Gary Oldman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-03-21 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Gary Oldman
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.
Known For
Acting
Flying Horse
as Eadweard Muybridge
(2024)
Parthenope
as John Cheever
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as Harry Truman
(2022)
(2022)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Dracula Unearthed
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
(2021)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
(2021)
The Woman in the Window
as Alistair Russell
(2021)
Crisis
as Dr. Tyrone Brower
(2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
Exposing Muybridge
as Self
(2020)
Mank
as Herman Mankiewicz
(2020)
(2019)
The Courier
as Ezekiel Mannings
(2019)
The Laundromat
as Jürgen Mossack
(2019)
Mary
as David
(2019)
Killers Anonymous
as The Man
(2018)
Hunter Killer
as CJCS Charles Donnegan
(2018)
Tau
as Tau (voice)
(2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Obscura
as Special guest
(2017)
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Vladislav Dukhovich
(2017)
Darkest Hour
as Winston Churchill
(2017)
The Space Between Us
as Nathaniel Shepherd
(2017)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
The Human Face
as Self
(2016)
Criminal
as Quaker Wells
(2016)
(2016)
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
as Self
(2015)
Child 44
as General Mikhail Nesterov
(2015)
Man Down
as Captain Peyton
(2015)
The Driver
as Cy (voice)
(2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
as Dreyfus
(2014)
RoboCop
as Dr. Dennett Norton
(2014)
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self
(2013)
Paranoia
as Nicholas Wyatt
(2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
La Petite Mort
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Commissioner Gordon
(2012)
Lawless
as Floyd Banner
(2012)
Ending the Knight
as Self
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
Guns, Girls and Gambling
as Elvis Elvis
(2012)
Jack White: Unstaged
as Self
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Sirius Black
(2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Lord Shen (voice)
(2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley
(2011)
Red Riding Hood
as Father Soloman
(2011)
Touch of Evil
as The Menacing Dummy
(2010)
The Book of Eli
as Carnegie
(2010)
Countdown to Zero
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
One Night in Turin
as Narrator
(2009)
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
(2009)
Planet 51
as General Grawl (voice)
(2009)
The Unborn
as Rabbi Joseph Sendak
(2009)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
(2009)
Rain Fall
as Holtzer
(2008)
The Dark Knight
as Gordon
(2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Sirius Black
(2007)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Backwoods
as Paul
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Sirius Black
(2005)
Batman Begins
as Jim Gordon
(2005)
Dead Fish
as Lynch
(2005)
(2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Sirius Black
(2004)
(2003)
Sin
as Charlie Storm
(2002)
Interstate 60
as O.W. Grant
(2002)
Tiptoes
as Rolfe
(2002)
Beat the Devil
as Devil
(2001)
Hannibal
as Mason Verger
(2001)
Nobody's Baby
as Buford Dill
(2001)
(2000)
The Contender
as Shelly Runyon
(2000)
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
(1999)
Jesus
as Pontius Pilate
(1998)
Lost in Space
as Dr. Zachary Smith
(1998)
Quest for Camelot
as Ruber (voice)
(1998)
Lost In Space Forever
as Self (also archive footage)
(1997)
The Fifth Element
as Zorg
(1997)
Air Force One
as Ivan Korshunov
(1996)
Basquiat
as Albert Milo
(1996)
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
(1995)
Murder in the First
as Glenn
(1995)
The Scarlet Letter
as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
(1994)
Léon: The Professional
as Norman Stansfield
(1994)
Immortal Beloved
as Ludwig van Beethoven
(1993)
True Romance
as Drexl Spivey
(1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Jack Grimaldi
(1993)
(1993)
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
(1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
as Dracula
(1992)
(1991)
JFK
as Lee Harvey Oswald
(1991)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Rosencrantz
(1991)
Heading Home
as Ian Tyson
(1991)
(1990)
State of Grace
as Jackie
(1990)
Henry & June
as Pop
(1990)
Chattahoochee
as Emmett Foley
(1989)
Criminal Law
as Ben Chase
(1989)
The Firm
as Bex Bissell
(1988)
Track 29
as Martin
(1988)
We Think the World of You
as Johnny
(1987)
Prick Up Your Ears
as Joe Orton
(1987)
England's Glory
as Interviewee
(1987)
Rat in the Skull
as Police Constable Eric Naylor
(1986)
Sid and Nancy
as Sid Vicious
(1986)
Honest Decent & True
as Derek Bates
(1984)
Morgan's Boy
as Colin
(1983)
Meantime
as Coxy
(1982)
Remembrance
as Daniel
Crew
Flying Horse
Director, Writer
(2012)
Jack White: Unstaged
Director
(2006)
Donut
Director
(2001)
Nobody's Baby
Producer
(2000)
The Contender
Executive Producer
(1999)
Plunkett & MacLeane
Executive Producer
(1997)
Nil by Mouth
Director, Writer, Producer