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Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, Oldman's films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He started his acting career in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance in 1982. He gained 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). In Hollywood, Oldman has portrayed villainous roles in True Romance (1993), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000). He has also played franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series (2004–2011), James "Jim" Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). Additionally, Oldman wrote and directed the film Nil by Mouth (1997).
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Given Name: Gary Leonard Oldman
Born: London, England
Citizenship: English
Birthday: March 21, 1958
Occupations: Actor, Filmmaker
Years Active: 1979-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Lesley Manville, Uma Thurman, Donya Fiorentino, Alexandra Edenborough, Gisele Schmidt
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93rd Academy Awards 2021
26th Critics' Choice Awards 2021
27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021
78th Golden Globe Awards 2021
46th Saturn Awards 2021
90th Academy Awards 2018
71st British Academy Film Awards 2018
23rd Critics' Choice Awards 2018
24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018
75th Golden Globe Awards 2018
84th Academy Awards 2012
65th British Academy Film Awards 2012
7th Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001
16th Film Independent Spirit Awards 2001
51st British Academy Film Awards 1998
19th Saturn Awards 1993
41st British Academy Film Awards 1988
The Dark Knight Rises
The Woman in the Window
Mank
The Laundromat
Tau
The Courier
Prick Up Your Ears
Sid and Nancy
Oppenheimer
State of Grace
Darkest Hour
The Contender
Crisis
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Quest for Camelot
A Christmas Carol
Red Riding Hood
The Professional
RoboCop
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Space Between Us
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Fifth Element
Paranoia
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Hunter Killer
Lost in Space
Air Force One
Killers Anonymous
Mary
The Unborn
Criminal
Meantime
Romeo Is Bleeding
One Night in Turin
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Touch of Evil
Jack White: Unstaged
I Am Steve McQueen
Ending the Knight
La Petite Mort
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Nobody’s Baby
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Interstate 60
Jesus
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Sin
Beat the Devil
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
Tiptoes
Dead Fish
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Director: Alan Clarke
Heading Home
Remembrance
Honest Decent & True
England’s Glory
Criminal Law
We Think the World of You
The Firm
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Track 29
A Place Among the Dead
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Dracula Unearthed
Exposing Muybridge
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Vem Var Dracula
Immortal Beloved
Lost In Space Forever
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
The Scarlet Letter
Murder in the First
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2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Dracula Unearthed
Count Dracula (archive footage)
2021
The Woman in the Window
Alistair Russell
Crisis
Dr. Tyrone Brower
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovic
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Exposing Muybridge
Self
2019
The Laundromat
Jürgen Mossack
The Courier
Ezekiel Mannings
Killers Anonymous
The Man
Mary
David
2012
The Dark Knight Rises
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Elvis Elvis
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
Jack White: Unstaged
Self
Ending the Knight
Self
2007
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
Self (archive footage)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
Self (archive footage)

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