Gary Oldman

Known for ActingBorn 1958-03-21 (age 68)London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Criss Angel Trick'd Up

The Human Face

The Dark Knight

Jesus

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Friends

Oppenheimer

Léon: The Professional

Slow Horses

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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

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

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

The Dark Knight Rises

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Batman Begins

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

The Hire

The Fifth Element

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Darkest Hour

JFK

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

True Romance

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interstate 60

Savage Builds

Gotham Tonight

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

Ending the Knight

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Lawless

Exposing Muybridge

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Kung Fu Panda 2

The Space Between Us

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Beat the Devil

Murder in the First

Hunter Killer

Dramarama