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