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Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman
Leonard Gary Oldman was born on March 21st 1958 in London England. His older sister is Laila Morse, who plays Big Mo in BBC's Eastenders.

Gary started his career by acting in many plays, in which he won an award for best newcomer. His first major film role was in Sid And Nancy, where he played icon Sid Vicious.

Gary has been married three times and he has three children. Two sons from his first marriage and a son from his third.

Gary is well known for having a different accent in every film he has ever appeared in.

Quote:
'I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would iMagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.'


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Gary Oldman - news / articles


  • Oldman on board for next Potter flick - 23 March 2006
    Harry Potter fans will be relieved to know that Gary Oldman (Sid And Nancy, Leon, Hannibal) will resume his role as Harry's godfather Sirius Black for the next film in the series: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. - -Filming for the next screen instalment of


  • Oldman turns attorney in Zodiac - 7 July 2005
    After playing a policeman in Batman Begins, starring Katie Holmes and Brit Christian Bale, Gary Oldman is to take to the law courts as an attorney in Zodiac.-Oldman, who played Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, will play attorney Melvin Belli


  • Oldman joins Batman five - 4 March 2004
    Gary Oldman is joining the cast of the new film "Batman Begins".-The English actor is set to play Lieutenant James Gordon in film - set at the start of the Cape Crusader's journey.- -This is, of course, the man who becomes Commissioner Gordon. -Shooting is

Gary Oldman - what members say


  • Leon
  • Leon review by A customer from Romney Marsh
    Rated - 5 stars A Classic 2 June 2004
    ...harp dialogue and a fantastic finale. Add to that great bad guy acting from Gary Oldman and the ingredients of top actors, great story, fantastic direction and masses ...  
  • True Romance
  • True Romance review by from Abydos
    Rated - 5 stars I knew there was something rotten in Denmark 23 December 2003
    ...st about everyone from the mob to Alabama's pimp, a white rastafarian played by Gary Oldman. Special mention must be given for Dennis Hopper as Clarence's father, Christo...  
  • The Fifth Element
  • The Fifth Element review by A customer from Derry, N Ireland
    Rated - 4 stars The fifth element 11 March 2005
    ...great film with a very strong story. Bruce Willis is amazing as the hero, while Gary Oldman is again super as the over the top bad guy. Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovich is...  

