Gary Oldman
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
Friends
Richard Crosby
1994
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Film
The Dark Knight
Gordon
2008
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb
2022
Film
Oppenheimer
Harry Truman
2023
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Film
The Dark Knight Rises
Commissioner Gordon
2012
Film
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sirius Black
2005
Film
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sirius Black
2004
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sirius Black
2011
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Film
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sirius Black
2007
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Film
Batman Begins
Jim Gordon
2005
Series
Knots Landing
Don Ross
1979
Film
The Fifth Element
Zorg
1997
Film
Léon: The Professional
Norman Stansfield
1994
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Screen Two
Bex
1985
Series
Screen Two
Derek Bates
1985
Series
Screen Two
Ian Tyson
1985
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dreyfus
2014
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
Kung Fu Panda 2
Lord Shen (voice)
2011
Series
Fallen Angels
Pat Kelley
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
Film
Darkest Hour
Winston Churchill
2017
Film
True Romance
Drexl Spivey
1993
Film
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula
1992
Film
Hunter Killer
CJCS Charles Donnegan
2018
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Film
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich
2017
Film
Child 44
General Mikhail Nesterov
2015
Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
2011
Film
The Book of Eli
Carnegie
2010
Film
Air Force One
Ivan Korshunov
1997
Film
RoboCop
Dr. Dennett Norton
2014
Film
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
2021
Series
HBO First Look
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
1992
Film
Planet 51
General Grawl (voice)
2009
Film
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
2009
Film
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022
Film
Lawless
Floyd Banner
2012
Film
Red Riding Hood
Father Soloman
2011
Film
Lost in Space
Dr. Zachary Smith
1998
Series
The Hire
Devil
2001
Film
JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
1991
Film
The Unborn
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
2009
Film
Criminal
Quaker Wells
2016
Film
Henry & June
Pop
1990
Film
The Courier
Ezekiel Mannings
2019
Film
Parthenope
John Cheever
2024
Film
The Space Between Us
Nathaniel Shepherd
2017
Series
Dramarama
Ben
1983
Film
Quest for Camelot
Ruber (voice)
1998
Series
Greg the Bunny
2002
Film
Interstate 60
O.W. Grant
2002
Film
The Woman in the Window
Alistair Russell
2021
Film
The Laundromat
Jürgen Mossack
2019
Film
State of Grace
Jackie
1990
Film
Murder in the First
Associate Milton Glenn
1995
Film
Mank
Herman Mankiewicz
2020
Film
Sid and Nancy
Sid Vicious
1986
Film
Man Down
Captain Peyton
2016
Film
Crisis
Dr. Tyrone Brower
2021
Film
Paranoia
Nicholas Wyatt
2013
Film
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jack Grimaldi
1993
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
Jesus
Pontius Pilate
1999
Film
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Elvis Elvis
2012
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
The Scarlet Letter
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
1995
Film
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz
1991
Series
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
2016
Film
Immortal Beloved
Ludwig van Beethoven
1994
Film
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Hannibal
Mason Verger
2001
Film
Ending the Knight
Self
2012
Film
The Contender
Shelly Runyon
2000
Film
Tiptoes
Rolfe
2002
Film
Criminal Law
Ben Chase
1989
Film
Mary
David
2019
Film
Dead Fish
Lynch
2005
Film
Tau
Tau (voice)
2018
Film
Killers Anonymous
The Man
2019
Film
The Backwoods
Paul
2006
Film
Heading Home
Ian Tyson
1991
Series
Gotham Tonight
Lt. James Gordon
2008
Film
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Basquiat
Albert Milo
1996
Film
I Am Steve McQueen
Self
2014
Series
Jesus
Pontius Pilate
1999
Film
The Firm
Bex Bissell
1989
Film
Rain Fall
Holtzer
2009
Series
Morgan's Boy
Colin
1984
Film
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Series
Savage Builds
Self
2019
Film
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Driver
Cy (voice)
2015
Film
Prick Up Your Ears
Joe Orton
1987
Film
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
2009
Film
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016
Film
Meantime
Coxy
1983
Film
Sin
Charlie Storm
2003
Film
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
2004
Film
Track 29
Martin
1988
Film
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
A Place Among the Dead
GO
2020
Film
Nobody's Baby
Buford Dill
2001
Film
Exposing Muybridge
Self
2021
Film
Chattahoochee
Emmett Foley
1990
Film
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
Rat in the Skull
Police Constable Eric Naylor
1987
Film
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
2012
Film
We Think the World of You
Johnny
1988
Film
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
Film
Remembrance
Daniel
1982
Film
Lost In Space Forever
Self (also archive footage)
1998
Film
Chutzpah, This Is?
2005
Film
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
2000
Film
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Beat the Devil
Devil
2002
Film
Obscura
Special guest
2018
Film
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
2021
Film
England's Glory
Interviewee
1987
Film
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
1992
Film
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Self
2016
Film
The Human Face
Self
2017
Honest Decent & True
Derek Bates
1986
Film
Morgan's Boy
Colin
1984
Film
One Night in Turin
Narrator
2010
Flying Horse
Eadweard Muybridge
Film
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
1993
Film
Countdown to Zero
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
La Petite Mort
Narrator (voice)
2013
The Year of Magical Thinking
Film
Jack White: Unstaged
Self
2012
Film
Rachel and the Roarettes
Gary
1985