses (2022)

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)

Exposing Muybridge (2021)

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

The Woman in the Window (2021)

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)

Crisis (2021)

Mank (2020)

A Place Among the Dead (2020)

The Courier (2019)

The Laundromat (2019)

Mary (2019)

Killers Anonymous (2019)

Savage Builds (2019)

Obscura (2018)

Hunter Killer (2018)

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)

Tau (2018)

Darkest Hour (2017)

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

The Human Face (2017)

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)

The Space Between Us (2017)

Criss Angel Trick'd Up (2016)

Criminal (2016)

Man Down (2015)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)

The Driver (2015)

Child 44 (2015)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

I Am Steve McQueen (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

RoboCop (2014)

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)

La Petite Mort (2013)

Paranoia (2013)

Ending the Knight (2012)

Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)

Lawless (2012)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Jack White: Unstaged (2012)

Touch of Evil (2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Red Riding Hood (2011)

Conan (2010)

One Night in Turin (2010)

The Book of Eli (2010)

Planet 51 (2009)

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009)

Rain Fall (2009)

The Unborn (2009)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Gotham Tonight (2008)

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka (2007)

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

The Backwoods (2006)

Donut (2006)

Chutzpah, This Is? (2005)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Dead Fish (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Tiptoes (2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

Sin (2003)

Beat the Devil (2002)

V Graham Norton (2002)

Interstate 60 (2002)

Greg the Bunny (2002)

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001)

The Hire (2001)

Hannibal (2001)

Nobody's Baby (2001)

The Contender (2000)

Alan Clarke: His Own Man (2000)

The Early Show (1999)

Jesus (1999)

Quest for Camelot (1998)

Lost in Space (1998)

Lost In Space Forever (1998)

Air Force One (1997)

Nil by Mouth (1997)

The Fifth Element (1997)

In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross (1996)

Basquiat (1996)

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Murder in the First (1995)

Immortal Beloved (1994)

Friends (1994)

Léon: The Professional (1994)

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993)

Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

True Romance (1993)

Fallen Angels (1993)

Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

HBO First Look (1992)

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1992)

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. (1992)

JFK (1991)

Director: Alan Clarke (1991)

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

Heading Home (1991)

Henry & June (1990)

State of Grace (1990)

Chattahoochee (1990)

Criminal Law (1989)

The Firm (1989)

We Think the World of You (1988)

LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (1988)

Track 29 (1988)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Rat in the Skull (1987)

England's Glory (1987)

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Honest Decent & True (1986)

Meantime (1983)

Dramarama (1983)

Remembrance (1982)

Knots Landing (1979)

The Oscars (1953)

Making of...

Flying Horse

Cape and Cowl

Batman Begins: Behind the Mask
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1958-03-21 (65 years old)
Place of birthLondon, United Kingdom
Height174-centimeter
RelationshipsUma Thurman (1990-10-01 - 1992-04-30), Alexandra Edenborough (2008-12-31 - 2015-01-09), Lesley Manville (1987-01-01 - 1990-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/4d6e6b078d1e5beee05dd21c4c89a247 (1997-01-01 - 2001-01-01), Isabella Rossellini (1994-01-01 - 1996-01-01)
SpouseGisele Schmidt
SiblingsLaila Morse
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
Also known asGary Leonard Oldman, 加里·奧德曼, แกรี โอลด์แมน, Гари Олдман, ゲイリー・オールドマン, غاري أولدمان, 게리 올드먼, 게리 올드만, Γκάρι Όλντμαν, Гэри Олдман
AwardsBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, BAFTA Award for Best British Film
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