Gary Oldman

Acting March 21, 1958 (68 years old) London, England, UK

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.

Movies 115

8.5

The Dark Knight

as Gordon

2008

8.0

Oppenheimer

as Harry Truman

2023

7.8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Sirius Black

2005

8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Sirius Black

2004

8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Sirius Black

2011

7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Sirius Black

2007

7.8

The Dark Knight Rises

as Commissioner Gordon

2012

8.3

Léon: The Professional

as Norman Stansfield

1994

7.7

Batman Begins

as Jim Gordon

2005

7.6

The Fifth Element

as Zorg

1997

7.4

Bram Stoker's Dracula

as Dracula

1992

7.3

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

as Dreyfus

2014

7.1

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Shen (voice)

2011

7.5

True Romance

as Drexl Spivey

1993

6.9

A Christmas Carol

as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)

2009

6.8

The Book of Eli

as Carnegie

2010

7.3

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

as Self

2022

6.9

The Hitman's Bodyguard

as Vladislav Dukhovich

2017

6.5

Air Force One

as Ivan Korshunov

1997

7.4

Darkest Hour

as Winston Churchill

2017

5.9

RoboCop

as Dr. Dennett Norton

2014

6.9

Hunter Killer

as CJCS Charles Donnegan

2018

6.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as George Smiley

2011

6.3

Child 44

as General Mikhail Nesterov

2015

7.6

JFK

as Lee Harvey Oswald

1991

6.6

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)

2021

6.0

Red Riding Hood

as Father Soloman

2011

5.4

Lost in Space

as Dr. Zachary Smith

1998

5.9

Planet 51

as General Grawl (voice)

2009

7.1

Lawless

as Floyd Banner

2012

6.7

Parthenope

as John Cheever

2024

6.2

Criminal

as Quaker Wells

2016

6.0

The Laundromat

as Jürgen Mossack

2019

7.0

The Space Between Us

as Nathaniel Shepherd

2017

6.0

The Woman in the Window

as Alistair Russell

2021

6.7

Mank

as Herman Mankiewicz

2020

6.1

Henry & June

as Pop

1990

5.2

The Unborn

as Rabbi Joseph Sendak

2009

6.8

Quest for Camelot

as Ruber (voice)

1998

7.1

Murder in the First

as Associate Milton Glenn

1995

6.9

State of Grace

as Jackie

1990

6.1

The Scarlet Letter

as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

1995

7.4

Interstate 60

as O.W. Grant

2002

6.0

The Courier

as Ezekiel Mannings

2019

5.7

Paranoia

as Nicholas Wyatt

2013

6.6

Basquiat

as Albert Milo

1996

7.1

Immortal Beloved

as Ludwig van Beethoven

1994

6.2

Romeo Is Bleeding

as Jack Grimaldi

1993

6.7

Sid and Nancy

as Sid Vicious

1986

6.1

Tau

as Tau (voice)

2018

5.4

Guns, Girls and Gambling

as Elvis Elvis

2012

6.8

Jesus

as Pontius Pilate

1999

6.2

Crisis

as Dr. Tyrone Brower

2021

3.9

Tiptoes

as Rolfe

2002

6.8

Hannibal

as Mason Verger

2001

6.9

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

as Rosencrantz

1991

5.0

Mary

as David

2019

7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012

6.7

The Contender

as Shelly Runyon

2000

4.6

Killers Anonymous

as The Man

2019

7.1

Ending the Knight

as Self

2012

6.0

Man Down

as Captain Peyton

2016

7.5

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

as Self (archive footage)

2022

5.8

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

as Self

1993

6.7

Prick Up Your Ears

as Joe Orton

1987

5.6

Criminal Law

as Ben Chase

1989

6.7

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

as Self

2012

4.8

Rain Fall

as Holtzer

2009

6.5

The Firm

as Bex Bissell

1989

5.4

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

as Self (archive footage)

2018

4.8

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2021

6.7

Meantime

as Coxy

1983

5.6

Dead Fish

as Lynch

2005

5.6

Track 29

as Martin

1988

2.4

A Place Among the Dead

as GO

2020

6.4

We Think the World of You

as Johnny

1988

5.7

Chattahoochee

as Emmett Foley

1990

5.4

The Backwoods

as Paul

2006

6.1

I Am Steve McQueen

as Self

2014

7.1

Beat the Devil

as Devil

2002

4.7

Sin

as Charlie Storm

2003

7.5

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

as Self

2009

8.0

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

as Self (archive footage)

2007

6.2

One Night in Turin

as Narrator

2010

7.7

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

as Self (archive footage)

2007

7.7

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

as Self - Sirius Black

2004

7.1

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

as Self

2001

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

as Self

2016

6.8

Lost in Space Forever

as Self (also archive footage)

1998

8.0

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

as Self (archive footage)

2007

6.4

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

as Self

1992

6.8

Exposing Muybridge

as Self

2021

5.2

Nobody's Baby

as Buford Dill

2001

6.3

Countdown to Zero

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

4.5

Remembrance

as Daniel

1982

7.0

Honest Decent & True

as Derek Bates

1986

7.3

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

1993

5.0

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

as Self (archive footage)

2022

8.0

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

as Self

2000

Rat in the Skull

as Police Constable Eric Naylor

1987

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

Rachel and the Roarettes

as Gary

1985

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

as Self

2021

Director: Alan Clarke

1991

10.0

Criss Angel Trick'd Up

as Self

2016

5.8

The Driver

as Cy (voice)

2015

6.0

Heading Home

as Ian Tyson

1991

The Year of Magical Thinking

Obscura

as Special guest

2018

2.0

England's Glory

as Interviewee

1987

5.0

Chutzpah, This Is?

2005

Jack White: Unstaged

as Self

2012

9.0

The Human Face

as Self

2017

5.4

La Petite Mort

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Fatal addiction: Heath Ledger

as Self (found footage)

2023

TV Shows 38

8.4

Friends

as Richard Crosby

1994

6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1993

5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014

6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

2015

7.2

Conan

as Self

2010

7.2

Conan

as Self - Guest

2010

8.1

Slow Horses

as Jackson Lamb

2022

5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003

7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993

6.5

Frontline

as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

1983

6.9

Knots Landing

as Don Ross

1979

5.6

The South Bank Show

1978

7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944

5.1

Film '72

as Self

1971

7.1

Screen Two

as Bex

1985

7.1

Screen Two

as Derek Bates

1985

7.1

Screen Two

as Ian Tyson

1985

4.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

2014

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2015

5.3

V Graham Norton

as Self

2002

7.2

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

2009

7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953

6.9

Timewatch

as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

1982

8.2

Tracey Takes On...

as Hairdresser

1996

5.5

HBO First Look

as Self / Ludwig van Beethoven

1992

7.2

Dramarama

as Ben

1983

6.2

The Early Show

as Self

1999

6.6

Fallen Angels

as Pat Kelley

1993

6.1

Greg the Bunny

as Gary Oldman

2002

7.7

The Hire

as Devil

2001

6.0

Movies with Ali Plumb

as Self

2016

Summer Season

as Gary

1985

7.0

Morgan's Boy

as Colin

1984

7.2

Savage Builds

as Self

2019

8.5

Jesus

as Pontius Pilate

1999

7.2

Gotham Tonight

as Lt. James Gordon

2008