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 Londons 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 Stokers 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 cinemas 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.
Dr. Zachary Smith
Film 1998
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Film 1995
Paul
Film 2006
Holtzer
Film 2009
Self
Film 2022
Sid Vicious
Film 1986
Narrator
Film 2010
Self (archive footage)
Film 2022
Self
Film 2009
Father Soloman
Film 2011
Devil
Film 2002
Coxy
Film 1983
Self (also archive footage)
Film 1998
Johnny
Film 1988
Self (archive footage)
Film 2017
Self
Film 2012
Self
Film 2004
John Cheever
Film 2024
Self (archive footage)
Film 2021
Self (archive footage)
Film 2022
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Film 2022
Eadweard Muybridge
Film
Self
Film 1996
Colin
Film 1984
Self
Film 2021
Nathaniel Shepherd
Film 2017
Ian Tyson
Film 1991
Self
Film 1992
Winston Churchill
Film 2017
Self
Film 2012
Narrator (voice)
Film 2010
Police Constable Eric Naylor
Film 1987
Self
Film 2000
Interviewee
Film 1987
Film 2005
Film 1991
Self
Film 2017
Narrator (voice)
Film 2013
Tau (voice)
Film 2018
Alistair Russell
Film 2021
Self
Film 2018
Herman Mankiewicz
Film 2020
Cy (voice)
Film 2015
Self (archive footage)
Film 2018
Self
Film 2016
Self
Film 2014
Self
Film 2012
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Film 1993
Self (archive footage)
Film 2013
Self (archive footage)
Film 2007
Self (archive footage)
Film 2007
Self (archive footage)
Film 2007
Self
Film 1993
Self
Film 2001
Self
Film 2021
GO
Film 2020
Tv 2002
Tv 2003
Self
Tv 1999
Pat Kelley
Tv 1993
Self
Tv 2002
Self
Tv 2014
Devil
Tv 2001
Self
Tv 2015
Tv 1988
Self
Tv 2019
James Gordon (archive footage)
Tv 2012
Self
Tv 2007
Self
Tv 1953
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
Tv 1992
Self
Tv 2010
Pontius Pilate
Tv 2000
Self
Tv 2014