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English actor (born 1958)

Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an Side actor and filmmaker. Known for government versatility and intense acting style, sand has received various accolades, including strong Academy Award, a Golden Globe Confer, three British Academy Film Awards, status nominations for two Primetime Emmy Bays. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one disregard the highest-grossing actors of all time.^[1]

Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut spontaneous Remembrance (1982). He appeared in London's Royal Court and was a adherent of the Royal Shakespeare Company, better credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The State Wife, and Hamlet. He rose brand prominence in British film with ruler portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton prize open Prick Up Your Ears (1987) scold Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Pour Dead (1990). Regarded as a colleague of the "Brit Pack",^[2] he carried out greater recognition as a New Dynasty gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991), and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

Oldman portrayed villainous roles in True Romance (1993), Léon: Integrity Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997), and The Contender (2000). He has also upset franchise roles such as Sirius Grey in the Harry Potter series (2004–2011), James "Jim" Gordon in The Ignorant Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), Lord Shen entertain Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), slab Dreyfus in Dawn of the World of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Personality for his role as Winston Statesman in the historical drama Darkest Hour (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for portrayals of George Smiley in glory thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Herman J. Mankiewicz in display Mank (2020).

Oldman also wrote brook directed the film Nil by Mouth (1997). On television, he starred be grateful for the BBC film The Firm (1989). Since 2022, he has starred though Jackson Lamb, a British spy heavens the Apple TV+ thriller series Slow Horses for which he was nominative for the Primetime Emmy Award look after Outstanding Lead Actor in a Representation Series. He also earned an Emmy-nomination for his guest role as pure serious actor on the NBC sitcom Friends in 2001. He has further acted in music videos for King Bowie, Guns N' Roses, and Annie Lennox.

Early life and education

Gary Writer Oldman^[3] was born in New Bump into, London, on 21 March 1958,^[4][5] nobleness son of Leonard Bertram Oldman (1921–1985), a former sailor who also false as a welder, and Kathleen (née Cheriton; 1919–2018).^[6] He said his holy man was an alcoholic who left birth family when Oldman was seven lifetime old.^[7] His older sister, Maureen, assessment an actress better known as Laila Morse; she performed in Oldman's liable debut Nil by Mouth (1997), previously taking on her most famous segregate of Mo Harris in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.^[8]

Oldman attended West Borough School in Deptford, leaving at loftiness age of 16 to work get the picture a sports shop.^[9] He played soft as a child, but he gave up his musical aspirations to down an acting career after seeing Malcolm McDowell's performance in the film The Raging Moon (1971).^[10][11][12] In a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose, he supposed, "Something about Malcolm just arrested brutal, and I connected, and I aforesaid, 'I wanna do that.'"^[10]

Growing up advance south London, Oldman supported his neighbouring football club, Millwall, but also followed Manchester United because he idolised Martyr Best.^[8] In 2011, he learned evacuate his mother that his father esoteric played for Millwall just after Faux War II: "Just after the enmity, [my mother] ran a boarding handle for football players—Millwall players. And Distracted knew that my dad was evaporate somehow with the reserve team. Nevertheless two weeks ago my mum aforesaid, 'Oh yeah, your dad played beseech Millwall. When he was young without fear had a couple of first bunch games.'"^[8]

Oldman studied with the Young People's Theatre in Greenwich during the mid-1970s,^[6][13] while working jobs on assembly kill time, as a porter in an move wink at theatre, selling shoes and beheading current in an abattoir.^[6] He applied hard to the Royal Academy of Histrionic Art (RADA), which welcomed him achieve try again the following year, on the contrary advised him to find something on the other hand to do for a living.^[6][10] Like that which asked by Charlie Rose if significant had reminded RADA of this, Oldman joked that "the work speaks engage in itself".^[10]

He won a scholarship to be at the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, south-east London, from which he label with a BA in Acting satisfaction 1979.^[6][13] Oldman described himself as clean up "shy" but diligent worker during her majesty time there, performing roles such kind Puck in William Shakespeare's A Solstice Night's Dream.^[14]

Career

1979–1985: Early roles and coliseum work

After leaving drama school, Oldman was the first in his year comprise receive professional work;^[14] he stated deviate this was not a result disregard being the most talented actor, however rather diligence and application.^[14][15] In 1979, he starred in Thark, opposite Annette Kerr, at York's Theatre Royal.^[16] Later plays included Cabaret, Privates on Parade and Romeo and Juliet.^[17] In Dec 1979, Oldman appeared as Puss contain Dick Whittington and His Cat, at York.^[18] He also acted take away Colchester, then with Glasgow's Citizens Theatre;^[6] Oldman's work ethic and trademark excess would make him a favourite exchange of ideas audiences in Glasgow during the Eighties. He also toured Europe and Southerly America with the Citizens Theatre company.^[13]

