Gary Oldman
Acting
Born: March 21, 1958 (age 68) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
The Dark Knight
2008
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Batman Begins
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Léon: The Professional
1994
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
Oppenheimer
2023
The Fifth Element
1997
Friends
1994
Photos (16)
Movies (87)
The Dark Knight
Gordon
Oppenheimer
Harry Truman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sirius Black
The Dark Knight Rises
Commissioner Gordon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sirius Black
Léon: The Professional
Norman Stansfield
Batman Begins
Jim Gordon
The Fifth Element
Zorg
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dreyfus
Hunter Killer
CJCS Charles Donnegan
Kung Fu Panda 2
Lord Shen (voice)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula
True Romance
Drexl Spivey
The Book of Eli
Carnegie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
Air Force One
Ivan Korshunov
RoboCop
Dr. Dennett Norton
Child 44
General Mikhail Nesterov
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Darkest Hour
Winston Churchill
The Space Between Us
Nathaniel Shepherd
JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
The Woman in the Window
Alistair Russell
Lawless
Floyd Banner
Lost in Space
Dr. Zachary Smith
Planet 51
General Grawl (voice)
Red Riding Hood
Father Soloman
Parthenope
John Cheever
Criminal
Quaker Wells
The Laundromat
Jürgen Mossack
The Courier
Ezekiel Mannings
Mank
Herman Mankiewicz
The Unborn
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
State of Grace
Jackie
Interstate 60
O.W. Grant
Quest for Camelot
Ruber (voice)
Man Down
Captain Peyton
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jack Grimaldi
Henry & June
Pop
Murder in the First
Associate Milton Glenn
The Scarlet Letter
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Paranoia
Nicholas Wyatt
Crisis
Dr. Tyrone Brower
Immortal Beloved
Ludwig van Beethoven
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Elvis Elvis
Mary
David
Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Basquiat
Albert Milo
Tau
Tau (voice)
Sid and Nancy
Sid Vicious
Criminal Law
Ben Chase
Killers Anonymous
The Man
Rain Fall
Holtzer
The Contender
Shelly Runyon
The Backwoods
Paul
Tiptoes
Rolfe
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Hannibal
Mason Verger
Obscura
Special guest
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz
Dead Fish
Lynch
Meantime
Coxy
The Firm
Bex Bissell
Sin
Charlie Storm
Heading Home
Ian Tyson
Prick Up Your Ears
Joe Orton
Beat the Devil
Devil
The Driver
Cy (voice)
A Place Among the Dead
GO
Chattahoochee
Emmett Foley
Nobody's Baby
Buford Dill
Track 29
Martin
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Remembrance
Daniel
One Night in Turin
Narrator
We Think the World of You
Johnny
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
La Petite Mort
Narrator (voice)
England's Glory
Interviewee
Chutzpah, This Is?
2005
Countdown to Zero
Narrator (voice)
Morgan's Boy
Colin
Rachel and the Roarettes
Gary
TV Shows (14)
Friends
Richard Crosby · 1 eps
Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb · 36 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
Knots Landing
Don Ross · 1 eps
Screen Two
Bex · 1 eps
Screen Two
Derek Bates · 1 eps
Screen Two
Ian Tyson · 1 eps
Fallen Angels
Pat Kelley · 1 eps
Greg the Bunny
1 eps
Dramarama
Ben · 1 eps
The Hire
Devil · 1 eps
Morgan's Boy
Colin · 8 eps
Jesus
Pontius Pilate · 2 eps
Gotham Tonight
Lt. James Gordon · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (42)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 2 eps
Conan
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
HBO First Look
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Ending the Knight
Self
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self · 1 eps
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Savage Builds
Self · 1 eps
I Am Steve McQueen
Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
Exposing Muybridge
Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
The Human Face
Self
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Lost In Space Forever
Self (also archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self (archive footage)
Jack White: Unstaged
Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Self
