Gary Oldman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-03-21
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Gary Oldman
Biography
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.
Also Known For
The Fifth Element
May 02, 1997
Léon: The Professional
Sep 14, 1994
The Dark Knight
Jul 16, 2008
Batman Begins
Jun 10, 2005
True Romance
Sep 09, 1993
Basquiat
Aug 09, 1996
Romeo Is Bleeding
Sep 13, 1993
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
May 31, 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nov 16, 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jul 08, 2007
Lost in Space
Apr 03, 1998
State of Grace
Sep 14, 1990
JFK
Dec 20, 1991
The Scarlet Letter
Oct 13, 1995
Jesus
Dec 05, 1999
Interstate 60
Apr 13, 2002
The Book of Eli
Jan 14, 2010
The Contender
Oct 13, 2000
Murder in the First
Jan 20, 1995
Tiptoes
Dec 17, 2002
Hannibal
Feb 08, 2001
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jul 12, 2011
Air Force One
Jul 25, 1997
The Backwoods
Sep 24, 2006
Prick Up Your Ears
Apr 17, 1987
Rain Fall
Apr 24, 2009
Immortal Beloved
Dec 16, 1994
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Jan 01, 2022
The Unborn
Jan 09, 2009
Criminal Law
Apr 28, 1989
Track 29
May 15, 1988
Sid and Nancy
Sep 12, 1986
Sin
Jan 01, 2003
One Night in Turin
May 11, 2010
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Mar 09, 2022
Planet 51
Nov 19, 2009
The Dark Knight Rises
Jul 17, 2012
A Christmas Carol
Nov 04, 2009
The Firm
Feb 26, 1989
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Jun 01, 2009
Nobody's Baby
Jan 01, 2001
Kung Fu Panda 2
May 25, 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sep 16, 2011
Red Riding Hood
Mar 10, 2011
Quest for Camelot
May 15, 1998
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Feb 08, 1991
Dead Fish
Oct 11, 2005
Beat the Devil
Nov 22, 2002
Lawless
Aug 29, 2012
Meantime
Oct 16, 1983
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Feb 04, 2012
Chattahoochee
Apr 20, 1990
Lost In Space Forever
Jan 01, 1998
RoboCop
Jan 30, 2014
We Think the World of You
Dec 22, 1988
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
May 05, 2017
Paranoia
Aug 14, 2013
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Sep 05, 2012
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Jul 08, 2014
Child 44
Mar 15, 2015
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Oct 10, 2012
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Jun 11, 2004
Parthenope
Oct 24, 2024
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Mar 26, 2021
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Apr 09, 2022
Dracula Unearthed
Oct 31, 2022
Henry & June
Sep 28, 1990
Flying Horse
Vem Var Dracula
Oct 02, 1996
Criminal
Apr 07, 2016
Oppenheimer
Jul 19, 2023
Morgan's Boy
Oct 10, 1984
Honest Decent & True
Feb 09, 1986
Man Down
Sep 12, 2015
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Feb 27, 2021
The Space Between Us
Jan 26, 2017
Touch of Evil
Dec 06, 2011
Remembrance
Oct 01, 1982
Heading Home
Jan 13, 1991
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Jan 01, 1992
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Aug 16, 2017
Darkest Hour
Nov 22, 2017
Hunter Killer
Oct 19, 2018
Jack White: Unstaged
Apr 27, 2012
Countdown to Zero
Jan 25, 2010
Rat in the Skull
Jan 01, 1987
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Sep 18, 2000
England's Glory
Jan 01, 1987
Mary
Sep 19, 2019
Chutzpah, This Is?
Nov 22, 2005
Director: Alan Clarke
Jul 12, 1991
The Human Face
Aug 01, 2017
The Laundromat
Sep 27, 2019
La Petite Mort
Aug 15, 2013
Tau
Jun 29, 2018
Killers Anonymous
Jun 27, 2019
The Woman in the Window
May 13, 2021
Obscura
Oct 24, 2018
Crisis
Feb 26, 2021
Mank
Nov 13, 2020
The Courier
Nov 22, 2019
The Driver
Jun 03, 2015
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Aug 21, 2018
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Oct 12, 2016
I Am Steve McQueen
Jun 24, 2014
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Nov 13, 1992
Ending the Knight
Dec 04, 2012
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Nov 09, 1993
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Sep 24, 2013
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Oct 02, 2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Oct 08, 2007
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Oct 02, 2007
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Jan 20, 1993
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Aug 21, 2001
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Jun 14, 2021
Exposing Muybridge
Oct 01, 2021
A Place Among the Dead
Nov 09, 2020
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Jun 13, 2016
Greg the Bunny
Mar 27, 2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Friends
Sep 22, 1994
Dramarama
Sep 12, 1983
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
Knots Landing
Dec 27, 1979
Fallen Angels
Aug 01, 1993
V Graham Norton
May 06, 2002
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Hire
Apr 26, 2001
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Savage Builds
Jun 14, 2019
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Slow Horses
Apr 01, 2022
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Gotham Tonight
Jun 13, 2008
HBO First Look
Jun 12, 1992
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
Jesus
May 14, 2000
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Nov 17, 2009