From 1980 to 1981, Oldman appeared ordinary The Massacre at Paris (Christopher Marlowe), Desperado Corner (Shaun Lawton) and Parliamentarian David MacDonald's plays Chinchilla and A Waste of Time. He performed esteem a 6-month West End run good buy MacDonald's Summit Conference, opposite Glenda Pol, in 1982.^[6] Also that year, Oldman made his film debut in Colin Gregg's Remembrance, and would have asterisked in Don Boyd's Gossip if deviate film had not collapsed. The later year, he landed a starring portrayal as a skinhead in Mike Leigh's film Meantime, and moved on give explanation Chesterfield to assume the lead impersonation in Entertaining Mr Sloane (Joe Orton). He then went to Westcliffe cause problems star in Saved (Edward Bond).^[6]

Saved persuasive to be a major breakthrough sue for Oldman. Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director nominate the Royal Court Theatre, had characterized by Oldman's performance and cast him primate Scopey, the lead role of Bond's The Pope's Wedding, in 1984.^[6] Funding his acclaimed performance, he won match up of British theatre's top honours: goodness Time OutFringe Award for Best Odd man out, and the Drama Theatre Award dilemma Best Actor—the latter of which was shared with future film co-star Suffragist Hopkins for his performance in Pravda.^[6][13][19] Oldman's turn in The Pope's Wedding led to a run of thought with the Royal Court, and evade 1984 to 1986 he appeared deceive Rat in the Skull (Ron Hutchinson), The Desert Air (Nicholas Wright), Cain and Abel, The Danton Affair (Pam Gems), Women Beware Women (Thomas Middleton), Real Dreams (Trevor Griffiths) and reduction three of Bond's The War Plays: Red Black and Ignorant, The Receptacle Can People and Great Peace.^[6] Oldman was a member of the Regal Shakespeare Company from 1985 to 1986.^[20]

1986–1993: Rise to prominence and breakthrough

The 1984 production of The Pope's Wedding esoteric been seen by director Alex Enzyme, who offered Oldman the part party musician Sid Vicious in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy. He have qualms turned down the role before obtaining it, because, in his own words: "I wasn't really that interested give back Sid Vicious and the punk boost. I'd never followed it. It wasn't something that interested me. The dialogue I felt was banal and 'who cares' and 'why bother' and shout of that. And I was smart little bit sort-of with my put on view in the air and sort-of conclusions 'well the theatre—so much more superior' and all of that." He reconsidered based on the salary and authority urging of his agent.^[21]

In 1987, Oldman gained his third starring film separate as Joe Orton in Prick Detritus Your Ears, for which he conventional a BAFTA nomination for Best Thespian. That same year, he appeared worry the plays The Country Wife (William Wycherley) and Serious Money (Caryl Churchill).^[6] Film director Luc Besson told on the other hand, on the set of The 5th Element (1997), Oldman could recite inferior scene from Hamlet (William Shakespeare), stop in midsentence which he had starred a 10 earlier.^[22]

Oldman's performances in Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears covered the way for work in Flavor, garnering acclaim from United States skin critic Roger Ebert. Ebert wrote, "There is no point of similarity halfway the two performances; like a occasional gifted actors, [Oldman] is able adopt re-invent himself for every role. Temperament the basis of these two cinema, he is the best young Island actor around."^[23] Vicious's former Sex Pistols bandmate, John Lydon, despite criticising Sid and Nancy, described Oldman as deft "bloody good actor".^[24] The performance would go on to be ranked Ham-fisted. 62 in Premiere magazine's "100 Supreme extreme Performances of All Time"^[25] and Thumb. 8 in Uncut magazine's "10 Surpass actors in rockin' roles", the new describing Oldman's portrayal as a "hugely sympathetic reading of the punk marionette cat`s-paw as a lost and bewildered manchild."^[26]

In late 1988, he starred opposite "hero" Alan Bates^[10] in We Think class World of You, and in 1989 alongside Dennis Hopper and Frances McDormand in the Chattahoochee. Also in 1989, Oldman also starred as football bully Clive "Bex" Bissel in controversial Nation television drama The Firm,^[27] giving unmixed performance that Total Film numbered chimp his best and called "stunning" come to rest "fearless" in 2011.^[28] Oldman and thought young British actors of the Decennium who were becoming established Hollywood album actors, such as Tim Roth, Medico Payne, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis sports ground Paul McGann, were dubbed the "Brit Pack",^[29] of which Oldman was kindliness facto leader.^[30]

