Gary Oldman
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieParthenope
2024
John Cheever
movieOppenheimer
2023
Harry Truman
movieWinona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvSlow Horses
2022
Jackson Lamb
movieNosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieHitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
movieThe Woman in the Window
2021
Alistair Russell
movieHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieCrisis
2021
Dr. Tyrone Brower
movieMank
2020
Herman Mankiewicz
movieThe Courier
2019
Ezekiel Mannings
movieThe Laundromat
2019
Jürgen Mossack
movieMary
2019
David
movieKillers Anonymous
2019
The Man
movieObscura
2018
Special guest
movieHunter Killer
2018
CJCS Charles Donnegan
movieBeyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieTau
2018
Tau (voice)
movieDarkest Hour
2017
Winston Churchill
movieThe Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
Vladislav Dukhovich
movieThe Space Between Us
2017
Nathaniel Shepherd
movieMan Down
2016
Captain Peyton
movieCriminal
2016
Quaker Wells
movieThe Driver
2015
Cy (voice)
movieChild 44
2015
General Mikhail Nesterov
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
movieRoboCop
2014
Dr. Dennett Norton
movieLa Petite Mort
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieParanoia
2013
Nicholas Wyatt
movieGuns, Girls and Gambling
2012
Elvis Elvis
movieLawless
2012
Floyd Banner
movieThe Dark Knight Rises
2012
Commissioner Gordon
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
George Smiley
movieKung Fu Panda 2
2011
Lord Shen (voice)
movieRed Riding Hood
2011
Father Soloman
tvConan
2010
Self / Self - Guest
movieOne Night in Turin
2010
Narrator
movieCountdown to Zero
2010
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Book of Eli
2010
Carnegie
moviePlanet 51
2009
General Grawl (voice)
movieA Christmas Carol
2009
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Self - Guest
movieRain Fall
2009
Holtzer
movieThe Unborn
2009
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
movieThe Dark Knight
2008
Gordon
tvGotham Tonight
2008
Lt. James Gordon
movieThe Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieIn Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Sirius Black
movieDead Fish
2005
Lynch
movieBatman Begins
2005
Jim Gordon
movieSin
2003
Charlie Storm
movieTiptoes
2002
Rolfe
movieInterstate 60
2002
O.W. Grant
tvThe Hire
2001
Devil
movieHannibal
2001
Mason Verger
movieNobody's Baby
2001
Buford Dill
movieThe Contender
2000
Shelly Runyon
movieJesus
1999
Pontius Pilate
tvJesus
1999
Pontius Pilate
movieQuest for Camelot
1998
Ruber (voice)
movieLost in Space
1998
Dr. Zachary Smith
movieLost In Space Forever
1998
Self (also archive footage)
movieAir Force One
1997
Ivan Korshunov
movieBasquiat
1996
Albert Milo
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1995
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
movieMurder in the First
1995
Associate Milton Glenn
movieImmortal Beloved
1994
Ludwig van Beethoven
tvFriends
1994
Richard Crosby
movieLéon: The Professional
1994
Norman Stansfield
movieThe Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
movieRomeo Is Bleeding
1993
Jack Grimaldi
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieTrue Romance
1993
Drexl Spivey
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
tvFallen Angels
1993
Pat Kelley
tvHBO First Look
1992
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
movieJFK
1991
Lee Harvey Oswald
movieRosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
Rosencrantz
movieHeading Home
1991
Ian Tyson
movieState of Grace
1990
Jackie
movieChattahoochee
1990
Emmett Foley
movieCriminal Law
1989
Ben Chase
movieThe Firm
1989
Bex Bissell
movieTrack 29
1988
Martin
moviePrick Up Your Ears
1987
Joe Orton
Rat in the Skull
1987
Police Constable Eric Naylor
movieEngland's Glory
1987
Interviewee
movieSid and Nancy
1986
Sid Vicious
tvScreen Two
1985
Bex / Derek Bates / Ian Tyson
tvMorgan's Boy
1984
Colin
movieRemembrance
1982
Daniel
tvKnots Landing
1979
Don Ross
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Flying Horse
Eadweard Muybridge
Production5
tvSlow Horses
2022
Executive Producer
movieNobody's Baby
2001
Producer
movieThe Contender
2000
Executive Producer
moviePlunkett & Macleane
1999
Executive Producer
movieNil by Mouth
1997
Producer
Directing4
movieJack White: Unstaged
2012
Director
movieDonut
2006
Director
movieNil by Mouth
1997
Director
Flying Horse
Director