1958-03-21 London, England, UK
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.
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Parthenope | John Cheever | 2024-10-24 |
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Oppenheimer | Harry Truman | 2023-07-19 |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | 2022-01-01 |
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Nosferatu – Ein Film wie ein Vampir | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-09 |
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Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief | Self (archive footage) | 2022-04-09 |
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Crisis | Dr. Tyrone Brower | 2021-02-26 |
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The Woman in the Window | Alistair Russell | 2021-05-13 |
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-26 |
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The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank | Self | 2021-02-27 |
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage) | 2021-06-14 |
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Exposing Muybridge | Self | 2021-10-01 |
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A Place Among the Dead | GO | 2020-11-09 |
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Mank | Herman Mankiewicz | 2020-11-13 |
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Mary | David | 2019-09-19 |
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The Laundromat | Jürgen Mossack | 2019-09-27 |
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Killers Anonymous | The Man | 2019-06-27 |
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The Courier | Ezekiel Mannings | 2019-11-22 |
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Hunter Killer | CJCS Charles Donnegan | 2018-10-19 |
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Tau | Tau (voice) | 2018-06-29 |
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
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Obscura | Special guest | 2018-10-24 |
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The Human Face | Self | 2017-08-01 |
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The Space Between Us | Nathaniel Shepherd | 2017-01-26 |
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Darkest Hour | Winston Churchill | 2017-11-22 |
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The Hitman's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich | 2017-08-16 |
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Criminal | Quaker Wells | 2016-04-07 |
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | 2016-06-13 |
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Criss Angel Trick'd Up | Self | 2016-10-12 |
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Child 44 | General Mikhail Nesterov | 2015-03-15 |
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Man Down | Captain Peyton | 2015-09-12 |
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The Driver | Cy (voice) | 2015-06-03 |
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RoboCop | Dr. Dennett Norton | 2014-01-30 |
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I Am Steve McQueen | Self | 2014-06-24 |
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Dreyfus | 2014-07-08 |
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Paranoia | Nicholas Wyatt | 2013-08-14 |
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La Petite Mort | Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-15 |
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Jack White: Unstaged | Self | 2012-04-27 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Ending the Knight | Self | 2012-12-04 |
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Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter | Self | 2012-10-10 |
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Lawless | Floyd Banner | 2012-08-29 |
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Guns, Girls and Gambling | Elvis Elvis | 2012-09-05 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Commissioner Gordon | 2012-07-17 |
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | 2011-09-16 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sirius Black | 2011-07-12 |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 | Lord Shen (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
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Red Riding Hood | Father Soloman | 2011-03-10 |
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One Night in Turin | Narrator | 2010-05-11 |
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The Book of Eli | Carnegie | 2010-01-14 |
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Countdown to Zero | Narrator (voice) | 2010-01-25 |
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Rain Fall | Holtzer | 2009-04-24 |
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A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice) | 2009-11-04 |
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Planet 51 | General Grawl (voice) | 2009-11-19 |
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The Unborn | Rabbi Joseph Sendak | 2009-01-09 |
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Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self | 2009-06-01 |
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The Dark Knight | Gordon | 2008-07-16 |
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In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-02 |
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The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-08 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sirius Black | 2007-07-08 |
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The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-02 |
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Bosque de sombras | Paul | 2006-09-24 |
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Chutzpah, This Is? | 2005-11-22 | |
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Batman Begins | Jim Gordon | 2005-06-10 |
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Dead Fish | Lynch | 2005-10-11 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sirius Black | 2005-11-16 |
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self | 2004-06-11 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black | 2004-05-31 |
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Sin | Charlie Storm | 2003-01-01 |
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Beat the Devil | Devil | 2002-11-22 |
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Interstate 60 | O.W. Grant | 2002-04-13 |
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Tiptoes | Rolfe | 2002-12-17 |
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Nobody's Baby | Buford Dill | 2001-01-01 |
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Hannibal | Mason Verger | 2001-02-08 |
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Alan Clarke: His Own Man | Self | 2000-09-18 |
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The Contender | Shelly Runyon | 2000-10-13 |
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Jesus | Pontius Pilate | 1999-12-05 |
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Lost In Space Forever | Self (also archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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Lost in Space | Dr. Zachary Smith | 1998-04-03 |
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Quest for Camelot | Ruber (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
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Air Force One | Ivan Korshunov | 1997-07-25 |
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Le Cinquième Élément | Zorg | 1997-05-02 |
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Vem Var Dracula | Self | 1996-10-02 |
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Basquiat | Albert Milo | 1996-08-09 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale | 1995-10-13 |
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Murder in the First | Glenn | 1995-01-20 |
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Léon | Norman Stansfield | 1994-09-14 |
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Immortal Beloved | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1994-12-16 |
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True Romance | Drexl Spivey | 1993-09-09 |
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The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald | Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) | 1993-11-09 |
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
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Romeo Is Bleeding | Jack Grimaldi | 1993-09-13 |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Dracula | 1992-11-13 |
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. | Self | 1992-01-01 |
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Heading Home | Ian Tyson | 1991-01-13 |
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JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald | 1991-12-20 |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Rosencrantz | 1991-02-08 |
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Director: Alan Clarke | 1991-07-12 | |
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Chattahoochee | Emmett Foley | 1990-04-20 |
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State of Grace | Jackie | 1990-09-14 |
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Henry & June | Pop | 1990-09-28 |
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The Firm | Bex Bissell | 1989-02-26 |
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Criminal Law | Ben Chase | 1989-04-28 |
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We Think the World of You | Johnny | 1988-12-22 |
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Track 29 | Martin | 1988-05-15 |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Joe Orton | 1987-04-17 |
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Rat in the Skull | Police Constable Eric Naylor | 1987-01-01 |
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England's Glory | Interviewee | 1987-01-01 |
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Honest Decent & True | Derek Bates | 1986-02-09 |
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Sid and Nancy | Sid Vicious | 1986-09-12 |
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Rachel and the Roarettes | Gary | 1985-06-13 |
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Morgan's Boy | Colin | 1984-10-10 |
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Meantime | Coxy | 1983-10-16 |
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Remembrance | Daniel | 1982-10-01 |
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Flying Horse | Eadweard Muybridge |