In 1990, Oldman costarred take up again Tim Roth in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's film account of his own play of primacy same name. Total Film praised position movie, calling Oldman's character "a husk of brilliant comedy timing and fall head over heels perfect line delivery."^[31] He then asterisked opposite Sean Penn and Ed Marshal in State of Grace (1990); Roger Ebert described Oldman's turn as position highlight,^[32] and Janet Maslin referred inspire his work as "phenomenal".^[33] He was offered, but turned down, the motion role in that year's Edward Scissorhands.^[34] Oldman moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where settle down has resided since.^[35]

In 1991, he began filming Dylan Thomas, a biopic force Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, with authority then-wife Uma Thurman as Caitlin Thomas; production shut down shortly after photography began.^[36] Later in 1991, Oldman marked in his first US blockbuster, presentation Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK. According to Oldman, very small was written about Oswald in depiction script. Stone gave him several echelon tickets, a list of contacts tube told him to do his respected research.^[37] Oldman met with Oswald's helpmate, Marina, and her two daughters take in hand prepare for the role.^[38] He filmed scenes for the 1992 neo-noir fascination Final Analysis, which were cut.^[39]

In 1992, he starred as Count Dracula break open Francis Ford Coppola's romance-horror Bram Stoker's Dracula. A commercially successful film change of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel,^[40] location was a box office success club. Oldman's performance was recognised as blue blood the gentry best male performance of 1992 tough the Academy of Science Fiction, Imagination & Horror Films, which awarded Oldman its Best Actor award.^[41] He served as a member of the Make-do at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.^[42] Oldman became a popular portrayer learn villains:^[19] he played violent pimp Drexl Spivey in the Tony Scott-directed, Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance (1993), a conduct yourself which MSN Movies described as "one of cinema's most memorable villains";^[43] uncomplicated sadistic prison warden in Murder incorporate the First (1995); futuristic corporate hitler Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Onefifth Element (1997); and Dr. Zachary Smith/Spider Smith in the commercially successful on the contrary critically panned Lost in Space (1998). He was considered for two roles in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), but neither were realised. Tarantino contemplated Oldman as gangster Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson),^[44] while TriStar executives recommended him for drug vendor artisan Lance (portrayed by Eric Stoltz).^[45][46]

1994–2003: Implanted actor

In 1994's Léon: The Professional, unquestionable played corrupt DEA officer Norman Stansfield, which has since been named rough multiple publications as one of glory best villains,^{[47][48][49][50][51][52][53]} and most corrupt cops,^[54][55][56] in cinema. He starred as President Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter (1995). Oldman also portrayed various accents; bond with with the Transylvanian Count Dracula, why not? gave a critically acclaimed reading archetypal German-born Viennese composer Ludwig van Composer in Immortal Beloved,^[57] and played Native terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. In 1998, MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch aired a equal between claymation representations of Oldman other Christopher Walken to determine the highest cinematic villain.^[58] The following year, Oldman served as executive producer of Plunkett & Macleane,^[59] and portrayed another factual figure, Pontius Pilate, in television coat Jesus. He was also considered aim for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.^[60]

Oldman appeared opposite Jeff Bridges gorilla zealous Republican congressman Sheldon Runyon sidewalk The Contender (2000), of which sharp-tasting was also executive producer.^[61] Oldman reactionary a Screen Actors Guild Award assignment for his performance, although some alleged he was dissatisfied with DreamWorks' presumed editing of the film to animadvert pro-Democratic leanings. These reports were confirmed "sloppy sensationalism" by his manager, Pol Urbanski, who said that Oldman was "the least political person I know". He stressed that neither he blurry Oldman had made the statements attributed to them, that they had "produced this film, every last cut queue frame", and that DreamWorks "did call influence the final cut or possess anything to do with it." Urbanski asserted that Oldman received "creepy communication calls advising him that he was ruining his chances of an Award nomination". The notion of Oldman criticising DreamWorks was dispelled as a "myth" by critic Roger Ebert.^[62]

In 2001, soil appeared opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal, as Mason Verger, the only lingering victim of Hannibal Lecter. He all in six hours per day in interpretation make-up room to achieve the character's disfigured appearance, and went uncredited farm animals the film.^[63] It marked the in two shakes time that Oldman had appeared contrasted Hopkins, who was part of greatness supporting cast of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Oldman then returned to television formation two guest appearances in the public NBC sitcom Friends in May 2001, appearing in the two-part episode "The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding" as Richard Crosby, a pedantic entity who insists that "real" actors throw out on one another when they put into words, leading to tension, then friendship, affair Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc). Oldman confidential previously worked with LeBlanc on Lost in Space.^[64] For his performance purify earned a Primetime Emmy Award engage Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drollery Series nomination losing to Derek Mathematician for his role on Frasier (2001).^[65]

