Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1958-03-21
Place of Birth:New Cross, London, England, UK
Also Known As: Gary Leonard Oldman / Гері Олдмен / გარი ოლდმენი / ゲイリー・レナード・オールドマン / جارى اولدمان /
Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1958-03-21 More

Biography

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.
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Drama History
Dracula Unearthed
Documentary Horror
Slow Horses
Crime Drama Comedy
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Action Comedy Crime Thriller
The Woman in the Window
Crime Mystery Thriller
Crisis
Thriller Crime Drama
Mank
Drama History
A Place Among the Dead
Crime Horror Thriller
The Courier
Action Thriller Adventure Crime
The Laundromat
Crime Drama Comedy
Mary
Horror Mystery
Killers Anonymous
Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Hunter Killer
Action Adventure Thriller
Tau
Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Darkest Hour
Drama History
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Action Comedy Crime Thriller
The Space Between Us
Romance Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Criminal
Action Crime Science Fiction
Man Down
Thriller Drama War
Child 44
Crime Thriller
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
RoboCop
Science Fiction Action Crime
Paranoia
Drama Thriller
Lawless
Crime Drama Western
The Dark Knight Rises
Action Crime Drama Thriller
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Drama Thriller Mystery
Kung Fu Panda 2
Animation Family Comedy
Red Riding Hood
Thriller Drama Fantasy Mystery Horror
Conan
Talk Comedy News
The Book of Eli
Action Thriller Science Fiction
Planet 51
Animation Family Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
A Christmas Carol
Animation Family Fantasy
Rain Fall
Thriller Action Adventure
The Unborn
Horror Thriller Mystery
The Dark Knight
Drama Action Crime Thriller
The Backwoods
Horror Thriller Action
Dead Fish
Thriller Adventure Action Comedy
Batman Begins
Action Crime Drama
Tiptoes
Comedy Drama Romance
Beat the Devil
Comedy Action Fantasy
Interstate 60
Adventure Comedy Fantasy
The Hire
Action & Adventure Crime
Hannibal
Crime Drama Thriller
The Contender
Drama Thriller
Jesus
Adventure Drama TV Movie
Quest for Camelot
Fantasy Animation Drama Romance Family
Lost in Space
Science Fiction Adventure
Lost In Space Forever
Documentary TV Movie
Air Force One
Action Thriller
The Fifth Element
Science Fiction Action Adventure
Basquiat
Drama History
The Scarlet Letter
Drama Romance Western
Immortal Beloved
Drama Music Romance
Romeo Is Bleeding
Crime Drama Romance
True Romance
Action Crime Romance
Fallen Angels
Crime Drama Mystery
JFK
Drama Thriller History
Heading Home
Romance TV Movie
State of Grace
Drama Crime Thriller
Criminal Law
Drama Thriller Romance
The Firm
Drama Crime
Track 29
Drama Mystery
England's Glory
Documentary Music
Rat in the Skull
Drama TV Movie
Honest Decent & True
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  • name:Gary Oldman
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1958-03-21
  • Place of Birth:New Cross, London, England, UK
  • Also Known As: Gary Leonard Oldman · Гері Олдмен · გარი ოლდმენი · ゲイリー・レナード・オールドマン · جارى اولدمان ·
  • Biography: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.
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