Gary Oldman

Birthday: 1958-03-21
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 26
Drafted By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 1
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 8
Nom Bonus: 6
Total Points: 35

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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2012 54 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Leading Actor Nom 0
2018 60 Darkest Hour (2017) Lead Actor Win 25
2021 63 Mank (2020) Lead Actor Nom 10
Career 35

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Flying Horse Eadweard Muybridge
2024-10-19 Parthenope John Cheever
2023-07-19 Oppenheimer Harry Truman
2021-05-13 The Woman in the Window Alistair Russell
2021-02-26 Crisis Dr. Tyrone Brower
2020-11-13 Mank Herman Mankiewicz
2020-11-09 A Place Among the Dead GO
2019-11-22 The Courier Ezekiel Mannings
2019-09-27 The Laundromat Jürgen Mossack
2019-09-19 Mary David
2019-06-27 Killers Anonymous The Man
2018-10-24 Obscura Special guest
2018-10-19 Hunter Killer CJCS Charles Donnegan
2018-06-29 Tau Tau (voice)
2017-11-22 Darkest Hour Winston Churchill
2017-08-16 The Hitman's Bodyguard Vladislav Dukhovich
2017-01-26 The Space Between Us Nathaniel Shepherd
2016-04-07 Criminal Quaker Wells
2015-09-12 Man Down Captain Peyton
2015-06-03 The Driver Cy (voice)
2015-03-15 Child 44 General Mikhail Nesterov
2014-07-08 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Dreyfus
2014-01-30 RoboCop Dr. Dennett Norton
2013-08-14 Paranoia Nicholas Wyatt
2012-09-05 Guns, Girls and Gambling Elvis Elvis
2012-08-29 Lawless Floyd Banner
2012-07-17 The Dark Knight Rises Commissioner Gordon
2011-12-06 Touch of Evil The Menacing Dummy
2011-09-16 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Smiley
2011-07-12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Sirius Black
2011-05-25 Kung Fu Panda 2 Lord Shen (voice)
2011-03-10 Red Riding Hood Father Soloman
2010-01-14 The Book of Eli Carnegie
2009-11-19 Planet 51 General Grawl (voice)
2009-11-04 A Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
2009-04-24 Rain Fall Holtzer
2009-01-09 The Unborn Rabbi Joseph Sendak
2008-07-16 The Dark Knight Gordon
2007-07-08 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sirius Black
2006-09-24 The Backwoods Paul
2005-11-22 Chutzpah, This Is?
2005-11-16 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sirius Black
2005-10-11 Dead Fish Lynch
2005-06-10 Batman Begins Jim Gordon
2004-05-31 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Sirius Black
2003-01-01 Sin Charlie Storm
2002-12-17 Tiptoes Rolfe
2002-11-22 Beat the Devil Devil
2002-04-13 Interstate 60 O.W. Grant
2001-02-08 Hannibal Mason Verger
2001-01-01 Nobody's Baby Buford Dill
2000-10-13 The Contender Shelly Runyon
1999-12-05 Jesus Pontius Pilate
1998-05-15 Quest for Camelot Ruber (voice)
1998-04-03 Lost in Space Dr. Zachary Smith
1997-07-25 Air Force One Ivan Korshunov
1997-05-02 The Fifth Element Zorg
1996-08-09 Basquiat Albert Milo
1995-10-13 The Scarlet Letter Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
1995-01-20 Murder in the First Glenn
1994-12-16 Immortal Beloved Ludwig van Beethoven
1994-09-14 Léon: The Professional Norman Stansfield
1993-11-09 The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)
1993-09-13 Romeo Is Bleeding Jack Grimaldi
1993-09-09 True Romance Drexl Spivey
1992-11-13 Bram Stoker's Dracula Dracula
1991-12-20 JFK Lee Harvey Oswald
1991-07-12 Director: Alan Clarke
1991-02-08 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz
1991-01-13 Heading Home Ian Tyson
1990-09-28 Henry & June Pop
1990-09-14 State of Grace Jackie
1990-04-20 Chattahoochee Emmett Foley
1989-04-28 Criminal Law Ben Chase
1989-02-26 The Firm Bex Bissell
1988-12-22 We Think the World of You Johnny
1988-05-15 Track 29 Martin
1987-04-17 Prick Up Your Ears Joe Orton
1987-01-01 Rat in the Skull Police Constable Eric Naylor
1987-01-01 England's Glory Interviewee
1986-09-12 Sid and Nancy Sid Vicious
1986-02-09 Honest Decent & True Derek Bates
1984-10-10 Morgan's Boy Colin
1983-10-16 Meantime Coxy
1982-10-01 Remembrance Daniel