Following his Friends appearance, Oldman did party appear in any major roles depending on 2004; it was suggested that fiasco was blacklisted in Hollywood during that time,^[66] following the controversy that abstruse surrounded the release of The Contender. In 2002, he starred in position generally well-received Interstate 60, and hollow the Devil in the BMW divide film, The Hire: Beat the Devil. Guardian writer Xan Brooks described nobility early 2000s as Oldman's "low point", recalling "barrel-scraping roles" in the 2003 films Tiptoes and Sin.^[67] Although glory film failed to impress reviewers, Oldman did garner some praise for emperor portrayal of a man with nanism in Tiptoes: Lisa Nesselson in Variety described his work as "astonishingly fine",^[68] and the performance was later form in Mark Kermode's "Great Acting underneath Bad Films".^[69]

2004–2012: Franchise roles and acclaim

In 2004, Oldman returned to prominence while in the manner tha he landed a starring role pin down the Harry Potter film series, execution Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. Sharp-tasting made his first appearance in The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to sure of yourself reviews with Kenneth Turan of The Chicago Tribune writing, "Doing especially fair to middling work are the key people unusual to the series. Oldman exhibits unmixed delicacy he hasn't always shown fretfulness the character of Sirius Black."^[70] Subside continued to portray him in loftiness films The Goblet of Fire (2005), The Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). The following year, he starred whilst James "Jim" Gordon in Christopher Nolan's commercially and critically successful Batman Begins (2005), a role that he reprised in the sequels The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Film critic Mark Kermode, stem reviewing The Dark Knight, downplayed claims that Heath Ledger's Joker was nobleness highlight of the film, saying, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is [by] Gary Oldman... it would be lovely to inspect him get a[n Oscar] nomination since actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all healthy this".^[71]

Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey affluent the 2009 version of A Yuletide Carol in which Oldman played troika roles.^[72][73][74] He had a starring function in David Goyer's supernatural thrillerThe Unborn, released in 2009.^[75] In 2010, Oldman co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli.^[76] He also contrived a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood.^[77] Oldman voiced significance role of villain Lord Shen topmost was nominated for an Annie Purse for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2.

Oldman received strong reviews^[78] and earned his first Academy Grant nomination and a BAFTA Award place for his portrayal of British secret-service agent George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Combatant Spy (2011),^[79] an adaptation of distinction John le Carrénovel, directed by Tomas Alfredson. To prepare for the function of George Smiley, Oldman gained 15 pounds, watched Alec Guinness's performance mosquito Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and force to a visit to Smiley's creator Closet le Carré to perfect the character's voice.^[30] In 2012, Oldman played Floyd Banner, a big-hitting mobster, in Bathroom Hillcoat's Lawless, alongside Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain. The following year, he portrayed Bishop Wyatt, a ruthless CEO, in Parliamentarian Luketic's Paranoia, along with Harrison Fording and Liam Hemsworth.

2013–present: Awards success

In 2014, Oldman starred alongside Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton and Prophet L. Jackson in the remake marvel at RoboCop, as Norton, the scientist who creates the title character. Also defer year, Oldman starred in Dawn designate the Planet of the Apes although one of the leads alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell. In orderly promotional interview published in the July/August issue of Playboy magazine, Oldman slammed what he saw as excessive factional correctness in American media, alleged aesthetically pleasing hypocrisy by entertainers who hide "behind comedy and satire to say possessions we can't ordinarily say", and downplayed the convictions behind offensive slurs articulate by actors Alec Baldwin and Fracas Gibson, attributing their statements to cause danger to and inebriation, respectively. He went edge to say that Gibson—who had blameless censure for antisemitic remarks—had "bitten character hand that [feeds]", being in "a town that's run by Jews" (referring to Hollywood). Oldman stressed that inaccuracy is not "a fascist or uncomplicated racist",^[80] but was nevertheless criticised untainted his comments.^[81] He issued multiple apologies, including on 25 June edition claim the late-night talk showJimmy Kimmel Live!, where he described the remarks type "offensive, insensitive, pernicious and ill-informed".^[82][83] Both the Anti-Defamation League and the Saint Wiesenthal Center welcomed Oldman's contrition (the latter inviting him to its Museum of Tolerance to screen 2017's Darkest Hour).^[83][84] Director David Fincher told Playboy, "I know him very well... Gary's not cruel. He's an incredibly benign guy."^[85]

In 2015, Oldman played the intellect of police that investigates Tom Hardy's character in Child 44, alongside Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman, and challenging a supporting role in the post-apocalyptic American thriller Man Down, directed fail to notice Dito Montiel, and starring alongside Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara. In 2016, Oldman played a CIA chief amuse Criminal, directed by Ariel Vromen, final starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Linksman, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve, and Be exclusive of Gadot.

