Profile of Gary Oldman on Famous Like Me

Gary Oldman is an English actor, born Leonard Gary Oldman on March 21, 1958) in London, England.

He won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford Drama 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, for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985.

Oldman first appeared on screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on to win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the rocker Sid Vicious. He has become known for playing eccentrics and for his mastery of accents. He has played a variety of characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil.

In 1997 he directed, produced, and wrote Nil by Mouth, partially based on his life, which went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as one of the one hundred best films of all time despite containing the word 'fuck' 410 times, a record for any film.

Oldman has been married three times, to Lesley Manville (1987 - 1990), Uma Thurman (1990 - 1992), and Donya Fiorentino (1997 - 2001).

Actor- filmography

• Zodiac (2006) (2006).... Melvin Belli
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).... Sirius Black
• Batman Begins (2005).... Lt. James Gordon
• Who's Kyle? (2004).... Scouse
• Dead Fish (2004).... Lynch
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).... Sirius Black
• Sin (2003).... Charlie Strom
• Tiptoes (2003).... Rolfe
• True Crime: Streets of LA (2003).... Agent Rocky Masterson
• The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002).... Devil
• Interstate 60 (2002).... O.W. Grant
• Hannibal (2001).... Mason Verger
• Nobody's Baby (2001).... Buford Hill
• The Contender (2000).... Rep. Sheldon Runyon
• Jesus (TV) (1999).... Pontius Pilate
• Quest for Camelot (1998).... voice of Baron Ruber
• Lost in Space (1998).... Dr. Zachary Smith
• Air Force One (1997).... Ivan Korshunov
• The Fifth Element (1997).... Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
• Basquiat (1996).... Albert Milo
• The Scarlet Letter (1995).... Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
• Murder in the First (1995).... Milton Glenn
• Immortal Beloved (1994).... Ludwig van Beethoven
• Léon (1994).... Norman Stansfield
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993).... Jack Grimaldi
• True Romance (1993).... Drexl Spivey
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).... Dracula
• Heading Home (TV) (1991).... Ian Tyson
• JFK (1991).... Lee Harvey Oswald
• Henry & June (1990).... Pop (as Maurice Escargot)
• State of Grace (1990).... Jackie Flannery
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).... Rosencrantz
• Chattahoochee (1989).... Emmett Foley
• The Firm (TV) (TV) (1988).... Bex Bissell
• We Think the World of You (1988).... Johnny
• Criminal Law (1988).... Ben Chase
• Track 29 (1988).... Martin
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987).... Joe Orton
• Sid and Nancy (1986).... Sid Vicious
• Honest, Decent & True (TV) (1985).... Derek Bates
• Morgan's Boy (TV) (1984).... Colin
• Meantime (TV) (1984).... Coxy the Skinhead
• Remembrance (1982).... Daniel

Trivia

• Was originally supposed to voice General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, but backed out after learning the film was to be made outside of the Screen Actor's Guild.

• Henry & June is the only film (so far) in which he has been credited as "Maurice Escargot."

• Brother of Eastenders actress Laila Morse.

• Starred in the Guns N' Roses music video of 'Since I Don't Have You' as the Devil (sometimes called 'Misery').

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