Gary Oldman

Name: Gary Oldman
Date of Birth: March 21, 1958
Place of Birth: London, England

Mini-bio: After being rejected for admission into Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford College, where he received a BA in Drama in 1979. He later studied with the Gr...( read more)

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After being rejected for admission into Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford College, where he received a BA in Drama in 1979. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of stage plays including The Pope's Wedding. Oldman first appeared on screen in the film Remembrance in 1982. His first starring role came in Sid and Nancy. He has become known for playing eccentrics and for his mastery of accents. He has played a variety of famous characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Commissioner Gordon, Dr. Zachary Smith, Shakespeare's Rosencrantz, Sirius Black, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil.

Oldman has long established a cult following among film fans, perhaps due to his apathetic stance on fame and fortune, his versatile performances, and affable real-life persona. As well as a staggering number of fan-made tribute videos on Youtube Oldman remains one of the most popular portrayers of movie villains amongst film fans: his array of villainous roles, such as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element, Norman Stansfield in Leon, and Ivan Korshunov in Air Force One have seen a page dedicated entirely to him on the movievillains.com website. MTV's Celebrity DeathMatch also aired a match between Oldman and Christopher Walken to determine who was the greatest cinematic villain. Oldman's famous "spitting scene" with Matt LeBlanc during his appearance on Friends, where Oldman's character insists that "real" actors spit on one another when they enunciate. The ensuing spitting confrontation between the two, has become one of the more popular cameos of the series, and saw Oldman receive an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Oldman's character also has to dispel Joey's belief that despite his formidable acting abilities, he has never won an Acadeny Award. This was perhaps a subtle knock on the much-questioned fact, among Oldman fans, that he has never been nominated for such an award, despite a number of critically acclaimed roles. Younger stars cite Oldman's influence such as Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf,Christian Bale and in particular, Ryan Gosling who cites Oldman as his all time favourite actor. Oldman has also received much acclaim from critics over the years for his diversity of roles and mastery of world accents. Revered film critic Roger Ebert has long been a fan of Oldman's work, hailing him as "one of the great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble",while Janet Maslin called him a "phenomenal" actor who "since Sid and Nancy has taken on a string of new accents and dramatic identities with stunning ease.''Oldman's acting style has, however, occasionally been referred to as being excessive and over-the-top by some critics.This may perhaps be in part due to a long run of being cast as eccentric and outlandish villains, something of which he eventually grew tired. In contrast to his often dark-themed on-screen roles, Oldman's down-to-earth real-life nature is often cited in articles,and he was recently named as one of Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.Motion pictures starring Oldman as leading actor or supporting co-star have grossed over $2.1billion at the United States box office, and over $5.2 billion worldwide.
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Gary Oldman Information:

Full Name:Leonard Gary Oldman

Height:5' 9" (1.75 m)

Nickname(s): Gaz

Notable feature(s): His characters are usually borderline psychotics.

Education:BA Theatre Arts, Rose Bruford School of Speech and Drama (1979)

Family: Mother Kathleen, Sister Laila, Sons Alfred, Gulliver and Charlie, Daughter Phelix

Resides in: Los Angeles

Other: Uses a different accent in every single movie he's ever done.
Considered a career in music.
Actor Ryan Gosling lists Oldman as his favorite actor.

Last update: Nov 6 2008, 10:12 PM EST by AgentLexi2132 (content history | content tools) (help)

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thehunter08

ye ye sick kid

posted 38 days ago
zeneial

Gary ROCKS!
Seriously the best are the obscure ones...
EG. Rozencrantz and Guildenstern - pure GOLD!!!

posted 90 days ago
CaloAbreu

Gary Oldman in without a doubt one of the greatest actors of all times! He is sooo good in his acting career that mmost people do not recognize him in his diferent roles! A cop, a dracula and a lunatic magic godfather! 3 roles everyone knows but not all see that is is the same actor... One like the best!

posted 98 days ago
EragonRulz13

OMG!! i did not know u where in the dark night that movie was so kool i loved it lol ohh and harry potter was good too

posted 106 days ago
Juliaistoocool

he plays a good villain but is still cool in the dark knight

posted 111 days ago
greggace

one of the great actors... who keeps it real and puts true living feelings in all his acting roles...

posted 113 days ago
gabriellesHope

It is so cool that you are in the Dark Night. I really like you in the Harry Potter. So what is it like to do movies all the time. I wish I could do movies because I don't want to go back to school. I think you are really cool and fun to watch on the big screen. When I saw Batman Returns nobody thought that was you in that movie. They were like Gary Oldman is not in this movie he can't be. When we saw it last night they were like okay okay he is in the Batman.

posted 117 days ago
XliveXinXvengeanceX

i just saw batman-dark night and im at a loss for words, its was so amazing.

posted 117 days ago
12RedRoses

Very captivating actor. I was drawn by the subtle facial reactions and strong deliverance in his role as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, and later in the new Batman films. I look forward to seeing Mr. Oldman in more films.

posted 121 days ago
orianaskye

he is one of the best actors of all time! i love watching the genius performances he delivers in each movie!

posted 123 days ago