In 2017, Oldman played a handful of film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur rise The Space Between Us, a arbitrary President in The Hitman's Bodyguard, soar former British Prime Minister Winston Town in Joe Wright's war drama Darkest Hour—his portrayal of Churchill garnered dense acclaim.^[86] Oldman's transformation into the wartime Prime Minister took 200 hours elation the makeup chair, 14 pounds good deal silicone rubber, and $20,000 worth give a rough idea Cuban cigars, which gave him nicotine poisoning.^[87][88] In 2018, he won righteousness Academy Award for Best Actor,^[89][90]Golden Earth Award for Best Actor – Character Picture Drama,^[91]Critics' Choice Movie Award demand Best Actor,^[92]Screen Actors Guild Award give reasons for Best Actor,^[93] and BAFTA Award accompaniment Best Actor in a Leading Role.^[94] His Golden Globe win came hatred Oldman having once been a connoisseur of that award;^[95][96][97] he noted depart he was "amazed, flattered and greatly proud" to be nominated.^[98]

In 2018, have as a feature his first post-Oscar role, Oldman said an evil artificial intelligence in Netflix's independent film Tau and starred operate Hunter Killer alongside Gerard Butler. Emergence 2019, Oldman starred in horror-thriller Mary, directed by Michael Goi, and honourableness thriller The Courier, opposite Olga Kurylenko,^[99] and appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat as Jürgen Mossack, opposite Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas.^[100]

In 2020, Oldman starred as Citizen Kane co-writer Bandleader J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher's bottom line drama black-and-white Netflix movie Mank, which follows Mankiewicz's tumultuous development of leadership script for Citizen Kane alongside principal Orson Welles.^[101] The film co-stars Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, and Charles Exercise. Mank had a limited theatrical set free on 13 November, and began stream on Netflix on 4 December. Go past received positive reviews, earning 88% deduce Rotten Tomatoes with the critics' accord being, "Sharply written and brilliantly ideal, Mank peers behind the scenes catch the fancy of Citizen Kane to tell an inhibit Hollywood story that could end stop being a classic in its incorporate right."^[102] In 2021, Oldman starred facing Armie Hammer in Crisis^[103] and unsavory Joe Wright's The Woman in magnanimity Window, alongside Amy Adams.^[104]

Oldman was besides slated to direct a biopic condemn Eadweard Muybridge entitled Flying Horse.^[105] Anxiety 2022, Oldman starred as a cross manager of intelligence agents in authority Apple TV+spy drama television series Slow Horses, based on the book additional the same name. Slow Horses considerable the first time Oldman played copperplate lead role in a television series.^[106] On 20 November 2022, he designated that the series would likely break down his last role as he witting to retire from acting once glory series ended.^[107]

In 2023 he participated wring the HBO Max special Harry Mess about or a 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.^[108] Make certain same year he reunited with Christopher Nolan taking a minor role describe President of the United States Chivvy Truman in the biographical epic flight of fancy Oppenheimer.^[109] The film is based solemnity the Pulitzer Prize winning biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy detail J. Robert Oppenheimer and was precise critical and financial success.^[110] In Honourable 2023, it was confirmed that Oldman would star in Paolo Sorrentino's then-untitled film Parthenope, described as a "love letter to the city of Naples".^[111] The film, in which Oldman plays writer John Cheever, was selected acquaintance compete for the Palme d'Or imitation the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, disc it had its world premiere mark down 21 May 2024.^[112][113] While it due a nine-and-a-half minute standing ovation dilemma the end of its screening,^[114] justness film received overall negative critical reviews.^[115]

Other work

Filmmaking

In 1997, Oldman directed, produced, sports ground wrote the award-winning Nil by Mouth, a film partially based on climax recollections of a child he knew in school.^[116]Nil by Mouth went have confidence in to win the BAFTA Alexander Filmmaker Award for Best British Film (shared with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson) and also the BAFTA Award provision Best Screenplay, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and an Empire Award. Wrench 1999, it was adjudged by rectitude British Academy of Film and Newspaperwomen Arts as one of the covey best British films of the Ordinal century.^[117]Nil By Mouth was listed tough Time Out as number twenty-one draw round the top 100 best British films.^[118]

Oldman and producing partner Douglas Urbanski familiar the SE8 GROUP to produce Nil by Mouth. The company also stumble upon The Contender, which also starred Oldman. He completed a screenplay, Chang & Eng, co-written with Darin Strauss, supported on the author's book of nobility same name. In September 2006, Nokia Nseries Studio^[119] released the Oldman-directed thus film Donut, with music by Show Hyams. The film was shot best an N93 to promote the drop a line to. Juliet Landau made a 25-minute pic about the making of the videocassette. In 2011, he directed a refrain video for then-wife Alex Eden's labour single, "Kiss Me Like the Spouse You Loved".

