Gary Oldman

British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

  • Fame70.8
  • Momentum3.1
  • Wikipedia384.2K
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Born 1958 · age 68United Kingdom

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  • Age
    68
    Born 1958
  • Known for
    The Dark Knight
    2008
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He's the actor other actors study — the one who's been Sid Vicious, Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirius Black, and Winston Churchill without ever quite looking like himself. Oldman doesn't inhabit roles; he erases the seams.

Biography

About

Oldman started in London theatre in 1979, cutting his teeth with the Royal Shakespeare Company before his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He broke through playing punks and playwrights — Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — then crossed into American films as a gangster in State of Grace (1990) and Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991). The 1990s made him a go-to for villains: Dracula, a crooked DEA agent in Léon, a hijacker in Air Force One. He spent the 2000s in franchise work — Sirius Black across the Harry Potter films, Commissioner Gordon in the Dark K…

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Awards

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  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  • Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Academy Award for Best Actor
  • Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best British Film
  • BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
  • Knight Bachelor
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70.8
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Momentum3.1
Historical37.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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