Gary Oldman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 21, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 151
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.
Known for
The Dark Knight
2008Movie
Gordon
The Dark Knight Rises
2012Movie
Commissioner Gordon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Movie
Sirius Black
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Jim Gordon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005Movie
Sirius Black
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Sirius Black
Filmography
The Adventures of Alexandra and Martin in Time
2025Movie
Man at the resort 3
Parthenope
2024Movie
John Cheever
Oppenheimer
2023Movie
Harry Truman
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Slow Horses
2022TV
Jackson Lamb
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022Movie
Self
Exposing Muybridge
2021Movie
Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021Movie
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
The Woman in the Window
2021Movie
Alistair Russell
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021Movie
Self
Crisis
2021Movie
Dr. Tyrone Brower
Mank
2020Movie
Herman Mankiewicz
A Place Among the Dead
2020Movie
GO
The Courier
2019Movie
Ezekiel Mannings
The Laundromat
2019Movie
Jürgen Mossack
Mary
2019Movie
David
Killers Anonymous
2019Movie
The Man
Savage Builds
2019TV
Self
Obscura
2018Movie
Special guest
Hunter Killer
2018Movie
CJCS Charles Donnegan
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Tau
2018Movie
Tau (voice)
Darkest Hour
2017Movie
Winston Churchill
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017Movie
Vladislav Dukhovich
The Human Face
2017Movie
Self
The Space Between Us
2017Movie
Nathaniel Shepherd
Man Down
2016Movie
Captain Peyton
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
2016Movie
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016Movie
Self
Movies with Ali Plumb
2016TV
Self
Criminal
2016Movie
Quaker Wells
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
The Driver
2015Movie
Cy (voice)
Child 44
2015Movie
General Mikhail Nesterov
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014Movie
Dreyfus
I Am Steve McQueen
2014Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
RoboCop
2014Movie
Dr. Dennett Norton
La Petite Mort
2013Movie
Narrator (voice)
Paranoia
2013Movie
Nicholas Wyatt
Ending the Knight
2012Movie
Self
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
2012Movie
Self
Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012Movie
Elvis Elvis
Lawless
2012Movie
Floyd Banner
The Dark Knight Rises
2012Movie
Commissioner Gordon
Jack White: Unstaged
2012Movie
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011Movie
George Smiley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Sirius Black
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011Movie
Shen (voice)
Red Riding Hood
2011Movie
Father Soloman
Conan
2010TV
Self, Self - Guest
One Night in Turin
2010Movie
Narrator
Countdown to Zero
2010Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Book of Eli
2010Movie
Carnegie
Planet 51
2009Movie
General Grawl (voice)
A Christmas Carol
2009Movie
Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009Movie
Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009TV
Self - Guest
Rain Fall
2009Movie
Holtzer
The Unborn
2009Movie
Rabbi Joseph Sendak
The Dark Knight
2008Movie
Gordon
Gotham Tonight
2008TV
Lt. James Gordon
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007Movie
Sirius Black
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Backwoods
2006Movie
Paul
Chutzpah, This Is?
2005Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005Movie
Sirius Black
Dead Fish
2005Movie
Lynch
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Jim Gordon
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004Movie
Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Movie
Sirius Black
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
Sin
2003Movie
Charlie Storm
Tiptoes
2002Movie
Rolfe
Beat the Devil
2002Movie
Devil
V Graham Norton
2002TV
Self
Interstate 60
2002Movie
O.W. Grant
Greg the Bunny
2002TV
Gary Oldman
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001Movie
Self
The Hire
2001TV
Devil
Hannibal
2001Movie
Mason Verger
Nobody's Baby
2001Movie
Buford Dill
The Contender
2000Movie
Shelly Runyon
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000Movie
Self
Jesus
1999Movie
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
1999TV
Pontius Pilate
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Quest for Camelot
1998Movie
Ruber (voice)
Lost in Space
1998Movie
Dr. Zachary Smith
Lost in Space Forever
1998Movie
Self (also archive footage)
Air Force One
1997Movie
Ivan Korshunov
The Fifth Element
1997Movie
Zorg
Basquiat
1996Movie
Albert Milo
Tracey Takes On...
1996TV
Hairdresser
The Scarlet Letter
1995Movie
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Murder in the First
1995Movie
Associate Milton Glenn
Immortal Beloved
1994Movie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friends
1994TV
Richard Crosby
Léon: The Professional
1994Movie
Norman Stansfield
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993Movie
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993Movie
Jack Grimaldi
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
True Romance
1993Movie
Drexl Spivey
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993TV
Pat Kelley
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993Movie
Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992Movie
Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Movie
Dracula
HBO First Look
1992TV
Self / Ludwig van Beethoven
JFK
1991Movie
Lee Harvey Oswald
Director: Alan Clarke
1991Movie
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991Movie
Rosencrantz
Heading Home
1991Movie
Ian Tyson
Henry & June
1990Movie
Pop
State of Grace
1990Movie
Jackie
Chattahoochee
1990Movie
Emmett Foley
Criminal Law
1989Movie
Ben Chase
The Firm
1989Movie
Bex Bissell
We Think the World of You
1988Movie
Johnny
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Track 29
1988Movie
Martin
Prick Up Your Ears
1987Movie
Joe Orton
Rat in the Skull
1987Movie
Police Constable Eric Naylor
England's Glory
1987Movie
Interviewee
Sid and Nancy
1986Movie
Sid Vicious
Honest Decent & True
1986Movie
Derek Bates
Rachel and the Roarettes
1985Movie
Gary
Summer Season
1985TV
Gary
Screen Two
1985TV
Bex, Derek Bates, Ian Tyson
Morgan's Boy
1984TV
Colin
Morgan's Boy
1984Movie
Colin
Meantime
1983Movie
Coxy
Dramarama
1983TV
Ben
Frontline
1983TV
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Remembrance
1982Movie
Daniel
Timewatch
1982TV
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
Knots Landing
1979TV
Don Ross
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Movie
Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
The Year of Magical Thinking
Movie