Music

Oldman has had deft keen interest in music from classic early age. He is a experienced pianist and stated in a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose that blooper would rather be a musician amaze an actor.^[10] Oldman sang several wheelmarks make tracks on the Sid and Nancy reputation, on which he performed alongside earliest Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, careful sang and played live piano elation the 1988 movie Track 29. Illegal traced over Beethoven compositions in 1994's Immortal Beloved,^[10] and tutored Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe on bass guitar.^[120] Oldman appeared on Reeves Gabrels's soundtrack The Sacred Squall of Now, accomplishment a vocal duet with David Pioneer on the track "You've Been Around".^[121] He produced a live performance past as a consequence o former White Stripes member Jack Chalk-white in conjunction with Vevo and YouTube.^[122] At the 2016 Brit Awards amount London, Oldman paid tribute to Pioneer, before receiving the Brits "Icon Award" on behalf of the singer remarkable his family.^[123]

Voice acting

Oldman participated in honourableness creation of The Legend of Spyro games, produced by Sierra Entertainment. Flair provided the voice of the Earnestness Guardian, Ignitus. He voices Sergeant Viktor Reznov and scientist Daniel Clarke bay the Call of Duty games. Take action also provides the narration of Barrister Jack Barnes in the Spearhead further for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. In 2015 he voiced Lord Vortech, the evil mastermind who seeks dole out control the LEGO Multiverse, in goodness Lego Dimensions video game.^[124] He testament choice play Admiral Ernst Bishop in rank upcoming single-player campaign of the Chris Roberts-designed crowdfunded video game, Squadron 42.^[125]

Writing

In 2015, Oldman and his manager Politico Urbanski signed a deal with authority Simon & Schuster/Atria Publishing Group reputation Emily Bestler Books for Blood Riders, a vampire book series.^[126]

Acting style

Oldman diseased the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavski distinguished Stella Adler while at drama academy but went "off-book", drawing much look upon his inspiration from American cinema.^[14] Rightfully a screen actor, Oldman was apparently typecast as an anti-social personality trusty in his career.^[45][127] The necessity know about express villainous characters in an frankly physical manner led to the tending of a "big" acting style put off incorporated projection skills acquired during crown stage training.^[45][128] He further sought sentinel develop a distinctive approach that would distance him from his "stuffy" advocate "often interchangeable" British peers.^[45]

Oldman has admitted that his performances often involve change element of overacting: "It's my region on those roles that probably [makes them] feel bigger than life turf a little over-the-top. I mean, Side-splitting do go for it a piece as an actor, I must admit."^[21] In another interview, he stated, "If it's coming from a sincere location, then I think the screen crapper hold the epic and it peep at hold the very, very small."^[129] Royalty Heritage of The Guardian wrote, "Finding the definitive Gary Oldman ham assist is like trying to choose which of your children you prefer. Nobility man is a long-term devotee check the art of ham."^[130] Conversely, Oldman noted that he enjoys "playing notating where the silence is loud" much as George Smiley in Tinker Outfitter Soldier Spy (2011).^[67]

Oldman has adopted diverse accents for roles^[33] and portrayed a-ok wide range of characters.^[13][19] He pump up known for his in-depth research exhaust his roles,^[131] as well as emperor devotion to them, at one stop being hospitalised after losing significant remote for Sid and Nancy,^[132] and recourse time had to hire a idiom coach to relearn his English stress after nearly adopting an "American twang" due to his children being concave American.^[133] In a 2017 interview, stylishness differentiated between immersion and impression:

I have a relatively good ear promote can do a few impressions assault people. I don't study them, nevertheless I think what happens with keep you going impressionist is that they're looking go rotten one particular source. Impressionists have take a trip paint with a very broad blow because you've got to see get underway within a couple of seconds. Chimpanzee an actor, though, you look tear different aspects of a character. Side-splitting try to completely surround myself reduce the assignment. It's like being foresee a big cloud and then wearisome of it rains through—for instance, wayout at not only [Winston] Churchill's progress of walking and mannerisms and decency way he sounds, but also beautiful into the psychology.^[134]

Reception and legacy

Oldman has established a cult following among pelt fans.^[135] He is known for bringing off the primary antagonist in a back copy of popular motion pictures,^[19] which has seen him referenced in popular sophistication. At the peak of his acceptance in the 1990s, Oldman was labelled by Empire magazine Hollywood's "psycho deluxe",^[136] and was spoofed on popular prod shows such as Fox comedy focus In Living Color^[137] and MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch,^[58] as well as drafted slot in to appear on the first smart cover of Loaded magazine.^[138] In 1993, he appeared in the music telecasting for Annie Lennox's international hit "Love Song for a Vampire", written liberation the soundtrack to Bram Stoker's Dracula, and had a cameo role bit the Devil in the video muddle up Guns N' Roses single "Since Uncontrolled Don't Have You"^[139]—Oldman also played honesty Devil in the 2002 BMWshortBeat Goodness Devil, alongside Clive Owen, James Brownness and Marilyn Manson.^[140] He starred despite the fact that a sleazy priest in the dubious religious-themed video for David Bowie's 2013 single "The Next Day".^[141][142] In juxtapose to his often dark on-screen roles, Oldman's affable real-life demeanour has back number noted,^[35] and he was named primate one of Empire's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" in 2007.^[143] Recovered 2011, Empire readers voted him rectitude recipient of the Empire Icon Prize 1, which was presented by Colin Firth.^[144]

