Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oldman has garnered widespread critical and peer respect as a screen actor. Tom Hardy once remarked: "Gary Oldman is, hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived."
Oldman gained fame playing outlaws and troubled characters including a skinhead in Meantime (1983), Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy...
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Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oldman has garnered widespread critical and peer respect as a screen actor. Tom Hardy once remarked: "Gary Oldman is, hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived."
Oldman gained fame playing outlaws and troubled characters including a skinhead in Meantime (1983), Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), a football hooligan in The Firm (1989), an Irish American gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and the title character of Dracula (1992). He became a popular portrayer of villains, playing the antagonist of films such as True Romance (1993), Léon (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000). Since the turn of the millennium Oldman has been known for portraying heroic characters Sirius Black in the Harry Potter film series, James...
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