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Gary Oldman

Actor

Gary Oldman

  • Born: 21 March 1958, New Cross, London, England
  • Estimated net worth: $40 million

Gary Oldman is a versatile British actor known for his intense performances and ability to transform into diverse characters. He is recognized for iconic roles in films such as 'Dracula,' 'The Darkest Hour,' and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' Oldman is…

About Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman is a versatile British actor known for his intense performances and ability to transform into diverse characters. He is recognized for iconic roles in films such as 'Dracula,' 'The Darkest Hour,' and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' Oldman is acclaimed for his chameleon-like acting style and has earned numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Born
21 March 1958, New Cross, London, England
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouses
Gisele Schmidt (2017-present)
Children
3 children: Alfie Oldman, Charlie Oldman, and Gulliver Oldman
Parents
Leonard Oldman, Kathleen Oldman
Estimated net worth
$40 million

Fun facts about Gary Oldman

  • Gary Oldman was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before becoming a film star.
  • He has played several historical figures, including Winston Churchill and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Famous Gary Oldman quotes

“I am not a hero. I'm a villain.”
The Dark Knight (2008)
“I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.”
The Departed (2006)
“You can't be a great actor without a great script.”
The Contender (2000)

Gary Oldman filmography

Cast (153)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2024Parthenope MovieJohn Cheever6.7
2023Oppenheimer MovieHarry Truman8.0
2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called MovieSelf (archive footage)7.5
2022Slow Horses TVJackson Lamb8.0
2022Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire MovieSelf (archive footage)5.0
2022Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts MovieSelf7.3
2021Exposing Muybridge MovieSelf6.8
2021Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard MovieVladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)6.6
2021The Woman in the Window MovieAlistair Russell6.0
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony MovieSelf (archive footage)4.7
Show 143 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2021The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank MovieSelf
2021Crisis MovieDr. Tyrone Brower6.2
2020Mank MovieHerman Mankiewicz6.7
2020A Place Among the Dead MovieGO2.4
2019The Courier MovieEzekiel Mannings6.0
2019The Laundromat MovieJürgen Mossack6.0
2019Mary MovieDavid5.0
2019Killers Anonymous MovieThe Man4.6
2019Savage Builds TVSelf7.2
2018Obscura MovieSpecial guest
2018Hunter Killer MovieCJCS Charles Donnegan6.9
2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal MovieSelf (archive footage)5.4
2018Tau MovieTau (voice)6.2
2017Darkest Hour MovieWinston Churchill7.4
2017The Hitman's Bodyguard MovieVladislav Dukhovich6.9
2017The Human Face MovieSelf9.0
2017The Space Between Us MovieNathaniel Shepherd7.0
2016Man Down MovieCaptain Peyton6.1
2016Criss Angel Trick'd Up MovieSelf10.0
2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light MovieSelf
2016Movies with Ali Plumb TVSelf6.0
2016Criminal MovieQuaker Wells6.2
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf6.1
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TVSelf6.2
2015The Driver MovieCy (voice)5.8
2015Child 44 MovieGeneral Mikhail Nesterov6.3
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TVSelf4.2
2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes MovieDreyfus7.3
2014I Am Steve McQueen MovieSelf6.1
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014RoboCop MovieDr. Dennett Norton5.9
2013La Petite Mort MovieNarrator (voice)5.4
2013Paranoia MovieNicholas Wyatt5.7
2012Ending the Knight MovieSelf7.1
2012Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter MovieSelf6.6
2012Guns, Girls and Gambling MovieElvis Elvis5.4
2012Lawless MovieFloyd Banner7.1
2012The Dark Knight Rises MovieCommissioner Gordon7.8
2012Jack White: Unstaged MovieSelf
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Movie(archive footage)7.5
2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MovieGeorge Smiley6.6
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 MovieSirius Black8.1
2011Kung Fu Panda 2 MovieShen (voice)7.1
2011Red Riding Hood MovieFather Soloman6.0
2010Conan TVSelf7.2
2010Conan TVSelf - Guest7.2
2010One Night in Turin MovieNarrator6.2
2010Countdown to Zero MovieSelf - Narrator (voice)6.3
2010The Book of Eli MovieCarnegie6.8
2009Planet 51 MovieGeneral Grawl (voice)5.9
2009A Christmas Carol MovieBob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)6.9
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.2
2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute MovieSelf8.3
2009Rain Fall MovieHoltzer4.8
2009The Unborn MovieRabbi Joseph Sendak5.2
2008The Dark Knight MovieGordon8.5
2008Gotham Tonight TVLt. James Gordon7.2
2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2007In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2007The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka MovieSelf (archive footage)7.7
2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix MovieSirius Black7.7
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2006The Backwoods MoviePaul5.4
2005Chutzpah, This Is? MovieUnknown character5.0
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire MovieSirius Black7.8
2005Dead Fish MovieLynch5.6
2005Batman Begins MovieJim Gordon7.7
2004The Magic Touch of Harry Potter MovieSelf7.6
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban MovieSirius Black8.0
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf5.3
2003Sin MovieCharlie Storm4.8
2002Tiptoes MovieRolfe3.9
2002Beat the Devil MovieDevil7.1
2002V Graham Norton TVSelf5.3
2002Interstate 60 MovieO.W. Grant7.4
2002Greg the Bunny TVGary Oldman6.1
2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal MovieSelf7.1
2001The Hire TVDevil7.7
2001Hannibal MovieMason Verger6.8
2001Nobody's Baby MovieBuford Dill5.2
2000The Contender MovieShelly Runyon6.7
2000Alan Clarke: His Own Man MovieSelf8.0
1999Jesus MoviePontius Pilate6.8
1999Jesus TVPontius Pilate8.5
1999The Early Show TVSelf6.2
1998Quest for Camelot MovieRuber (voice)6.8
1998Lost in Space MovieDr. Zachary Smith5.5
1998Lost in Space Forever MovieSelf (also archive footage)6.8
1997Air Force One MovieIvan Korshunov6.5
1997The Fifth Element MovieZorg7.6
1996Basquiat MovieAlbert Milo6.6
1996Tracey Takes On... TVHairdresser8.2
1995The Scarlet Letter MovieRev. Arthur Dimmesdale6.1
1995Murder in the First MovieAssociate Milton Glenn7.1
1994Immortal Beloved MovieLudwig van Beethoven7.1
1994Friends TVRichard Crosby8.4
1994Léon: The Professional MovieNorman Stansfield8.3
1993The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald MovieLee Harvey Oswald (voice)7.3
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Romeo Is Bleeding MovieJack Grimaldi6.2
1993True Romance MovieDrexl Spivey7.5
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.5
1993Fallen Angels TVPat Kelley6.6
1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy MovieSelf5.8
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula MovieDracula7.4
1992Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies MovieSelf6.4
1992HBO First Look TVSelf / Ludwig van Beethoven5.5
1991JFK MovieLee Harvey Oswald7.6
1991Director: Alan Clarke MovieUnknown character
1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead MovieRosencrantz6.9
1991Heading Home MovieIan Tyson6.0
1990Henry & June MoviePop6.1
1990State of Grace MovieJackie6.9
1990Chattahoochee MovieEmmett Foley5.7
1989Criminal Law MovieBen Chase5.6
1989The Firm MovieBex Bissell6.6
1988We Think the World of You MovieJohnny6.4
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVUnknown character5.6
1988Track 29 MovieMartin5.6
1987Prick Up Your Ears MovieJoe Orton6.7
1987England's Glory MovieInterviewee2.0
1987Rat in the Skull MoviePolice Constable Eric Naylor
1986Sid and Nancy MovieSid Vicious6.7
1986Honest Decent & True MovieDerek Bates7.0
1985Rachel and the Roarettes MovieGary
1985Summer Season TVGary
1985Screen Two TVIan Tyson7.1
1985Screen Two TVDerek Bates7.1
1985Screen Two TVBex7.1
1984Morgan's Boy TVColin7.0
1984Morgan's Boy MovieColin
1983Meantime MovieCoxy6.7
1983Dramarama TVBen7.2
1983Frontline TVLee Harvey Oswald (voice)6.5
1982Remembrance MovieDaniel4.5
1982Timewatch TVLee Harvey Oswald (voice)6.9
1979Knots Landing TVDon Ross6.9
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
1971Film '72 TVSelf5.1
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
TBAWho Was Lee Harvey Oswald? MovieLee Harvey Oswald (voice)
TBAThe Year of Magical Thinking MovieUnknown character