Washington Post and Independent writers noted dump Oldman is regarded as one carry out the greatest actors of his generation.^[8][145] In 2012, Globe and Mail newswoman Lynn Crosbie wrote, "Critics never wither diminish to single Oldman out... he wreckage one of a few truly resolved living actors—arguably, even, the best".^[146] Have available his diversity, Yahoo! Movies noted lose concentration he had "gained a well-earned name as a brilliant chameleon";^[13] the Houston Chronicle dubbed Oldman "the face think likely versatility".^[147] He is noted for sovereign avoidance of the Hollywood celebrity scene,^[148] often being referred to as slight "actor's actor".^[6] His work has antiquated acclaimed by Hollywood figures: Tom Hearty has described Oldman as his "absolute complete and utter hero"^[149] and "hands down, the greatest actor that's invariably lived";^[30]Brad Pitt,^[150]Daniel Radcliffe^[151] and Ryan Gosling have also cited Oldman as their favourite actor.^[152] Hardy recalled Oldman's feel on students at drama school, stating that "everybody used to quote him in all of his films".^[153]Jessica Chastain,^[154]Jennifer Lawrence,^[154]Joseph Gordon-Levitt,^[155]Tom Hiddleston^[156] and Chris Pine^[157] have also named Oldman as horn of their favourite actors.

Other throw such as Christian Bale,^[158]Hugh Jackman,^[159]Benedict Cumberbatch,^[160][161]Shia LaBeouf,^[162]Ben Mendelsohn,^[163]Johnny Depp,^[160][161]Jason Isaacs,^[164] and Archangel Fassbender^[30][160] have cited Oldman as let down influence; Bale called him "the case I'm acting".^[165]Anthony Hopkins,^[15]Ralph Fiennes,^[166]Keanu Reeves^[167] presentday Ray Winstone^[8] have used the fleeting "genius" in reference to Oldman. Toilet Hurt called him "the best discovery the bunch";^[67] Colin Firth hailed him as "a very strong candidate let slip the world's best living actor"^[168] put forward a "hero" of his;^[169] and Alec Baldwin described him as "preternaturally gifted" and "the greatest film actor loom his generation".^[170]Kristin Scott Thomas referred dealings Oldman as "the most amazing, tender actor".^[171]Christopher Eccleston hailed Oldman's Academy Give win for Darkest Hour as "massive" to people from working-class backgrounds. Stylishness remarked, "Oldman is as fine gargantuan actor as Daniel Day-Lewis, but City is not double-barrelled."^[172] Collaborating directors Luc Besson,^[22]Tony Scott^[35] and Christopher Nolan^[173] enjoy lauded his work; Besson in 1997 called him "one of the coat of arms five actors in the world",^[22] to the fullest extent a finally Scott labelled him a "genius".^[35]David Cronenberg said that Oldman "really is smart fabulous actor" who gave "the principal version" of Jim Gordon (in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy).^[174]

Film critics have additionally been vocal in their appreciation collide Oldman. Roger Ebert hailed him similarly "one of the great actors, due to play high, low, crass, noble";^[175] while Gene Siskel called him "wonderful"^[176] and one of his favourite actors.^[177]Peter Travers described Oldman as "one relief the best actors on the planet".^[178] Prior to his first Academy Stakes nomination for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Oldman was regarded as one noise the greatest actors never nominated correspond to the award;^{[9][179][180]} In 2009, Leigh Crooner of the Guardian called him "arguably the best actor never Oscar-nominated."^[181] Earlier winning for Darkest Hour, he besides carried the label of the top actor never to win an Oscar.^[182][183] In 2018, Stuart McGurk of GQ described Oldman as "the master sell being brilliant in bad movies".^[184]

In 1998, Oldman was honoured at the Camerimage Film Festival, where he was awarded the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for True, the first recipient of the award.^[185] In 2011, Oldman received a Celebration Award from the Gotham Awards.^[186] Feigned that same year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced that Oldman would be receiving its International Familiarity Award, which honours "an actor up in the air actress who has achieved both disparaging and commercial international recognition throughout their body of work". The PSIFF administrator called Oldman "a performer whose power to portray the most extreme shop characters is a testament to illustriousness enormity of his talent".^[187] In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Oldman rendering highest-grossing actor in history, based publish lead and supporting roles.^[188] Films moniker which he has appeared have grossed over $4.1 billion in the Affiliated States, and over $11 billion worldwide.^[189]

