Gary Oldman
From the start of his career, actor Gary Oldman displayed an edgy intensity that brought verve to his portrayals of ambiguous and obsessive personalities. Equally at home as either heroes or villains, Oldman gained a well-earned reputation as a brilliant chameleon who first staked his claim playing wayward Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious in "Sid and Nancy" (1986). Following acclaimed turns as playwright Joe Orton in "Prick Up Your Ears" (1987) and a slick attorney in "Criminal Law" (1989), the actor was eerily indistinguishable as Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's conspiracy-driven "JFK" (1991). Oldman added to his vast array of characters by playing the famous Count in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), a dreadlocked drug dealer in "True Romance" (1993), Ludwig von Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved" (1994) and a terrorist leader in "Air Force One" (1997). In the new millennium, he was conservative senator who vigorously challenged the appointment of the first woman to the vice presidency in "The Contender" (2000) and was virtually unrecognizable as the mangled Mason Verger in "Hannibal" (2001). While sometimes associated with small films, Oldman excelled in blockbusters, playing the mysterious Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004) and several sequels, and Lieutenant Gordon in Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" (2005) and "The Dark Knight" (2008). Though virtually unrecognized by awards until 2010's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Oldman nonetheless remained an actor held in high esteem among critics, audiences and fellow actors, thanks to scores of acclaimed roles under his belt.
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Gary Oldman
Filmography
Movies
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32% | No Score Yet | Parthenope | John Cheever (Character) | - | 2024 |
93% |
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Oppenheimer | Harry Truman (Character) | $329.7M | 2023 |
93% |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heath Ledger: A Tragic Tale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
100% | No Score Yet | Exposing Muybridge | Self | - | 2021 |
25% |
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The Woman in the Window | Alistair Russell (Character) | - | 2021 |
66% |
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Crisis |
Dr. Tyrone Brower (Character), Executive Producer |
$409.4K | 2021 |
83% |
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Mank | Herman J. Mankiewicz (Character) | - | 2020 |
57% |
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A Place Among the Dead | GO (Character) | - | 2020 |
10% |
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The Courier | Ezekiel Mannings (Character) | - | 2019 |
4% |
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Mary | David (Character) | - | 2019 |
41% |
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The Laundromat | Jürgen Mossack (Character) | - | 2019 |
0% |
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Killers Anonymous | The Man (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bayou | Tickle (Character) | - | 2019 |
38% |
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Hunter Killer | CJCS Charles Donnegan (Character) | $15.7M | 2018 |
30% |
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Tau | Tau (Voice) | - | 2018 |
84% |
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Darkest Hour | Winston Churchill (Character) | $56.3M | 2017 |
44% |
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The Hitman's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich (Character) | $75.4M | 2017 |
16% |
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The Space Between Us | Nathaniel Shepherd (Character) | $7.8M | 2017 |
30% |
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Criminal | Quaker Wells (Character) | $14.7M | 2016 |
17% |
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Man Down | Counselor Peyton (Character) | - | 2015 |
30% |
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Child 44 | Gen. Mikhail Nesterov (Character) | $1.2M | 2015 |
91% |
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Dreyfus (Character) | $208.5M | 2014 |
50% |
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RoboCop | Dr. Dennett Norton (Character) | $58.6M | 2014 |
8% |
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Paranoia | Nicolas Wyatt (Character) | $7.3M | 2013 |
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Guns, Girls and Gambling | Elvis (Character) | - | 2012 |
67% |
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Lawless | Floyd Banner (Character) | $37.3M | 2012 |
87% |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Commissioner Jim Gordon (Character) | $2 | 2012 |
84% |
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley (Character) | $24.1M | 2011 |
96% |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sirius Black (Character) | $381.0M | 2011 |
82% |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 | Shen (Voice) | - | 2011 |
10% |
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Red Riding Hood | Father Solomon (Character) | $37.7M | 2011 |
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One Night in Turin | Narrator | - | 2010 |
80% |
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Countdown to Zero | Narrator | $271.3K | 2010 |
47% |
