Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and
filmmaker. Among other accolades, he has won an Academy Award, three
British Academy Film Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden
Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Known for his
versatility and intense acting style, he is regarded as one of the
greatest actors of his generation. His films have grossed over $11
billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of
all time.Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film
debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to lead a stage career,
during which he performed at London's Royal Court and 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 garnering attention as the leader of a gang of football
hooligans in the controversial 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 went on portray the villain in films such as
True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997),
and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield,
portrayed by Oldman in Léon: The Professional (1994), has been ranked
as one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven
in Immortal Beloved (1994) and 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 portrayed George Smiley in Tinker Tailor
Soldier Spy (2011), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actor, and eventually won the award for his role as Winston
Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017).
filmmaker. Among other accolades, he has won an Academy Award, three
British Academy Film Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden
Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Known for his
versatility and intense acting style, he is regarded as one of the
greatest actors of his generation. His films have grossed over $11
billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of
all time.Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film
debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to lead a stage career,
during which he performed at London's Royal Court and 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 garnering attention as the leader of a gang of football
hooligans in the controversial 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 went on portray the villain in films such as
True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997),
and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield,
portrayed by Oldman in Léon: The Professional (1994), has been ranked
as one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven
in Immortal Beloved (1994) and 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 portrayed George Smiley in Tinker Tailor
Soldier Spy (2011), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actor, and eventually won the award for his role as Winston
Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017).
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