Gary Oldman
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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Conan
2010
Conan
2010
Slow Horses
2022
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Friends
1994
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Knots Landing
1979
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
Conan
as Self · 2010
Conan
as Self - Guest · 2010
Slow Horses
as Jackson Lamb · 2022
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Friends
as Richard Crosby · 1994
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Knots Landing
as Don Ross · 1979
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
The South Bank Show
· 1978
Oppenheimer
as Harry Truman · 2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
The Dark Knight
as Gordon · 2008
Screen Two
as Bex · 1985
Screen Two
as Derek Bates · 1985
Screen Two
as Ian Tyson · 1985
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Sirius Black · 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Sirius Black · 2005
The Dark Knight Rises
as Commissioner Gordon · 2012
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Sirius Black · 2007
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Sirius Black · 2011
Léon: The Professional
as Norman Stansfield · 1994
Batman Begins
as Jim Gordon · 2005
The Fifth Element
as Zorg · 1997
V Graham Norton
as Self · 2002
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 2009
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Shen (voice) · 2011
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
as Dreyfus · 2014
Bram Stoker's Dracula
as Dracula · 1992
Hunter Killer
as CJCS Charles Donnegan · 2018
The Book of Eli
as Carnegie · 2010
True Romance
as Drexl Spivey · 1993
Fallen Angels
as Pat Kelley · 1993
HBO First Look
as Self / Ludwig van Beethoven · 1992
Darkest Hour
as Winston Churchill · 2017
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice) · 2009
Child 44
as General Mikhail Nesterov · 2015
Red Riding Hood
as Father Soloman · 2011
Dramarama
as Ben · 1983
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Self · 2022
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Vladislav Dukhovich · 2017
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Air Force One
as Ivan Korshunov · 1997
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage) · 2021
Lost in Space
as Dr. Zachary Smith · 1998
RoboCop
as Dr. Dennett Norton · 2014
Greg the Bunny
· 2002
The Laundromat
as Jürgen Mossack · 2019
The Space Between Us
as Nathaniel Shepherd · 2017
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley · 2011
JFK
as Lee Harvey Oswald · 1991
The Hire
as Devil · 2001
Parthenope
as John Cheever · 2024
Planet 51
as General Grawl (voice) · 2009
Quest for Camelot
as Ruber (voice) · 1998
Lawless
as Floyd Banner · 2012
Criminal
as Quaker Wells · 2016
The Unborn
as Rabbi Joseph Sendak · 2009
State of Grace
as Jackie · 1990
The Courier
as Ezekiel Mannings · 2019
The Scarlet Letter
as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale · 1995
Interstate 60
as O.W. Grant · 2002
Mank
as Herman Mankiewicz · 2020
Murder in the First
as Associate Milton Glenn · 1995
Immortal Beloved
as Ludwig van Beethoven · 1994
The Woman in the Window
as Alistair Russell · 2021
Henry & June
as Pop · 1990
Paranoia
as Nicholas Wyatt · 2013
Movies with Ali Plumb
as Self · 2016
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Jack Grimaldi · 1993
Sid and Nancy
as Sid Vicious · 1986
Man Down
as Captain Peyton · 2016
The Backwoods
as Paul · 2006
Jesus
as Pontius Pilate · 1999
Guns, Girls and Gambling
as Elvis Elvis · 2012
Morgan's Boy
as Colin · 1984
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Rosencrantz · 1991
The Contender
as Shelly Runyon · 2000
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
Killers Anonymous
as The Man · 2019
Crisis
as Dr. Tyrone Brower · 2021
Tau
as Tau (voice) · 2018
Mary
as David · 2019
Tiptoes
as Rolfe · 2002
Criminal Law
as Ben Chase · 1989
Ending the Knight
as Self · 2012
Jesus
as Pontius Pilate · 1999
Savage Builds
as Self · 2019
Gotham Tonight
as Lt. James Gordon · 2008
Prick Up Your Ears
as Joe Orton · 1987
Hannibal
as Mason Verger · 2001
Basquiat
as Albert Milo · 1996
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Sin
as Charlie Storm · 2003
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
The Firm
as Bex Bissell · 1989
Obscura
as Special guest · 2018
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self · 2014
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
Track 29
as Martin · 1988
A Place Among the Dead
as GO · 2020
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self · 2016
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
as Self · 2012
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self · 2004
Rain Fall
as Holtzer · 2009
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Nobody's Baby
as Buford Dill · 2001
Dead Fish
as Lynch · 2005
Heading Home
as Ian Tyson · 1991
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self · 1993
The Driver
as Cy (voice) · 2015
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
as Self · 2001
Beat the Devil
as Devil · 2002
Rat in the Skull
as Police Constable Eric Naylor · 1987
We Think the World of You
as Johnny · 1988
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
as Self · 1992
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self · 2000
Countdown to Zero
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2010
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
as Self · 2016
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self · 2021
Lost in Space Forever
as Self (also archive footage) · 1998
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self · 2009
Meantime
as Coxy · 1983
Exposing Muybridge
as Self · 2021
One Night in Turin
as Narrator · 2010
Director: Alan Clarke
· 1991
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) · 1993
Remembrance
as Daniel · 1982
Chattahoochee
as Emmett Foley · 1990
Rachel and the Roarettes
as Gary · 1985
England's Glory
as Interviewee · 1987
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
The Year of Magical Thinking
Chutzpah, This Is?
· 2005
Morgan's Boy
as Colin · 1984
Honest Decent & True
as Derek Bates · 1986
La Petite Mort
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
Jack White: Unstaged
as Self · 2012
The Human Face
as Self · 2017