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The Book of Eli | Carnegie (Character) | $94.8M | 2010 |
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Rain Fall | William Holtzer (Character) | - | 2009 |
23% |
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Planet 51 | Gen. Grawl (Voice) | $42.2M | 2009 |
52% |
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Disney's A Christmas Carol |
Bob Cratchit/ |
$137.9M | 2009 |
10% |
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The Unborn | Rabbi Sendak (Character) | $42.6M | 2009 |
94% |
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The Dark Knight | Gordon (Character) | $2.0M | 2008 |
78% |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sirius Black (Character) | $292.0M | 2007 |
57% |
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The Backwoods | Paul (Character) | - | 2006 |
88% |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sirius Black (Character) | $290.0M | 2005 |
85% |
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Batman Begins | Lt. James Gordon (Character) | $206.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Stories | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Dead Fish | Lynch (Character) | - | 2004 |
90% |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black (Character) | $249.4M | 2004 |
22% |
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Tiptoes | Rolfe (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Sin | Charlie Strom (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Interstate 60 | O.W. Grant (Character) | - | 2002 |
0% |
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Nobody's Baby | Buford Dill (Character) | - | 2001 |
39% |
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Hannibal | Mason Verger (Character) | $165.1M | 2001 |
77% |
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The Contender |
Shelly Runyon (Character), Executive Producer |
$17.8M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus | Pontius Pilate (Character) | - | 1999 |
43% |
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Quest for Camelot | Ruber (Voice) | $22.7M | 1998 |
27% |
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Lost in Space | Base Physician Zachary Smith, Ph.D. (Character) | $69.1M | 1998 |
79% |
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Air Force One | Ivan Korshunov (Character) | $172.7M | 1997 |
71% |
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The Fifth Element | Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg (Character) | $63.7M | 1997 |
78% |
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Nil by Mouth |
Producer, Director, Writer |
$268.9K | 1997 |
67% |
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Basquiat | Albert Milo (Character) | $25.4K | 1996 |
54% |
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Murder in the First | Milton Glenn (Character) | $16.1M | 1995 |
13% |
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The Scarlet Letter | Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale (Character) | $10.4M | 1995 |
58% |
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Immortal Beloved | Ludwig van Beethoven (Character) | $8.7M | 1994 |
75% |
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The Professional | Stansfield (Character) | $19.0M | 1994 |
27% |
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Romeo Is Bleeding | Jack Grimaldi (Character) | $3.3M | 1993 |
93% |
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True Romance | Drexl Spivey (Character) | - | 1993 |
69% |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Prince Vlad Dracula (Character) | $82.0M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heading Home | Ian Tyson (Character) | - | 1991 |
84% |
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JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald (Character) | - | 1991 |
61% |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Rosencrantz (Character) | $55.0K | 1990 |
85% |
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State of Grace | Jackie Flannery (Character) | $1.9M | 1990 |
11% |
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Chattahoochee | Emmett Foley (Character) | $17.5K | 1989 |
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The Firm | Clive "Bex" Bissel (Character) | - | 1988 |
80% |
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We Think the World of You | Johnny (Character) | - | 1988 |
63% |
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Track 29 | Martin (Character) | $19.3K | 1988 |
33% |
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Criminal Law | Ben Chase (Character) | $9.1M | 1988 |
92% |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Joe Orton (Character) | $1.6M | 1987 |
89% |
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Sid & Nancy | Sid Vicious (Character) | $2.7M | 1986 |
89% |
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Meantime | Coxy (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
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98% | 89% | Slow Horses | Jackson Lamb (Character) | 2022-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012-2015 2018 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011-2012 2014 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greg the Bunny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Richard Crosby (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fallen Angels | Pat Kelley (Character) | 1993 |