Gary Oldman
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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.
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Credits
The Fifth Element (1997)
as Zorg
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The Dark Knight (2008)
as Gordon
Oppenheimer (2023)
as Harry Truman
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Sirius Black
Léon: The Professional (1994)
as Norman Stansfield
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Commissioner Gordon
Batman Begins (2005)
as Jim Gordon
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
as Dreyfus
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
as Shen (voice)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as Dracula
Hunter Killer (2018)
as CJCS Charles Donnegan
The Book of Eli (2010)
as Carnegie
True Romance (1993)
as Drexl Spivey
Darkest Hour (2017)
as Winston Churchill
Child 44 (2015)
as General Mikhail Nesterov
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
as Vladislav Dukhovich
A Christmas Carol (2009)
as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Red Riding Hood (2011)
as Father Soloman
Air Force One (1997)
as Ivan Korshunov
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
RoboCop (2014)
as Dr. Dennett Norton
Lost in Space (1998)
as Dr. Zachary Smith
The Laundromat (2019)
as Jürgen Mossack
The Space Between Us (2017)
as Nathaniel Shepherd
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
Parthenope (2024)
as John Cheever
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as George Smiley
Criminal (2016)
as Quaker Wells
JFK (1991)
as Lee Harvey Oswald
The Courier (2019)
as Ezekiel Mannings
Planet 51 (2009)
as General Grawl (voice)
Murder in the First (1995)
as Associate Milton Glenn
Lawless (2012)
as Floyd Banner
Quest for Camelot (1998)
as Ruber (voice)
State of Grace (1990)
as Jackie
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
The Unborn (2009)
as Rabbi Joseph Sendak
The Woman in the Window (2021)
as Alistair Russell
Mank (2020)
as Herman Mankiewicz
Interstate 60 (2002)
as O.W. Grant
Immortal Beloved (1994)
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Henry & June (1990)
as Pop
Paranoia (2013)
as Nicholas Wyatt
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Jack Grimaldi
Jesus (1999)
as Pontius Pilate
The Contender (2000)
as Shelly Runyon
Sid and Nancy (1986)
as Sid Vicious
Man Down (2016)
as Captain Peyton
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
as Rosencrantz
Killers Anonymous (2019)
as The Man
Crisis (2021)
as Dr. Tyrone Brower
Mary (2019)
as David
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Tau (2018)
as Tau (voice)
Tiptoes (2002)
as Rolfe
The Backwoods (2006)
as Paul
Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
as Elvis Elvis
Criminal Law (1989)
as Ben Chase
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Joe Orton
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Basquiat (1996)
as Albert Milo
I Am Steve McQueen (2014)
as Self
Ending the Knight (2012)
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Sin (2003)
as Charlie Storm
The Firm (1989)
as Bex Bissell
Hannibal (2001)
as Mason Verger
A Place Among the Dead (2020)
as GO
Rain Fall (2009)
as Holtzer
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001)
as Self
Heading Home (1991)
as Ian Tyson
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009)
as Self
Nobody's Baby (2001)
as Buford Dill
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992)
as Self
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter (2012)
as Self
Obscura (2018)
as Special guest
Lost in Space Forever (1998)
as Self (also archive footage)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
as Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man (2000)
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
as Self
Countdown to Zero (2010)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Beat the Devil (2002)
as Devil
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Track 29 (1988)
as Martin
Exposing Muybridge (2021)
as Self
Dead Fish (2005)
as Lynch
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
as Self
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
as Self
Meantime (1983)
as Coxy
Rat in the Skull (1987)
as Police Constable Eric Naylor
We Think the World of You (1988)
as Johnny
The Driver (2015)
as Cy (voice)
Criss Angel Trick'd Up (2016)
as Self
One Night in Turin (2010)
as Narrator
Remembrance (1982)
as Daniel
Rachel and the Roarettes (1985)
as Gary
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Chattahoochee (1990)
as Emmett Foley
Director: Alan Clarke (1991)
Actor
England's Glory (1987)
as Interviewee
Chutzpah, This Is? (2005)
Actor
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (—)
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
The Year of Magical Thinking (—)
Actor
La Petite Mort (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Jack White: Unstaged (2012)
as Self
Honest Decent & True (1986)
as Derek Bates
Morgan's Boy (1984)
as Colin
The Human Face (2017)
as Self