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Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Actor · b. 1958 · 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.

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  • Movie8.5

    The Dark Knight

    2008 · 36K votes

  • Movie8.0

    Oppenheimer

    2023 · 12K votes

  • Movie7.8

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012 · 24K votes

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  • Movie8.1
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    Batman Begins

    2005 · 23K votes

  • Movie8.3

    Léon

    Léon: The Professional

    1994 · 16K votes

  • Movie7.6

    Le Cinquième Élément

    The Fifth Element

    1997 · 12K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Kung Fu Panda 2

    2011 · 8.1K votes

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    State of Grace

    1990 · 436 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992 · 5.9K votes

  • Movie6.9

    A Christmas Carol

    2009 · 5K votes

  • Movie6.0

    Red Riding Hood

    2011 · 3.4K votes

  • Movie6.6

    Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

    2021 · 2.7K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Hunter Killer

    2018 · 2.5K votes

  • Movie7.5

    True Romance

    1993 · 3.2K votes

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    Darkest Hour

    2017 · 5.6K votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Hitman's Bodyguard

    2017 · 6.8K votes

  • Movie5.9

    RoboCop

    2014 · 6K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Child 44

    2015 · 1.9K votes

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    Conan

    2010 · 265 votes

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  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV5.6

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV8.4

    Friends

    1994 · 9.4K votes

  • TV8.0

    Slow Horses

    2022 · 991 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

  • TV6.9

    Knots Landing

    1979 · 47 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV4.2
  • TV7.1

    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.2

    The Early Show

    1999 · 10 votes

  • TV5.3

    V Graham Norton

    2002 · 6 votes

  • TV5.1

    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV6.6

    Fallen Angels

    1993 · 15 votes

  • TV7.3

    Dramarama

    1983 · 4 votes

  • TV5.5

    HBO First Look

    1992 · 13 votes

  • TV6.1

    Greg the Bunny

    2002 · 15 votes