Gary Oldman - filmography


  • Book of Eli (2010)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Mila Kunis,  Albert Hughes
    Director: Allen Hughs
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the not-too-distant future, across the wasteland of what once was America, a lone warrior (Washington) must fight to bring civilization the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption and save the future of humanity.
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 13 members
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  • The Unborn on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Odette Yustman,  Gary Oldman,  Cam Gigandet
    Director: David S. Goyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer/Director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,051 members
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  • Unborn, The - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Odette Yustman,  Gary Oldman,  Cam Gigandet
    Director: David S. Goyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer/Director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 774 members
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  • Sin on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Ving Rhames,  Gregg Henry
    Director: Michael Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gary Oldman plays evil so well. Here he plays a sadistic maniac who has retired cop Eddie Burns (Rhames) hunting for him across Reno. Burns' sister has gone missing and an ingenious and wicked trail is leading him to Oldman. Is this an act of revenge by an old adversary
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 927 members
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  • Interstate 60 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Paul Brogren,  Gary Oldman,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Bob Gale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Bob Gale, screenwriter of classic comedies like BACK TO THE FUTURE and USED CARS, directed this unique comic fantasy. In it, James Marsden stars as Neal, a young man freshly graduated from high school and unsure of what to do with his life. Torn between his father's vision of himself and his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,748 member
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  • Nobody's Baby on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Skeet Ulrich,  Radha Mitchell
    Director: David Seltzer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two prisoners escape from jail but end up witnessing a horrific car accident where the only survivor is a little baby. On rescuing the child these no-hopers embark on parenthood in a journey of robbery, blackmail and nappies.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 192 members
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  • Hannibal - BLU-RAY Version (2001)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Julianne Moore,  Gary Oldman
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 178 members
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  • Hannibal on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Julianne Moore,  Gary Oldman
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 17,456 members
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  • The Contender on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Joan Allen,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Rod Lurie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,128 member
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  • Lost In Space on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  William Hurt,  Matt Le Blanc
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright,..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 7,793 members
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  • Air Force One on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Gary Oldman,  Glenn Close
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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  • Basquiat on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jeffrey Wright,  David Bowie,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat catapulted from being an unknown nineteen-year-old graffiti writer to becoming one of the most successful, controversial, glamorous artists in the world. His shows were anticipated as the big events of the New York season, and his paintings were bought by the most ..read more »
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  • Scarlet Letter on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Demi Moore,  Gary Oldman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roland Joffe's adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's seminal novel tells the story of an intolerant Puritan community in the early days of American settlement. In the 1660s, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) makes the voyage to the New World in order to find religious freedom and a new home for her and her ..read more »
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  • Leon - BLU-RAY Version (1994)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Natalie Portman,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 584 members
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  • Leon (1994)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Jean Reno,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 81% from 77,139 members
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  • True Romance on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Patricia Arquette,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be made for each other and quickly pledge their love, marrying at Detroit's ..read more »
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  • Bram Stoker's Dracula on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Winona Ryder,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This sumptuous, erotic film is a faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel. In 1897 London, Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) leaves fiancee Mina (Winona Ryder) and journeys to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula (Gary Oldman). While keeping Jonathan a prisoner in his castle, Dracula travels ..read more »
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  • Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Gary Oldman,  Richard Dreyfuss
    Director: Tom Stoppard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Centering on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, two off-kilter rogues are summoned to the court of the King of Denmark, where they meet a traveling entertainer and attempt to solve a mystery. Based on Tom Stoppard's play, this film won Best Picture at the 1991 Venice Film Festival.
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  • JFK (1991)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Sissy Spacek,  Tommy Lee Jones
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 14,026 members
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  • State Of Grace on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Ed Harris,  Gary Oldman
    Director: Phil Joanou
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighbourhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on gentrification. Terry's childhood buddies, ruthless gang leader Frankie Flannery and his psychotic brother ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,770 member
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  • The Firm on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Lesley Manville,  Phil Davis
    Director: Alan Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the director of SCUM, THE FIRM stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a gang of football hooligans called the Inter-City Crew. A brutal look at football violence and urban frustration, Alan Clarke's controversial film features unflinching social commentary.
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  • Track 29 on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Theresa Russell,  Gary Oldman,  Colleen Camp
    Director: Nicolas Roeg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From visionary director Nicolas Roeg, creator of DON'T LOOK NOW and PERFORMANCE comes this dramatic film studies the very troubled life of Linda and her doctor husband Henry. His mad passion for model trains causes Linda to re-evaluate her life. The turning point comes when she is confronted by a ..read more »
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  • Prick Up Your Ears on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Alfred Molina,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A celebration of British playwright Joe Orton's irreverent and charismatic talent. It tells the story of Joe's rise from a working class boy to peer of the Beatles and cult figure of London's Swinging 60s. The story is told through the eyes of his agent and of his best friend and murderer, Kenneth ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,322 members
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  • Sid And Nancy on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Chloe Webb,  Courtney Love
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,103 members
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  • Meantime on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Marion Bailey,  Phil Daniels,  Tim Roth
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and ..read more »
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  • Tiptoes on DVD
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Peter Dinklage,  Kate Beckinsale
    Director: Matthew Bright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A drama about prejudice and the bonds of family, Tiptoes centers around Steven (Matthew McConaughey), a firefighter whose artist girlfriend Carol (Kate Beckinsale) has recently find out she is pregnant. When Steven reacts with unexpected dismay, Carol is rightfully perplexed, that is until she ..read more »
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Gary Oldman - watch online


  • Interstate 60 to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Chris Cooper,  James Marsden
    Director: Bob Gale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 117 minutes
    Bob Gale, screenwriter of classic comedies like BACK TO THE FUTURE and USED CARS, directed this unique comic fantasy. In it, James Marsden stars as Neal, a young man freshly graduated from high school and unsure of what to do with his life. Torn between his father's vision of himself and his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 181 members
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  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Tim Roth,  Richard Dreyfuss
    Director: Tom Stoppard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 113 minutes
    Richard Dreyfuss stars as the leader of a theatrical troupe visiting the Danish Royal castle. He acts out the demise of the unsuspecting Rosencrantz & Guildenstern while performing before the Royal Family. The films takes two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and make the bumbling duo the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 7 members
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Gary Oldman facts

5 most recent films

Book of Eli - 4.5 stars
A Christmas Carol - 3.5 stars
The Unborn - 3.0 stars
Unborn, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Dark Knight, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Leon - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
True Romance - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Batman Begins - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Dark Knight, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Leon - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Chattahoochee - 2.5 stars
Immortal Beloved - BLU-RAY Version - NOT RELEASED IN UK - 3.0 stars
A Christmas Carol - 3.5 stars
Book of Eli - 4.5 stars
Tiptoes - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Morgan Freeman - 9 times - show films
Michael Gambon - 8 times - show films
Rupert Grint - 8 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 8 times - show films
Alan Rickman - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Nolan - 5 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 4 times - show films
Luc Besson - 4 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 3 times - show films
David S. Goyer - 3 times - show films