Crew (8)

YearTitleRoleRating
2022Slow Horses TVExecutive Producer · Production8.0
2012Jack White: Unstaged MovieDirector · Directing
2001Nobody's Baby MovieProducer · Production5.2
2000The Contender MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.7
1999Plunkett & Macleane MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.2
Show 3 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1997Nil by Mouth MovieWriter · Writing6.9
1997Nil by Mouth MovieProducer · Production6.9
1997Nil by Mouth MovieDirector · Directing6.9

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Questions about Gary Oldman

What are Gary Oldman's most famous films?

Gary Oldman is known for his roles in 'Dracula,' 'The Dark Knight,' 'The Fifth Element,' and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' His performances in these films have received critical acclaim and contributed to his status as a leading actor.

Has Gary Oldman won an Oscar?

Yes, Gary Oldman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' (2017). This accolade is one of many he has received throughout his career.

What was Gary Oldman's first film?

Gary Oldman's first film was 'Remembrance' (1982), where he played a supporting role. He soon gained recognition for his performance in 'Sid and Nancy' (1986), which established him as a talented actor.

How many children does Gary Oldman have?

Gary Oldman has three children: Alfie, Charlie, and Gulliver. They are from his previous relationships and marriage.

What is Gary Oldman's estimated net worth?

Gary Oldman's estimated net worth is approximately $40 million. This wealth has been accumulated through his extensive acting career and various film projects.

What awards has Gary Oldman won?

In addition to his Oscar win, Gary Oldman has received a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award for his outstanding performances, showcasing his talent and versatility.

Has Gary Oldman worked in television?

Yes, Gary Oldman has appeared in television projects, including the acclaimed miniseries 'The Fifth Estate' (2013) and the series 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992), which showcased his range as an actor.

What is a defining characteristic of Gary Oldman's acting style?

Gary Oldman is known for his ability to fully immerse himself in his roles, often undergoing physical transformations. His versatility allows him to portray a wide range of characters, from villains to complex protagonists.