Gary Oldman Brief Biography

Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician. As an actor, he has collaborated with many of Hollywood's biggest filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Nolan, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola. Some of his best-known roles are Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears, Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Norman Stansfield in Léon: The Professional, Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved, Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in Nolan's Batman series and George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Other films in which Oldman plays significant roles include Meantime, The Firm, State of Grace, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, True Romance, Basquiat, The Fifth Element, Air Force One, The Contender, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Lawless. Aside from film acting, Oldman has written and directed Nil by Mouth, appeared in television shows like Friends and Knots Landing, and recorded music with David Bowie and Glen Matlock. A Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court Theatre alumnus, he is also a classically-trained actor who has appeared in many stage productions.

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