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 Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott,Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Zemeckis.
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, Drexl Spivey in True Romance, 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 trilogy, and George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Oldman is also known for his role in the films Meantime, The Firm, State of Grace,Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Basquiat, The Fifth Element, Air Force One, The Contender, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Lawless.
An Academy Award nominee, Oldman has won two BAFTA Awards and a Saturn Award, as well as Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Palme d’Or nominations.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Oldman)
Here is the list of 10 best actin performances of Gary Oldman:
10THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson. The film stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. Mostly set during the twenty-third century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the duty of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces Major, when a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his taxicab.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element)
09THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
The film introduces the character of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and the consort of Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes from the first film), who joins Batman and the police in combating the new rising threat of a criminal mastermind calling himself "The Joker" (Heath Ledger).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film))
08THE CONTENDER (2000)
The Contender is a 2000 political drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie. It stars Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film focuses on a fictional United States President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Contender_(2000_film))
07SID AND NANCY (1986)
Sid and Nancy is a 1986 British biopic directed by Alex Cox. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman), bassist of the seminal punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and his relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Nancy)
06PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987)
his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the book by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr and Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret "Peggy" Ramsay.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears)
05LEON: THE PROFESIONAL (1994)
Léon: The Professional is a 1994 English-language French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Jean Reno as the titular mob hitman; Gary Oldman as corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield; a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl who is taken in by the hitman after her family is murdered; and Danny Aiello as Tony, the mobster who gives the hitman his assignments.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional)
04BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American erotic horror drama film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.[3][4][5] It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula)
03ROSENCRANTZ AND GULIDENSTERN ARE DEAD (1990)
Tom Stoppard based on his play of the same name. Like the play, the film depicts two minor characters from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. They encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence. The movie won the Golden Lion at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_%26_Guildenstern_Are_Dead_(film))
02J.F.K. (1991)
JFK is a 1991 American political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_(film))
01TRUE ROMANCE (1993)
True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with a supporting cast featuring Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and CHRISTOPHER WALKEN.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Romance)
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