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.

Movies unavailable from Gary Oldman

Lost in Space

Dr. Zachary Smith

Movie 1998

The Scarlet Letter

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

Movie 1995

The Backwoods

Paul

Movie 2006

Rain Fall

Holtzer

Movie 2009

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Self

Movie 2022

Sid and Nancy

Sid Vicious

Movie 1986

One Night in Turin

Narrator

Movie 2010

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2022

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Self

Movie 2009

Red Riding Hood

Father Soloman

Movie 2011

Beat the Devil

Devil

Movie 2002

Meantime

Coxy

Movie 1983

Lost In Space Forever

Self (also archive footage)

Movie 1998

We Think the World of You

Johnny

Movie 1988

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2017

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

Self

Movie 2012

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Self

Movie 2004

Parthenope

John Cheever

Movie 2024

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2021

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2022

Dracula Unearthed

Count Dracula (archive footage)

Movie 2022

Flying Horse

Eadweard Muybridge

Movie

In Search of Dracula

Self

Movie 1996

Morgan's Boy

Colin

Movie 1984

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

Self

Movie 2021

The Space Between Us

Nathaniel Shepherd

Movie 2017

Heading Home

Ian Tyson

Movie 1991

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

Self

Movie 1992

Darkest Hour

Winston Churchill

Movie 2017

Jack White: Unstaged

Self

Movie 2012

Countdown to Zero

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2010

Rat in the Skull

Police Constable Eric Naylor

Movie 1987

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

Self

Movie 2000

England's Glory

Interviewee

Movie 1987

Chutzpah, This Is?

Movie 2005

Director: Alan Clarke

Movie 1991

The Human Face

Self

Movie 2017

La Petite Mort

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2013

Tau

Tau (voice)

Movie 2018

The Woman in the Window

Alistair Russell

Movie 2021

Obscura

Self

Movie 2018

Mank

Herman Mankiewicz

Movie 2020

The Driver

Cy (voice)

Movie 2015

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2018

Criss Angel Trick'd Up

Self

Movie 2016

I Am Steve McQueen

Self

Movie 2014

Ending the Knight

Self

Movie 2012

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

Movie 1993

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2013

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self

Movie 1993

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Self

Movie 2001

Exposing Muybridge

Self

Movie 2021

A Place Among the Dead

GO

Movie 2020

Tv series unavailable from Gary Oldman

Greg the Bunny

Tv 2002

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tv 2003

The Early Show

Self

Tv 1999

Fallen Angels

Pat Kelley

Tv 1993

V Graham Norton

Self

Tv 2002

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Tv 2014

The Hire

Devil

Tv 2001

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self

Tv 2015

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Tv 1988

Savage Builds

Self

Tv 2019

Honest Trailers

James Gordon (archive footage)

Tv 2012

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Tv 2007

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

HBO First Look

Self / Ludwig van Beethoven

Tv 1992

Conan

Self

Tv 2010

Jesus

Pontius Pilate

Tv 2000

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

Tv 2014