Acting
Gary Oldman
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
Parthenope
Film · 2024
Oppenheimer
Film · 2023
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Film · 2022
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Film · 2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Film · 2022
Slow Horses
Series · 2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Film · 2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Film · 2021
The Woman in the Window
Film · 2021
Crisis
Film · 2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Film · 2021
Exposing Muybridge
Film · 2021
Mank
Film · 2020
A Place Among the Dead
Film · 2020
Mary
Film · 2019
The Laundromat
Film · 2019
Killers Anonymous
Film · 2019
The Courier
Film · 2019
Savage Builds
Series · 2019
Hunter Killer
Film · 2018
Tau
Film · 2018
Obscura
Film · 2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Film · 2018
The Space Between Us
Film · 2017
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Film · 2017
Darkest Hour
Film · 2017
The Human Face
Film · 2017
Criminal
Film · 2016
Man Down
Film · 2016
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Film · 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Film · 2016
Movies with Ali Plumb
Series · 2016
Child 44
Film · 2015
The Driver
Film · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
RoboCop
Film · 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Film · 2014
I Am Steve McQueen
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Paranoia
Film · 2013
La Petite Mort
Film · 2013
The Dark Knight Rises
Film · 2012
Lawless
Film · 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 2012
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Film · 2012
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Film · 2012
Jack White: Unstaged
Film · 2012
Ending the Knight
Film · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
Film · 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Film · 2011
Red Riding Hood
Film · 2011
The Book of Eli
Film · 2010
One Night in Turin
Film · 2010
Countdown to Zero
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Rain Fall
Film · 2009
The Unborn
Film · 2009
Planet 51
Film · 2009
A Christmas Carol
Film · 2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Film · 2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Series · 2009
The Dark Knight
Film · 2008
Gotham Tonight
Series · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Film · 2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Film · 2007
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Backwoods
Film · 2006
Batman Begins
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Film · 2005
Dead Fish
Film · 2005
Chutzpah, This Is?
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
Sin
Film · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Interstate 60
Film · 2002
Tiptoes
Film · 2002
Beat the Devil
Film · 2002
Greg the Bunny
Series · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
Hannibal
Film · 2001
Nobody's Baby
Film · 2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Film · 2001
The Hire
Series · 2001
The Contender
Film · 2000
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Film · 2000
Jesus
Film · 1999
The Early Show
Series · 1999
Jesus
Series · 1999
Lost in Space
Film · 1998
Quest for Camelot
Film · 1998
Lost in Space Forever
Film · 1998
The Fifth Element
Film · 1997
Air Force One
Film · 1997
Basquiat
Film · 1996
Tracey Takes On...
Series · 1996
The Scarlet Letter
Film · 1995
Murder in the First
Film · 1995
Léon: The Professional
Film · 1994
Immortal Beloved
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
True Romance
Film · 1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
Film · 1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Film · 1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Film · 1993
Fallen Angels
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Film · 1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Film · 1992
HBO First Look
Series · 1992
JFK
Film · 1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Film · 1991
Heading Home
Film · 1991
Director: Alan Clarke
Film · 1991
State of Grace
Film · 1990
Chattahoochee
Film · 1990
Henry & June
Film · 1990
Criminal Law
Film · 1989
The Firm
Film · 1989
Track 29
Film · 1988
We Think the World of You
Film · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Prick Up Your Ears
Film · 1987
Rat in the Skull
Film · 1987
England's Glory
Film · 1987
Sid and Nancy
Film · 1986
Honest Decent & True
Film · 1986
Rachel and the Roarettes
Film · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Summer Season
Series · 1985
Morgan's Boy
Film · 1984
Morgan's Boy
Series · 1984
Meantime
Film · 1983
Dramarama
Series · 1983
Frontline
Series · 1983
Remembrance
Film · 1982
Timewatch
Series · 1982
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Year of Magical Thinking
Film
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Film