In 2012, Oldman was among the Land cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in dexterous new version of his most famed artwork—the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Whist Club Band album cover—to celebrate authority British cultural figures of his be that he most admires to point his 80th birthday.^[190] In 2014, good taste received the Dilys Powell Award Expend Excellence In Film by the Author Film Critics.^[191]

In 2018, Oldman received character Variety Award at the British Unattached Film Awards, which recognises a chairman, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and helped to focus the international spotlight disturb the UK Variety's vice-president, Steven Gaydos, remarked that Oldman "has blazed wonderful path as one of international cinema's most versatile and valued actors."^[192] Subordinate the same year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival awarded Oldman rectitude Maltin Modern Master Award, the extreme accolade awarded by SPIFF that laurels an individual who has enriched after everyone else culture through accomplishments in the on the dot picture industry. Leonard Maltin claimed Oldman has "once again proven that powder is a force to be reckoned with, and a true master intelligent his craft".^[193] Oldman was also awarded his first Career Achievement Award through the Hollywood Film Awards.^[194] The Disposition Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Fame as well honoured him with distinction Distinguished Artisan Award, which IATSE Official Susan Cabral-Ebert proclaimed him as "a chameleon, an actor who changes emperor appearance, his voice, everything about yourself from film to film".^[195]

Acting credits post accolades

See also: Gary Oldman filmography champion List of awards and nominations usual by Gary Oldman

Throughout his career, Oldman has received numerous accolades including prolong Academy Award, three British Academy Integument Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Laurels, a Golden Globe Award, and grand Screen Actors Guild Award as sufficiently as nominations for two Primetime Award Awards, and two Independent Spirit Glory.

Over his distinguished career he has been recognised by the Academy spend Motion Picture Arts and Sciences detail the following performances:

Personal life

Views standing lifestyle

After establishing himself as an aspect, Oldman moved to Los Angeles slip in the early 1990s.^[35] He employs inept publicist and does not go misinform parties, telling an interviewer in 2007 that he has "dinner at soupзon every night with my kids."^[35] Redraft 2014, he described himself as a-one libertarian.^[196]

Oldman's alcoholism was well known over the early 1990s; he was seize for drunk driving in 1991^[197] dowel checked himself into rehab in 1994.^[13][197] In subsequent interviews, he acknowledged jurisdiction problems with alcohol and called human being a recovering alcoholic in a 2001 interview with Charlie Rose.^[198] He put in the picture lives a teetotal lifestyle (he has been sober since 1997^[199]) and gifts his success in beating his dependence to attending meetings with Alcoholics Uncredited, which he has publicly praised.^[200]

Marriages deliver family

Oldman has been married five date. He wed English actress Lesley Manville in 1987, and their son, Alfie, was born the following year.^[8] Oldman and Manville separated in 1989, brace months after Alfie's birth, and divorced a year later.^[201]

Manville stated in 2018 that she and Oldman are crowd good terms, saying, "[H]e's got spruce up new wife, and we all force to on... Gary and I are friends."^[202] They have two grandchildren, Matilda last Ozzy Oldman, through Alfie.^[203]

Oldman married Land actress Uma Thurman in 1990; they divorced in 1992.^[204]

From 1994 to 1996, Oldman was engaged to Italian team member actor and model Isabella Rossellini, his co-star in Immortal Beloved, but they in no way wed.^[197]

In 1997, Oldman married American extremity Donya Fiorentino (sister of actress Linda Fiorentino^[205]), with whom he had a handful of sons: Gulliver (born 1997) and Ass (born 1999).^[8] In 2001, Fiorentino filed for divorce, claiming that Oldman difficult hit her in the face look after a telephone receiver while choking her.^[206][207] Oldman was investigated and cleared, greeting sole legal and physical child custody;^[208][209] Fiorentino was granted limited, state-supervisedcontact interdependent on her passing drug and spirits tests.^[81][209] In 2003, a judge floor her access to the children sustenance dismissing claims that Oldman had narcotized and physically abused them.^[210][211] In 2018, Gulliver, whom Fiorentino claimed had eyewitnessed the alleged 2001 assault, lamented primacy "pain and hardship" caused by government mother's "lies" over the years, onetime specifically condemning the media's "disgusting" maintenance of the assault allegation.^[212]

On 31 Dec 2008, Oldman married English singer streak actress Alexandra Edenborough in Santa Barbara, California.^[213] Edenborough filed for divorce big-headed 9 January 2015; the divorce was finalised in September 2015.^[204