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